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Offline guitarkev66

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New Horse in the stable
« on: June 23, 2011, 06:27:54 PM »
I just purchased a real nice all original k0 cb500 gold and black.  It has been sitting in a garage since the late 70's.   Very complete with vintage fairing and sidebags and almost no fading to the paint or gauges.  I just bought it today so I haven't had the time to get the carbs cleaned ,synced ,valve adj. ,oil change, so I am not sure how it runs.   I am very familiar with 750's not 500's what can some of you tell me about my bike, good, bad, tips,or tricks.  I have been doing some reading about them here.  But some input would be nice too.  thanks guys!
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Offline scunny

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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 06:32:23 PM »
apart from a weakness in the clutch set up they are great bikes to ride.
hey, it's a Honda.
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Offline fmctm1sw

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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 06:49:01 PM »
yeah, mentioned above...  Transmissions...
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Offline eideteker

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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 11:46:15 PM »
Cool, another NEPA SOHCer with a 500 :)
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Offline Lars

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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2011, 02:01:40 AM »
CB 500 and CB 550 k models are very great bikes to ride, and very collectable, especially the K0. Clutch issue is mentioned, but rarly a real problem.
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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 03:58:37 AM »
Quote from: Lars on June 24, 2011, 02:01:40 AM
CB 500 and CB 550 k models are very great bikes to ride, and very collectable, especially the K0. Clutch issue is mentioned, but rarly a real problem.

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I love my bike, and the clutch problem is not as prevalent as people make it sound.  I believe it has much more to do with the bike's maintenance history, and rider abuse.  It's basically the same tranny as in the earlier CB/CL350's.  My bike was not treated very well by her PO's, and she's smooth as glass 98% of the time.
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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 03:59:22 AM »
Oh!  Show us some pictures.  We like pictures ;)
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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2011, 09:32:07 AM »
There is a thread for mostly original bikes, throw a couple pictures up there too.
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Offline guitarkev66

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Re: New Horse in the stable
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 02:54:05 AM »
I'll post some pics soon, thanks guys!
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