hello everyone, new guy here and i have a few questions for anyone out there. i recently bought a 76 cb550, as recent as, last wednesday. theres a few things the bike needed/needs. one of which is the drive chain adjustment. so here is my story... i kick started the bike, it turned over and warmed up and off i went to checkers to get a 24mm wrench... which they didnt end up having anyhow. back outside and on the bike, in neutral on level ground...i tried to kickstart it and there was no resistance on the kickstart lever. even with my hand, i pushed it all the way down. being a few miles from home and no one in my area with a truck to even think of calling,, i put it in first and push started it and to my house i went with no problems. once i arrived back home,, i thought, i still need this wrench, so i turned it off, re-kickstarted it, same conditions, level ground, in neutral...and it turned over just fine, fired right up... so off i rode to another store... and another disappointment at pepboys... 21mm was the largest they had so back out to my bike,, level ground and in neutral,,, no resistance again! another push start,,, and here i am, back at home wondering what happened.
the history of the bike as far as i know, it was run often, once a week or so by the previous owner for two years. passed emissions this past june and then was parked as the previous owner had bought another honda bike. it currently has 19xxx miles on it and has ran fine with no problems at all the past week...or i should say, it has kick started fine every time this past week. any help or comments would be much appreciated and if this has been a reoccuring topic, i do appologize... i searched in the little search box above for a few different titles... thanks again, leeaaron!
