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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model
« on: March 06, 2026, 07:22:30 PM »
Big R.... fabulous bike. But I never rode it that fast anyway, (honest officer), that's probably why it's reached 127,000 miles on the same engine in the last 21 years I've owned it... (bought at 43K).  I keep thinking of selling it, but can't quite bring myself to do so!

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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model
« on: March 06, 2026, 03:33:00 PM »
Thanks to both above for your welcoming comments.  Folks have been very helpful even in the short time I've been a member, which is great. 
Yes, agree a general fettle and service should sort the starting.  I'm glad to have it back really, despite the problems, as it is a great bike, (great engine), and I remember scooting up and down the A1 pretty rapidly with no issues at all, thinking who needs more than 550cc?  (oh, that'll be me then, as my other bike is a GPZ900R... ;))

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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model
« on: March 01, 2026, 03:53:13 PM »
Hi Oddjob, if it would suit a '76 model, then potentially yes please, I would be interested.  I'm near Frodsham in Cheshire, are you on Messenger and we could keep in touch that way?

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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model
« on: March 01, 2026, 01:35:12 PM »
Hi SteveD, thanks, I should have thought about that, but not really used to the Forum format.  Do you have an active Facebook group as well? 

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New Member Introductions / Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model
« on: March 01, 2026, 11:57:45 AM »
Hi All, a newbie to this forum, but not to the bike - I bought this CB550F in '93 when I lived in Stamford and commuted each week to London and back for a year or so.  It was always a bugger to start.... Sold it to a mate in '96 who kept it in a west Wales for about, ooh, the next 30 years. Latterly he did some work on it, then emigrated to Italy!  So I suggested he should let me look after it again, and he agreed.  So I have it back again.  Still a bugger to start though!  Wiring a bit of a corroded mess in places.
I've made the classic mistake of buying a new David Silver main wiring loom recently - total waste of time due to wrong colour wires, as I'm sure many of you already knew, (but I didn't) - does anyone have a link to diagrams showing new to old colours please?  I looked on the US forum and found something promising but couldn't download the images for some reason?  Or should I just send it back and get something else?

By the way, is anyone else having issues with the verification system on posting?  Asks for 'what month is this', and it never works?  Then reload the page/go back and it changes to a different question, which does work? Does this need fixing or is it me?  Thanks.


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