1st CB500K Riding Impressions

This past weekend I was able to ride the CB500K out to my garage post-sale. With the tires 30+ years old (dry and cracking) I wasn't going to risk too much in terms of any knee grinding maneuvers.

I was able to however hit some decent potholes on the way home. This gave me a good first impression on what I need to work on. The front forks seem to hit a ceiling on the rebound. A couple of things I could imagine would be:

Rebound is set too high
Oil need replacement
Springs need adjusting/replacing

I ordered a new set of Dunlop K71's (cheap I know - but new!) which should give me a little more confidence after I break them in after 100 miles...

Also scored exhaust wrap and carb sync tools...

I'm looking forward to this project as well as fixing up the CB750K ... which is still debatable...

Honda Heritage

So keeping in line with Honda Heritage: I sought to look for another great bike...

I found a diamond in the rough - a 1973 CB500K which only has 5600 miles on and is in great condition IMHO.

Having read what both the CB750K and CB500K are all about; I just had to have both in my collection.

Here are some of the images:

Here are the write ups for both bikes from wiki sources:

1971 - 1973 CB500 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cb500
1969 - 2003 CB750 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB750

My 1979 CB750

The drive from St. Charles to Chicago was pleasant with minor interruptions. Of that which was traffic :(

Here are some views of the bike:










Aside from the mentioned items which need to be fixed up I've got a couple of to dos which I'm making note of here:

Rebuild the fork or just replace fork seals.

All in all the bike came in as Good condition in my opinion. For 30 year well traveled bike it's in great condition!


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From Honda 1979 10th Anniversary

Items Upon Delivery

As you can see I the original motor which was removed by the previous owner has had some aging issues.

Two known issues which were made known to me were the charging system which started from the core and stator. The core was rusting when I got it. And the stator / cover was removed.











This motor still has a lot of miles to go before it really kicks the can. But I need to figure out how and what I'm going to do as I've currently have a running CB750 motor still going strong.

The core spins freely which indicates that the pistons are not seized.