1976 Honda CB

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This is a very nice all original 1976 Honda CB550K in original Candy Garnet Brown. It has a clear title. It idles and runs fine and shifts smoothly through all 5 gears. It has a new battery (Shorai lithium-iron), new air filter, clean carbs and needs nothing to enjoy. It has only 5311 miles. Still has original yellow inspection paint on the nuts and bolts that were put on from the factory when new to mark when each nut was torqued down during assembly. Seat is in excellent shape and not torn or ripped. Chrome is in excellent shape with little or no pitting. Brakes work fine with no dragging of front disc brake. Bike was recently serviced by professional motorcycle mechanic. All gauges and lights work. Tool kit and original owner’s manual included. Cosmetically in excellent condition with very minor paint wear on right side of gas tank (see photo). Very difficult to find an unmolested CB550 4 into 4 exhaust K model of this vintage, let alone in this good of condition. Please feel free to email with any questions you may have. A $500.00 down payment is required within 24 hours through Paypal, with the balance to be paid in bank check within 7 days of auction close. Prospective buyers with 0 feedback will be deleted, unless first contacting the seller. Shipping will be the responsibility of the buyer. I can help the shipper of your choice, to load up the bike. On May-17-13 at 08:14:16 PDT, seller added the following information: From Bike Magazine article circa 1975: “A stunning blonde appeared on Cycle's June 1971 cover along with the first CB500 Four, and a bold description which read "The Honda Magic Lantern Lights Again." After electrifying the industry in 1969 with a 750 Four, Honda was back at it two years later, injecting a massive dose of technical class and good motorcycling into a rather ordinary collection of mid-sized street bikes. The miniaturized 750 offered smaller people with smaller budgets the same prestige, technology, reliability, comfort and grand-prix exhaust note that the heavier, more expensive 750 had used to unseat the reigning kings of motorcycling. Reduced size gave the 500 an important advantage over bigger bikes - agility, nimbleness and better handling - and a strong appeal for those who could appreciate subtleties. The little Four was a brilliant motorcycle and a big seller. Within two years Honda updated it to performance levels reached by other brands reacting to the original CB500, and thus the 550 was born in late 1973. The extra 50cc brought the displacement up to Suzuki's 550, helped justify a price hike from $1500 to $1600 and ensured that several other costly improvements would not go unnoticed . . . As a five-year-old basic design, the 550 is mature by Honda standards, and that means there aren't any detail problems left. Its tiny features have come to be expected from the Japanese, . . . it will still sell more units than any of the others because more dealers have it, because it's a four-stroke, and simply because it's a Honda.”