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Offline michtag

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New member from London, UK
« on: May 19, 2019, 08:20:42 AM »
Hi all, after 30 years of riding on and tinkering with Vespa and Cheetak scooters I have made the jump to a 1977 CB550k.
I love it and it's driving me mad as it does not work as it should, but I have already learnt loads on this forum and hopefully will be fine soon.

Keep up the good work!

Michele
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Re: New member from London, UK
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2019, 11:50:24 AM »
Hello from Lake Superior,

The CB550F is a fun bike. 

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Re: New member from London, UK
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2019, 03:51:57 PM »
hi michelle, welcome from australia

i did more than a few years on vespas, lambrettas etc and the step onto a bike was a revelation...wow, brakes, lights, power,  all sorts of stuff
i blame Terry

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Re: New member from London, UK
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2019, 08:58:07 AM »
Hi all, after 30 years of riding on and tinkering with Vespa and Cheetak scooters I have made the jump to a 1977 CB550k.
I love it and it's driving me mad as it does not work as it should, but I have already learnt loads on this forum and hopefully will be fine soon.

Keep up the good work!

Michele

Hi, Michele,
Excellent choice of machine, I used to have one back in the 1980's and have just bought a 1979 CB550F2, if very good condition but as with any 40yr old bike does have a job list.

If you get stuck with anything or need to find any particular spares feel free to ask.

Cheers Rob.

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Re: New member from London, UK
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2019, 06:38:36 AM »
Hi all and apologies for the delay in replying, but I never got any notification and did not check back my own post (why would I??)
Anyway, thank you @robbie-box, @spotty and  @MD for welcoming me. The bike runs a bit better but I still have not had the time to make it run great, so I will do the usual series of checks as advised on this forum before I post any questions!
Cheers!
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Re: New member from London, UK
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2019, 01:31:45 PM »
welcome to the forum from Nor-California, USA
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Re: New member from London, UK
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2019, 06:30:40 AM »
Thank you, frenchy51!
I was in California and Western US on holiday a few weeks ago....so many roads I wish I was riding a bike rather than driving a rather large RV!!!
-- I will fix it...or at least I will understand why I can't --
1977 Honda CB550K3