Topic: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!

[newday777]

Lubing a genuine Honda cable is a bad idea as outer is nylon lined and inner has a rubberish coating, oil swells both and makes cable tighter. I found this out back in mid 70' when it cost me a set of cables

I never heard of Honda having nylon lined cables back in the 70s and knew of them needing lubing yearly, especially in high moisture climate, as the outer sheath was just wound regular steel that rusted and swelled(think of cancer growth) tightening on the inner cable causing it to bind and eventually breaking the inner cable.

[bryanj]

I was given the info on a dealers mechanic course so i tend to believe it and the 500 i had definately was lined

[joeyvans]

Long time lurker since I got this CB550 almost 9 years ago. K0 with K1 tank. Gone through a bunch of work early this year thanks to all the helpful posts from this forum. Best it's run since I've had it.

Really like what you've done with the 550. Is that a custom seat?

[rickmoore24]

Yes! Sweet 550, love that little wind screen. 

[grcamna2]

Yes! Sweet 550, love that little wind screen. 

Very nice bike.

[Kevnz]

Was out riding my 500 and the clutch starting sticking at the take up point. Made a mental note to lube the cable when I got home, but didn't quite make it; at a busy intersection, had a " fail to proceed" incident". Managed to limp home, and lubed the cable. Still didn't feel quite right so I pulled the cover and discovered this. Fortunately had a spare, so managed to repair and back on the road. Glad it happened close to home, though

That looks to be the result of the bearings inside the clutch cover were gummed up not a stuck cable.
Did you find the cable moved freely once you had it opened up?

I think the splayed out end was binding on the guard plate inside at the take up point. cable was fine. Had 2 clutch lifters but the alloy on the spare was toast, so riveted the cable retainer to the old one and all good.

[extrafunky]

Long time lurker since I got this CB550 almost 9 years ago. K0 with K1 tank. Gone through a bunch of work early this year thanks to all the helpful posts from this forum. Best it's run since I've had it.

Really like what you've done with the 550. Is that a custom seat?

Thanks! Stock seat pan with thinner foam and OE style seat covers.

[ofreen]

I took the 750 out out for a couple of hours today.





Here is Chicken Dinner Road, a road made briefly nationally famous (or infamous) by PETA back in the summer of 2019 with one of their attempts at gaining attention.

[RAFster122s]

People Eating Tasty Animals? PETA?

My daughter is a vegetarian...

I enjoy my animal protein.

David

[Terry in Australia]

I recently watched a great episode of "Ghost Adventures", titled "Horror at Joe Exotic Zoo". According to the staff there, rumour is that a few years ago a couple of PETA activists tried to break into the zoo, and Joe Exotic just shot and killed them. Oh well, I suppose it saved the Tigers some work............  

[andy750]

More Fall photos from this weekend in Boston







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[MauiK3]

The bike fits right in, beautiful

[70CB750]

More Fall photos from this weekend in Boston







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Colors, colors and more colors.

[Stev-o]

Great pics Andy!  Love the fall colors, we dont get much of that down here.

[RAFster122s]

Gorgeous photos Andy!

[chiefum]

550 last ride of the season.


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[RAFster122s]

Nice one Chiefum

[Kevin D]

So many nice bikes and nice photos here in November.

[chiefum]

Nice one Chiefum

Thanks!!

[seanbarney41]

550 last ride of the season.


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really great to see a pic of it!  Thanks!

[chiefum]

550 last ride of the season.


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really great to see a pic of it!  Thanks!

She's been running great and is a blast to ride. Thanks Sean!

[Kevnz]

Was out riding my 500 and the clutch starting sticking at the take up point. Made a mental note to lube the cable when I got home, but didn't quite make it; at a busy intersection, had a " fail to proceed" incident". Managed to limp home, and lubed the cable. Still didn't feel quite right so I pulled the cover and discovered this. Fortunately had a spare, so managed to repair and back on the road. Glad it happened close to home, though

Did a repair and got going again; didn't think much about it, after all s%$#t happens. But I was browsing pics and noticed a shot I took of the clutch mechanism while it was apart and it looks good. That damage was caused in less than 100 miles, so I investigated further. Within 20 miles, the repaired part was about to fail again, pins on the chain were nicking the adjuster. Turns out the lifter rod was broken, and while it still worked, it was now a bit shorter than it should be so when the clutch freeplay was adjusted, the mechanism was further inboard and allowing the chain to hit. Put a new lifter rod in, and this time, made sure it wasn't hitting by marking the clevis with ink and spinning the wheel with clutch lever pulled in. All clear, hopefully.

[david 750f]

West coast of Canada, outside of Victoria. Olympic mountains (US side) are in the background about 25miles away (40km).

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[Terry in Australia]

Today was a magnificent day for a ride, so I did my 30th 100(+) miler, on my K0. I filled up at the 104 mile mark, and noticed that my fuel economy has dropped from 63 MPG on my last ride to 46 today, but to be fair, on my last ride cops were everywhere, whereas today I only saw one Highway patrol unit, so I was beating the old K0 like a red-headed step child.

This bike just loves to rev, moreso than my K2 with the Wiseco 836cc kit and mild Andrews cam. Another trouble free 135 mile ride on the ol' red beast, and the more miles it does, the better it goes, I'm starting to think that this is the best engine of any CB750 I've owned over the last 43 years, including the one I bought new. I think it's gonna be a keeper.

K0 Sunday 28 Nov 2021 c by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[PeWe]

Today was a magnificent day for a ride, so I did my 30th 100(+) miler, on my K0. I filled up at the 104 mile mark, and noticed that my fuel economy has dropped from 63 MPG on my last ride to 46 today, but to be fair, on my last ride cops were everywhere, whereas today I only saw one Highway patrol unit, so I was beating the old K0 like a red-headed step child.

This bike just loves to rev, moreso than my K2 with the Wiseco 836cc kit and mild Andrews cam. Another trouble free 135 mile ride on the ol' red beast, and the more miles it does, the better it goes, I'm starting to think that this is the best engine of any CB750 I've owned over the last 43 years, including the one I bought new. I think it's gonna be a keeper.

K0 Sunday 28 Nov 2021 c by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Another very nice photo of a very nice bike.
Chain seems to have some slack....