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Offline Joseph Mills

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New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« on: May 08, 2016, 10:53:33 PM »
Just brought a low mileage CB550 down from Fargo, ND. It's not very pretty but appears to be in pretty good shape mechanically. Will be seeking your help and knowledge to bring the bike to a finer level. I also have a really special CB160 that I have been working & learning on. The motor was originally built by a Honda tech with some innovative touches. I also have a Board Track Racer tribute bike I built from the ground up. It looks pretty authentic but is kinda unusual being an electric bike that will do an honest 50mph. I'm still trying to figure out how to post photos. Anyway, I look forward to participating on this forum and following all the threads on restorations, builds, etc! And I absolutely love the sound of these inline Fours!

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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 10:02:36 AM »
Howdy Joe! Welcome. :)

Step over here and grab a copy of the shop manual.
http://honda4fun.com/materiale-documentazione-tecnica/shop-manual

The parts list is available there too.
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2016, 10:10:11 AM »
CycleRanger - you're a mind reader! I was just going to ask about manuals.
Thanks!

Joseph



Quote from: CycleRanger on May 09, 2016, 10:02:36 AM
Howdy Joe! Welcome. :)

Step over here and grab a copy of the shop manual.
http://honda4fun.com/materiale-documentazione-tecnica/shop-manual

The parts list is available there too.
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2016, 08:14:01 PM »
Easiest way to post photos is to use a Flickr or Photobucket account. Then paste the IMG link within your thread. Welcome, and we anxiously await your photo essay!!!
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2016, 08:49:31 PM »
Welcome to the forum.

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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2016, 08:51:52 PM »
Welcome from Texas,  have a 550 as well.
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2016, 09:27:38 PM »
hahaha. Well thank you for the welcome all ye Ol'Timers!
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2016, 09:45:50 AM »
Well, if a photo appears below, I have done at least one thing correctly today.
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2016, 03:35:23 PM »
Perfect
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2016, 08:41:57 PM »
Welcome - from another 550 owner.  Sight unseen - wanna trade?

Kidding! I'm kidding, of course . . . well . . .
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2017, 07:06:12 PM »
Well, it's been about a year so you're probably no longer anxiously awaiting a photo essay. :) I get rather easily distracted and I apologize for that! Let me see if I have any luck posting a photo.


Quote from: calj737 on May 09, 2016, 08:14:01 PM
Easiest way to post photos is to use a Flickr or Photobucket account. Then paste the IMG link within your thread. Welcome, and we anxiously await your photo essay!!!
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2017, 07:14:16 PM »
Here is my CB160. It has quite a few modifications lurking beneath it's innocent appearance.

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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2017, 07:27:53 PM »
Here is my CB550 as it looked when I bought it about a year ago. I couldn't get past the brown paint. And the black powder coating decisions. I decided it was too ugly to bid on and actually deleted it from my eBay watch list! A few weeks later I contacted the seller and bought it. :)
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2017, 07:37:36 PM »
And lastly, here is my Board Track Racer tribute bike. Built this from scratch. Kinda turned into an art project along the way. Will do an honest 50mph. My wife has taken charge of it and I haven't figured out how to get it back yet. :)
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2017, 07:43:43 PM »
Hope to be able to spend more time on this great forum! Every time I do, I learn something new. Of course that may not mean so much, since I don't know much! hahaha.
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2017, 07:49:27 PM »
Nice little collection you have there
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2017, 07:57:03 PM »
Thanks Stev-0. Will get some recent pics up of the 550 soon.

Quote from: Stev-o on April 26, 2017, 07:49:27 PM
Nice little collection you have there
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2017, 11:47:44 PM »
Looks good Joesph...look forward to more recent updates to your bike...
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Re: New owner of CB550 from Oklahoma City
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2017, 04:14:45 PM »
Great idea, thanks for providing the link M
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