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Title: CB500 clutch cable question
Post by: petersy on April 30, 2015, 10:21:50 AM

Does anyone know when Honda changed the clutch cable from the right hand side of the early CB500 engine to the left hand side please?

Title: Re: CB500 clutch cable question
Post by: Trigger on April 30, 2015, 10:32:47 AM

Quote from: petersy on April 30, 2015, 10:21:50 AM

Does anyone know when Honda changed the clutch cable from the right hand side of the early CB500 engine to the left hand side please?

Never seen a 500 Four engine with the clutch cable on the right. The 550 has it on the right.

Title: Re: CB500 clutch cable question
Post by: hairygit on April 30, 2015, 10:34:58 AM

I'm sure they didn't, the 500 had the cable on the left, it moved to the right when it was bored out to become the CB550.  ;D

Title: Re: CB500 clutch cable question
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on April 30, 2015, 02:01:22 PM

.. and all that just to get rid of that pesky clutch pushrod!

Title: Re: CB500 clutch cable question
Post by: petersy on April 30, 2015, 03:07:24 PM

Thanks for the info guys.

Title: Re: CB500 clutch cable question
Post by: Bryanj on April 30, 2015, 04:16:24 PM

There was a 500K3 that was a sleeved down 550K3 and that had the clutch cable on the right BUT that model was never imported by Honda UK---there are a few out there, including one that they gave the wrong build year to and got registered 1971/2.

The engine canh not be "converted" as the clutch covers(and crankcase) are adifferent shape at the join of the two