Honda Cb500 4 Cylinder

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Honda cb500 4 cylinder.

This video covers all 1971 1973 cb500f 1974 1978 cb550f models. The honda cb500 four is a standard 498 cc 30 4 cu in air cooled 8 valve sohc transverse inline four motorcycle made by honda from 1971 to 1978. That was cycle magazine s take on honda s half liter four the honda cb500 four. The first version the cb550k was a development of the earlier cb500 and like its predecessor had four exhaust pipes four silencers and wire spoked wheels.

Honda cb 500 motorcycles for sale. Click here for a free service manual and parts list for the cb500 cb550. Honda was founded in 1940s. Everything is already done for you.

It has a four cylinder sohc air cooled wet sump engine. The carbs needs synced but other that that its runs great. The engine was just rebuilt and new starter and carbs were installed. Cb500k1 four 1972 usa section with twenty two engine thirty frame six other schematic pages.

Looks great as is stock or would be a great brat or cafe racer project bike similar to cb550 cb350 cb400 cb750. It had launched its cb500 4 in 1971 to complement the class leading cb750 4. The honda cb550 is a 544 cc 33 2 cu in standard motorcycle made by honda from 1974 to 1978. Head gasket oil leak.

This is a rare classic 1972 honda cb500 four cylinder motorcycle. The 471cc twin cylinder engine offers easy to access power and plenty of torque. Bike is mildly customized fix it up or return it ba. This parts list page chain case swingarm contains the most products with sixty three listed parts.

25 motorcycles find honda cb 500 motorcycles on cycle trader. Just installed brand new avon retro tires sweet. For a compact bike that can handle real adventures and all the commutes in between the honda cb500x is the ride for you. This past winter i put a 4 inch swing arm on it and had it completely powder coated.

We counted 58 unique parts lists on this page. Tires only have about 1200 miles on them. It was introduced at the london racing and sporting motorcycle show in february 1972 and sold in the us market until 1973 replaced by the cb550 in the 1974 model year while continuing in the european market until 1978. Compared to honda s 1969 dry sump cb750 both the cb500 and the.

Cool retro 4 cylinder. The cb500 4 was a good 60lbs 27kg heavier than the last british 500 in production the triumph daytona but it was a whole 10bhp more powerful. This bike not only looks great but as everyone knows these cb 500 s will run forever. Honda was also producing a middleweight four stroke four cylinder sports tourer and in the process it created a whole genre.

Smaller and lighter than its famous big brother the trend setting honda cb750 four the new for 1971 honda cb500 four took all the 750 s fine attributes and focused them into a smaller lighter bike that in many ways was better than its much lauded forbearer.