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Offline andy750

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CB550 on Fortnine
« on: March 26, 2026, 06:13:56 PM »
Not sure if this has been posted yet but worth watching


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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2026, 06:34:29 PM »
Excellent!
He's a hoot!
I like the flying girl trying the '74. We had one of those 'events' in our showroom one day at my shop, when her boyfriend (with a chopped '74) brought her in to try out a nice, used, older Sportster as 'maybe her bike'. It was one of those 60s-era Sportsters with the spark retarder on the left grip (turn it back, kickstart, turn it forward when caught on), but HE didn't know that. He told her to just 'drop on it and it will fire'.

That Sportster had already tossed me up, landing me flat on the tank.

It launched her over the bars into the middle of the showroom floor, and broke the right-side string of her bikini-bra top.

She didn't want to buy it then.
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Offline kyle750

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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2026, 07:30:00 PM »
Great Video - he shows a lot of respect and love for the machine.  Motivation to get to work on my CB550 ;)
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Offline denward17

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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2026, 07:39:54 PM »
Nice video.... Love my 550!
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Offline newday777

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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2026, 08:24:40 PM »
Nice video Andy. The 550 is a great bike.
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1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 1 K2, 4 K6, 1 K8, 1 F1, 1 F3
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1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
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New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2026, 08:53:53 PM »
Yeah! Good video! Getting a new battery for mine soon. Until then......
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Offline MisterKnife

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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2026, 02:25:23 AM »
550 above the rest. Could've bought a speed twin for the amount I spent on my 550 already. but the sound is just.... and the lines as well.
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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2026, 07:16:19 AM »
Great video, love my 550F.   

Interesting that he chose to film a large part of the video in the rain.
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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2026, 11:49:30 AM »
"sound is just.... and the lines as well."


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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2026, 12:56:34 PM »
I've always thought they sound like a GP bike when at [today's] normal hiway speeds. That just brings up the blood! :)
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See SOHC4shop.com for info about the gadgets I make for these bikes.

The demons are repulsed when a man does good. Use that.
Blood is thicker than water, but motor oil is thicker yet...so, don't mess with my SOHC4, or I might have to hurt you.
Hondaman's creed: "Bikers are family. Treat them accordingly."

Link to Hondaman Ignition: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=67543.0

Link to My CB750 Book: https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&page=1&pageSize=10&q=my+cb750+book
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Link to website: https://sohc4shop.com/  (Note: no longer at www.SOHC4shop.com, moved off WWW. in 2024).

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Re: CB550 on Fortnine
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2026, 11:51:44 PM »
As a CB500 rider, I will not miss the occasion to transfer this from the UK site: https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php?topic=32568.0  ;)
courtesy: Charliecharlcomb
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