1977 Honda Cb550 A Tale Of Lies, Engineering Incompetence And Fraud.

[chrisr]

Well here we are a couple of years on, been through Covid (although I didnt catch it) , moving house twice (due to having extensive building work done) the hottest weather forever etc etc and Ive finally managed to get the Honda on the road. Its got an issue with a dodgy connection in the ignition and a very erratic tick over but Ive finally been able to ride it, and apparently thats what it needs, would I do all this again? Probably not, its cost too much and at the end of the day is just a 46 year old unremarkable Honda that I might be able to sell for (hopefully) somewhere near what its cost me.(again probably not!)

Ive just taken it out for another spin and realised I was riding it like a Tdm, then I noticed the red line at 9000 plus - I wonder.

Whoa ! There you go! Fast little thing, but how come we didnt need brakes in the seventies? I even needed to start using the back brake again, havent done that for 13 years!
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This post was last modified: 07-06-2023, 07:24 PM by chrisr.