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Date: Sat May 18 10:25:15 2002
Name: dave
Type: CBX 550F

what I meant was I aquired four vac gauges and mounted them on a common bracket with hose connections to the 4 inlet stubs,
dave

Date: Sat May 18 05:17:56 2002
Name: rob
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

hi dave
tell me more!! you made them yourself? how?

Date: Fri May 17 17:44:58 2002
Name: dave
Email: davehead633@msn.com
Type: CBX 550F

Rob
the classic mags recomend the column type, with the added bonus of being cheaper! I've got vac gauges I made up myself and having seen both used I think I'd go fo the colu mns, less problems with the damping.
Dave

Date: Fri May 17 09:43:55 2002
Name: rob
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

hi all
sorry to change the thread about tyres, but has anyone got any recomendations for vacuum gauges. Want to get some but dont know if i should get dial ones or the column type.
anyone got any ideas?

Date: Fri May 17 04:55:25 2002
Name: dave
Email: davhead633@msn.com
Type: CBX 550F

guys
whilst on the subject of wheels, went to my local breaker today to see if I could get a wider back wheel. I found what looked like cbx wheel but it was marked up as 18 x 2.50 whereas my bike has a 18 x 2.15 rear the same as the front,did the wheel size alter with year ? at the moment I'm running an 18 x 110/90 on the "small" rear wheel. Anybody got an answer, and what's the widest tyre I could fit to a 2.50 wheel?
Dave

Date: Thu May 16 06:35:59 2002
Name: Mike Travis
Email: ms.travis@paradise.net.nz
Type: CBX 550F

Hi guys
my 550 has got Metzelers at the moment
on the front a ME33 100/90 on the rear a ME1 120/80.
Unfortunaley they are expensive NZ$250 and NZ$300 each but they are very sticky,but considering the amount of road miles I have done in the past year wear has not been a factor. they are good on the race track...
as soon as my cam chain and tensioner arrive it will be back on the road/track again.
have fun Mike T

Date: Sun May 12 02:17:28 2002
Name: gary lovatt
Email: grybertie@aol.com
Type: CBX 550F

simon i use avon road runners which i always found to be plentiful in supply.you can useally source them from good tyre retailers out of the back of the MCN.

Date: Fri May 10 07:29:37 2002
Name: Ian Smith
Email: ipazian@aol.com
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

Does anyone know if it is possible to fit a different front end (ie forks ,front wheel ,disc etc )to a cbx550 from another model of bike.I heard that they used to fit a front end from another bike but the person who told me wasnt sure if it was the vf500.Thanks yasuda for a great web site.

Date: Fri May 10 05:26:57 2002
Name: Simon Hodgson
Email: hodgsonsuk@ntlworld.com
Type: CBX 550F

Hi CBXers,

Am looking for advice/suggestions as to tyre fitments for CBX550. My current rather bald Dunlop K181's are great tyres, but I am told the standard sizes (90/90-18 and 110/80-18)for the CBX are now discontinued.

Similar story from Metzeler (I emailed them for alternative suggestions but they wouldnt give alternative fitments as they only recommend combinations they have tested)

Avon Roadrunners are available still, but I have read some adverse comments on these pages.

Presently the only other tyres I can find with the correct sizes are Bridgestone BT45's but these are very expensive and I dont know anything about them.

Has anyone tried these or any other tyre profiles/sizes or got alternative suggestions??

Date: Wed May  8 03:00:57 2002
Name: Stan Pavlov
Email: stan.pavlov@bchydro.bc.ca
Type: CBX 550F

Hello out there. I have a 550 with 45,000 kms and the cam chain is rattling away. I know one solution is to replace the tensioner but has anyone found a cure to this weakness?
Will the stock replacement tensioner require early replacement again?

Is the spring too weak or is the locking mechanism the problem with these bikes?

Thanks

Date: Mon May  6 20:31:10 2002
Name: gary lovatt
Email: grybertie@aol.com
Type: CBX 550F

Ian just read your message i too had source a new shock absorber originals are like rocking horse s**t,but as i have a friend who works at silvermachine in wolverhampton he managed to find me a replacement item i.e. an hagon shock it cost me 99 as for your bushes and linkage i suggest you try david silver spares as they seem to have quite a decent amount of spares for these models in the uk and their phone number is 01728 833020.
best of luck mate.

Date: Mon May  6 20:24:36 2002
Name: gary lovatt
Email: grybertie@aol.com
Type: CBX 550F

i am having probs with my rear brake its knocking whilst braking, i think its something to do with the disc not sitting properly.Any ideas how to solve this problem?

Date: Sat May  4 21:03:27 2002
Name: rob

Oh well john, it was worth a try.
Hope you get what your after.

rob

Date: Sat May  4 18:56:20 2002
Name: 
Email: jcbarra@cardiffcity.net
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

sorry rob should read 550 but will swap for trail bike or any brit bike

Date: Sat May  4 07:59:46 2002
Name: rob
Email: rgrill_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

Hi john

if you REALLY meant 50 for a bike, mail me NOW!!!!

I live in hope!! Ha Ha

Rob

Date: Thu May  2 05:15:17 2002
Name: john
Email: jcbarra@cardiffcity.net
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

for sale running new brakes and recent service 1982 lots of spares motad exhaust offers around 50

Date: Tue Apr 30 16:35:49 2002
Name: PETER
Email: PDBHALL@AOL.COM
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

Bike bought for project but never started
Rode home took to bits and left
Any reasonable offers ?

