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Offline Scott S

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Early CB500 brake oddities?
« on: August 27, 2022, 12:25:49 PM »
 I have a 1971 CB500 I'm working on, build date 5/71.
 I just rebuilt the caliper and master cylinder.  Someone on Facebook asked about their master cylinder cap. It is concave and has no writing on it, just like mine. A few others chimed in with the same cap, and some people are saying it should have the decal.

 The parts fiche isn't clear. However....the fiche shows the splash guard for the rotor, which mine doesn't have. When I Google 1971 CB500 images, none of them have the splash guard.

 I believe my bike to be pretty original. Just out of curiosity, did the early 500's come with the plain, concave cap and no splash guard?

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Re: Early CB500 brake oddities?
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2022, 12:44:06 PM »
Master cylinder is correct for year and NO 500 came from factory splash guard, first fitted on 550.
Forgot to add the decal was never supplied as a part by  Honda but can be supplied aftermarket
« Last Edit: August 27, 2022, 12:47:07 PM by bryanj »
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Re: Early CB500 brake oddities?
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2022, 12:37:34 AM »
Quote from: bryanj on August 27, 2022, 12:44:06 PM
Master cylinder is correct for year and NO 500 came from factory splash guard, first fitted on 550.
It was already on the CB500K2-A.
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Offline Little_Phil

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Re: Early CB500 brake oddities?
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2022, 08:58:25 AM »
Yep mine 1023xxx all original and cap like yours. Definitely no splash guard.
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