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Re: '72 CB500/4 : Project WTF was I thinking!? ...Time for some updates!
« Reply #200 on: August 22, 2013, 07:16:37 AM »
Raymond,
I have an extra one we could swap.  contact me at jstephens7@wi.rr.com
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Re: '72 CB500/4 : Project WTF was I thinking!? ...Time for some updates!
« Reply #201 on: May 10, 2018, 02:51:25 PM »
Scott,

Do you still have this bike? How is it running?  Any heat issues during the summer months?
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Re: '72 CB500/4 : Project WTF was I thinking!? ...Time for some updates!
« Reply #202 on: May 10, 2018, 02:57:33 PM »
 No, this bike is long gone.
 I never had any running issues with it. It would occasionally give me the common CB650 hot start issue, where it would drag a little when heat soaked. But it ran great, and very strong.
 If I had it to do all over again, I would have kept the stock seat and the CB650 engine. I somewhat recreated this bike with the "Glutton for punishment " bike.
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