My name is Janos and I live in Hungary.
Five mounth ago I bought an '83 CBX 550F so my childhood dream became
reality. I saw an advertisement in the newspaper: "I sell my Honda CBX 550F
cheap". I've never heard about this type before so I was very upset how it
looks. I wasn't disappionted. As I watched on the exhaust pipe system I fell
in love with it.
Generally the bike was in a good form except painting (it's
dark red, not originall and looks a little bit ugly so I'll repaint it in
the winter), chain, sprocket, tyres and fork seals. The chian, sprocket and
the tyres were to be replaced urgently. The other parts will be replaced in
these days because it's winter here now, too cold for riding.
The engine
works well but the max rpm is only around 9500 and the max speed is 165 km/h.
I think it's a little bit low. Have you got some idea why? I've
measured the compression pressure which was 11.5. I think it's good enough.
The engine suonds nice by the way. A little vibration appears at ~5000 rpm
but now I got used to it.
So write me if you have some idea or any suggestion to keep my bike in the best form.
Merry Christmas!
Janos