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Offline Puntas13

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'73 CB500.
« on: June 12, 2010, 01:14:24 PM »
Bought this bike back in april. Had been sitting since 1987. Its was in really good shape when i bought it due to being stored in a furnished basement. The tank was a little rusty and the carbs were frozen looked to be about all wrong with it. Had the carbs cleaned and it fired right up with fresh gas.






After some work.




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Re: '73 CB500.
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2010, 02:57:18 PM »
Nice find, looks good. Just taking off that seat made a HUGE improvement!

Good luck.
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Re: '73 CB500.
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2010, 04:37:03 PM »
nice bike.  The bars and seat work well together.

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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2010, 04:47:39 PM »
Just trying to figure out what to do next. Thinking about buying some after market coils. I still have all the stock parts that i took off if anyone is interested.

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Re: '73 CB500.
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2010, 05:14:36 PM »
Anybody know what pipes those are?
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2010, 05:20:00 PM »
Anybody know what pipes those are?

Look to be Mac
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Re: '73 CB500.
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2010, 06:47:35 PM »
They're Jardines.

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Re: '73 CB500.
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2010, 09:17:21 PM »
How can you tell?  I think I have the same mufflers....they were on my bike when I bought it, but there isn't a name anywhere on them.  I was led to believe they were MAC, but they look just like yours....

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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2010, 10:32:47 PM »
Its stamped on the hangers.