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Offline auro

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here i am - cb550 f2
« on: April 25, 2012, 08:51:19 AM »
hi all -

thanks for approving my request to join the forum!

i have very recently got myself a 1977 CB550 F2, which is my first 'true' motorbike so far (had a Cagiva Tamanaco 125cc as a youngster).







i very much welcome your comments and suggestions on the bike - and would need your help with a number of newbie thingys, as usual (yes, saw both your FAQ section and the search button... working on that!  ;) )

other than this, i am a collector of vintage vespas, grew up in italy and worked for a long time in the south of france, now working & enjoying the north (netherlands).

a presto

auro
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 06:18:51 PM »
I only have one comment-Sweet!
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 06:53:25 AM »
nice bike, I like the colour :) Welcome (im a newbie too)
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 10:18:37 AM »
Nice bike. If it was mine I would change the front indicators to match the rears and lose that black rack thing. Who makes the rear shocks?
Welcome BTW.   :)
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2012, 01:16:04 AM »
Quote from: LesterPiglet on April 26, 2012, 10:18:37 AM
Nice bike. If it was mine I would change the front indicators to match the rears and lose that black rack thing. Who makes the rear shocks?
hi there - thx for the feedback - the back rack thing will be useful for travelling... once i find side luggage to go with it (any tips?)

with regard to the rear shocks... here it is:
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 01:18:47 PM »
That looks like my first Honda. Maybe 3rd bike. I rode it for many years. I think mine was 76' Super Sport. It kept up with the 750's I rode with.  I sold it after I had to live without a garage and it sat out in the Chicago winters a couple of years :'(

Good luck with it. Watch out for the timing chain rub blocks.

I just remembered this old pic in my dresser drawer.
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 01:39:14 PM »
thx wingingit2 ! ;)
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 01:49:32 PM »
Is your bike in good running order?  I have the same model myself. It hasn't been on the road in 20 odd years. It's getting back there this summer.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=104554.msg1169013#msg1169013
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 01:50:53 PM »
Auro,
Howdy! Welcome! 
Ignore the critics! Your bike looks great! :)
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2012, 01:06:37 PM »
Quote from: LesterPiglet on May 09, 2012, 01:49:32 PM
Is your bike in good running order?
LesterPiglet - the bike runs, it came out of a very recent renovation here
This said, I went out for a 120kms ride last sunday and came back with the battery flat, so something has to be fixed here...
Quote from: CycleRanger on May 09, 2012, 01:50:53 PM
Auro,
Howdy! Welcome! 
Ignore the critics! Your bike looks great! :)
thx CycleRanger!
i like my bike... hope to keep it on the road for long!
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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2012, 08:52:28 PM »
Welcome,
Very nice.

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Re: here i am - cb550 f2
« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2016, 06:33:10 AM »
hello

I'm alive but disappeared from the forum after selling the CB550 a couple of years ago.

I bought myself a 1975 CB350F this week, so pictures to come soon, plus questions  ;D
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