Date: Sun Apr 21 17:20:33 2002
Name: ETTORE
URL: www.motorline.supereva.it
Type: CBX 400F

salve possiedo una honda cbx400f ma il motore e la ciclistica sono della 550 f2se qualcuno fosse interessato al motore e alle carene del 400 f2 mi contatti io sto cercando il cofanetto sx (lato centralina)

Date: Mon Apr 15 08:50:13 2002
Name: Yutaka Yasuda
Email: yasuda@bakkers.gr.jp
URL: http://bakkers.gr.jp/~yasuda/CBX/bbs/bbse-i.html
Type: CBX 400F2 (Integra)

Dear Ian, (from UK?)
I think you can get some parts from Honda, bushes, bolts and small link rods. But mono shock unit itself are solded out even in Japan.
I recommend to search good repair shop in your local area.
Thanks and have a nice run!
Yasu.

Date: Sun Apr 14 23:03:40 2002
Name: ian
Email: ian.mackintosh@ntlworld.com
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

I have a very nearly standard CBX 550 F2. 1982 (Y) model.

It has been left under a cover but outside for around 4 years now and I'm thinking of resurrecting it.

Any assistance with finding parts woould be helpful, especially front/rear suspension bits. It will definitely need a new monoshock, linkage bushes, etc.

Date: Sun Apr 14 23:01:23 2002
Name: ian
Email: ian.mackintosh@ntlworld.com

Date: Thu Apr 11 08:54:51 2002
Name: rob
Email: rgrill_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

hi rich.
best bet is to keep trying the breakers. i had to pinch both mirrors off my donor bike,cos the berk who had it b4 me had fitted mirrors to the handle-bar mounts. (on an f2......what a twat!!!) The spares section in MCN might be worth keeping an eye on...and dont forget the autojumbles!
By the way anyone noticed how the clocks seem to crack!!
any ideas on how to cure this.....?
PPS. Hoggy, how the hell did you manage to blow up a honda like that, did you remember to check the oil!!!!!!!??????

Date: Sun Apr  7 06:26:14 2002
Name: Richie D
Email: darlingrichard@hotmail.com
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

Hi Folks,
Does anyone out there know where I could get hold of a original type right hand mirror for a 1984 F2. I have bought it only recently and she is in cracking original condtion apart from this one mirror which is really getting on my tits. I have tryed the usual breakers etc so any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers RD

Date: Fri Apr  5 07:32:12 2002
Name: hoggy
Email: hoggy04@vizzavi.net
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

hi iam from west yorkshire england can you help me find
a engine for cbx550f2 cos mines gone bust, broke, spat bits
out all over the bypass on the way to skipton uupppps

so i need a new or used engine email hoggy04@vizzavi.net


or phone 07909501769


needed cbx550f11 engine

Date: Fri Apr  5 07:07:18 2002
Name: hoggy
Email: hoggy04@vizzavi.net
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

hi iam from west yorkshire england can you help me find
a engine for cbx550f2 cos mines gone bust, broke, spat bits
out all over the bypass on the way to skipton uupppps

so i need a new or used engine email hoggy04@vizzavi.net


or phone 07909501769


needed cbx550f11 engine

Date: Tue Apr  2 20:41:12 2002
Name: suzuki akira
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

Rob,
My service manual (issued by Honda) says you must measure from/to CENTER of sprockets. I think the Haynes manual is wrong.

Date: Wed Mar 27 04:50:41 2002
Name: Rob
Email: robdwhiteford@hotmail.com
Type: CBX 550F

I removed my cam timing chain because of a rattling noise. The cam chain tensioner looks fine. The Haynes manual says the chain should measure 11.8"(300mm) when measured with the cam gears installed to the cutouts in the cam gears. My chain measured almost 13" (330mm)!
I can't believe that the chain stretched that much. Is the manual wrong or is the chain stretched that much?

Rob
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date: Tue Mar 26 11:00:46 2002
Name: dave
Email: dave.head@aventis.com
Type: Other CBX

glad you find the tyres o.k. I didn't really have a problem with them in the wet, but I couldn't get the rear right, at the correct pressure it squirmed when cornering and increasing the pressure caused it to hop. I thought it was the bike but then a friends yamaha did the same.( have a heart us volvo drivers have feelings too!)
Dave

Date: Mon Mar 25 10:21:55 2002
Name: rob
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

just got my F2 t&t and spent a great weekend thrashing it round. By the way Dave the Avons have been OK so far! (in the dry!!...will let you know about wet handling)
If your reading this mike, what do you mean by tatty? (be honest!) what bits are missing? and what do you REALLY want for the bike? and what colour?
By the way....nice e-mail Korn. Know just what you mean...
those volvo drivers in Budapest are just bitchin!!

Date: Sun Mar 24 01:16:34 2002
Name: Korn駘
Type: CBX 550F2 (Integra)

Sziasztok!

Csak annyit, hogy y egy 騅e 駭 is nyt egy ilyen motort. '82-es 騅j疵at.
Sajna egy csommindent ki kellett cser駘nem (8000 km alatt)rajta. (Persze a nagy taidomot azonnal levetem ra)
(H疸srugtag, gyt疽-elektronika, traf jelad korm疣ycsap疊y, ker駝csap疊yak, kipufogob).
A v馮sebess馮e 160 km/h k v馮et駻.Ki tudja mi駻t? Tettem regy carbon dobot, y jhangja lett!
0.5-0.9 dl/1000 km az olajfogyaszt疽a. Att fg, hogy hm neki.
Az駻t tam magyarul, h疸ha l疸ja egy haz疥fia 駸 esetleg kapcsolatba tudunk l駱ni egym疽sal.

Korn駘
HUNGARY