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Offline mobeytyres

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1980 cb500
« on: July 08, 2007, 03:19:11 AM »
hi all what a great site for info i wonder if someone can help me i have been given a 1980 cb500 that has sat in a garage for about five years as i no little about bikes i have only done the basic stuff to try and get it started but still with no joy. (like new plug,new fuel,new bat)
on the side of engine (kick start side) i feel there should be a cable that links to brackets but it is not there. i can not get hold of a manual for it and the guy i got it from is abroad. i can send pics of engine and so on if needed.
PLEASE HELP AS IVE GIVEN MYSELF 2 WEEKS OR ITS GOING . as the wife is moaning thanks all
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Re: 1980 cb500
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 04:58:59 AM »
Are you certain it is a CB500? As there were no 1980 model CB500s

Do you mean CX500?
Or CB550?
What type of engine is it?
« Last Edit: July 08, 2007, 05:02:57 AM by L.A.B. »
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Re: 1980 cb500
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2007, 05:48:54 AM »
hi have looked again and its a cb250rs frame and a 500 engine the only number i can see on engine is PC07E2009544 have some pics but cannot post them have also been offered 150 for the bike as it stands is that good or a no no cheers for all the help
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Re: 1980 cb500
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2007, 06:09:25 AM »
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hi have looked again and its a cb250rs frame and a 500 engine the only number i can see on engine is PC07E2009544

Thanks for E-mailing the photos to me and it confirms what I was thinking as I was reading your post when I received your E-mail, it's probably (without checking the number) an XL 500 engine as these can be fitted to the CB250RS, in which case the missing cable would probably be the automatic decompressor (compression release) cable that would normally be operated by the kick starter.

Here is some info:
http://www.dansmc.com/comp_release4.htm

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Re: 1980 cb500
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2007, 04:10:13 AM »
horay have found the manual for the engine and also found the cable now all i got to do is find someone that sells them?  also withe the engine being a 500 and frame being 250 what throttle cable would you think i need?
thanks for all your help on this project of mine
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Re: 1980 cb500
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2007, 04:57:06 AM »
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also withe the engine being a 500 and frame being 250 what throttle cable would you think i need?

Sorry I can't help with that at all, possibly somebody else will know?
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