Author Topic: Ever seen a CB500 Police bike? (Read 7597 times)

westondc · « **on:** February 22, 2010, 12:00:04 PM »

Random searching on the internet lead me to this article, a Honda CB500 police bike. too cool, i like the white paint with the original tank stripe. anybody have a real picture of this bike? this is all i could find.

Hush · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:25:53 PM »

Here's a wee selection of the Honda Police bikes, I've got some better shots of 550 and 500's on my other computer that I'm indexing right now so I'll post those when I get a chance.
The pictured 750 is a Canadian one although Australia New Zealand and many South African countries used them too.

westondc · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:33:14 PM »

NICE! that's what I'm looking for, thanks for posting the pics

nancy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2010, 09:47:42 PM »

Hey Hush - I took my CB750 into a painter in town to talk about a respray and in walks a guy of about mid 50's and comes over to look at the bike. Said he was an ex-cop who rode CB750's around Wellington area and loved them. He said one of their bikes was totalled one day and HQ had no Cap EX budget - but plenty of maintenance $$, so they kept the crankshaft and replaced and rebuilt every other piece to make another one!
Regards
Mark
Palm. North

Hush · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2010, 10:50:20 PM »

Govt money eh...ah the old days when $$ were just numbers and we didn't give a damn about the cost.

If I ever find a CB750P I'm buying it...no questions.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2010, 01:33:15 AM »

They come up for sale here in Oz every now and then Hushy, I've got a CB750P K0 rear fender and a speedo here, I might do a "Wellington Police force" and build one out of parts, ha ha!

Stev-o · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2010, 06:32:55 AM »

Hush,

Is yours a "true" cop bike?

-Steve

westondc · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2010, 06:52:51 AM »

i like the white frames on these bikes.

Hush · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2010, 11:13:45 AM »

Yes mine was in service with the Ministry of Transport from 1982 till 1985, Honda built these bikes up in 1979 in Japan ready for the worlds' Police forces and shipped them out as orders came in.
That is another reason I get to run with all lights and siren on, they were imported ready to run as Police bikes and one of the funny little quirks of NZ is that if a vehicle enters our country (and passes the import inspection) then it can remain in it's imported state.
I'm in contact with 9 other guys around NZ who are either rebuilding the old MOT bikes or are finished and riding them.
Jaffa and I were riding a few weeks back and she had a wee problem so I parked mine and rode off to see if I could diagnose her problem, when I got back she was talking to a cop and I thought "here goes a ticket for parking on the footpath".
But he just wanted to stop and admire the old bike, he used to ride the same model and hadn't seen one running for decades, nice guy and I bet I'm safe from his tickets for life.

Stev-o · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2010, 02:56:24 PM »

Quote from: Hush on February 23, 2010, 11:13:45 AM

Yes mine was in service with the Ministry of Transport from 1982 till 1985, Honda built these bikes up in 1979 in Japan ready for the worlds' Police forces and shipped them out as orders came in.
That is another reason I get to run with all lights and siren on, they were imported ready to run as Police bikes and one of the funny little quirks of NZ is that if a vehicle enters our country (and passes the import inspection) then it can remain in it's imported state.
I'm in contact with 9 other guys around NZ who are either rebuilding the old MOT bikes or are finished and riding them.
Jaffa and I were riding a few weeks back and she had a wee problem so I parked mine and rode off to see if I could diagnose her problem, when I got back she was talking to a cop and I thought "here goes a ticket for parking on the footpath".
But he just wanted to stop and admire the old bike, he used to ride the same model and hadn't seen one running for decades, nice guy and I bet I'm safe from his tickets for life.

Great story! Now all you need is a MOT uniform!

Hush · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:21:47 AM »

Oh I dunno, what I wear mimics the present uniform so it's a pretty convincing image.

Hush · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2010, 01:26:49 AM »

A few more of the collection.

kta · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2010, 08:07:18 AM »

I love those solo seats with the box tops - what an awesome looking bike. Kind of reminds me a bit of the solo seated beemers.

Hush · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2010, 10:24:44 PM »

A few more.

Hush · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2010, 10:26:52 PM »

Here's four CB650PZ bikes being rebuilt around the world that I know of.

Haaber1 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2016, 01:24:51 AM »

Hi I have got a Honda 550 F police edition and have been working with it on and of for the last year.
Was wondering if any one knows where I might find some sirens and lights.

BomberMann650 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2016, 07:47:13 AM »

Quote from: kta on February 24, 2010, 08:07:18 AM

I love those solo seats with the box tops - what an awesome looking bike. Kind of reminds me a bit of the solo seated beemers.

I dig the solo seat/storage/fender combo too!

terjla · « **Reply #17 on:** November 14, 2016, 01:05:12 PM »

I have one K0
Never been mouthed ...all parts are "new" This is a Genuine, not faked

Stev-o · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2016, 05:45:50 PM »

Quote from: terjla on November 14, 2016, 01:05:12 PM

I have one K0
Never been mouthed ...all parts are "new" This is a Genuine, not faked

Can you plz post a photo?

terjla · « **Reply #19 on:** November 15, 2016, 07:53:21 AM »

I have no more photos then parts...
I will start mounting bike next mount I think...
Not often somebody get this opportunity to build brand new 71/72

PeWe · « **Reply #20 on:** November 15, 2016, 09:25:34 AM »

I've never seen a CB500 Police bike. They might had problems keeping up with me on a CB750!
Around here BMW R75/80, later the tripple K75. I parked my bike 1990, back on the roads 2014. I saw them several times looking for a speed devil with screaming 4-1 "... me..? no I have been parked here for an hour...must been another guy heading in that direction!!! "

The Police bikes are really beautiful! White and nice gadgets.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #21 on:** November 18, 2016, 12:24:47 PM »

I've got a brand new police speedo from the 1970's here, when I was 18 I was charged with "Speed in excess of 180 KPH" I could never work out why, my speedo on my CB750F was reading over 200 KPH, but the answer was obvious when I received the new speedo, they only went up to 180 KPH!

terjla · « **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2016, 08:19:34 AM »

I have 500 Police Four K1:
I miss headlight and chrom trim around my bucket
I see on picktures that 450P and 750P have same bucket.
Does anyone know what headlight who will fit?
Anybody know part numbers, or want to sell?

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