Topic: just got a CB550

[motoracergabe]

just picked up a 75 cb550.



i'm in denver right now, for the next fews months for work.. bought the bike down here and have a 97 blackbird back home in el paso.

[750K2]

looks like you did pretty well for yourself! congratulations and good luck.  i think you'll find this forum to be a wealth of information..myself excluded of course! p.s., looks like you could use some turn signals..there's some for sale on ebay as we speak (again, not me).
frank

[spdiii]

Welcome from one newbie to another. Nice find! I would be interested to know what changes you'll have to make if any, in order to have her run smoothly back in TX

Nick

[motoracergabe]

well....i'm wondering was i have to do to get it running good over in texas too. 

probably have to adjust the carbs a bit. right now the bike idles kinda rough and dies if i dont give it a little gas. i'm gonna pull off the carbs this weekend, clean em up, and sinc em up.

also, i was reading that you should check your timing every 1500 miles for best performance? is this true???

[spdiii]

Who knows? Maybe it was never adjusted to run at mile high altitude in the first place. Does'nt hurt to check.
Nick

[janderstang]

Nice bike!!! Sure looks clean.

[mystic_1]

Nice bike!!! Sure looks clean.

+1  I'm impressed at it's condition given that it's in CO, nice job to whomever was taking care of it all these years.

Sounds like you're on the right track re: cleaning the carbs.  Very common if the bike's sat for any period at all.

mystic_1

[motoracergabe]

anyone in denver?
i'm here for a few months and would like to get to know other CB owners...