Bilder Honda CB500

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	Honda CB 500 Bought in March 1972. By far the best bike I owned in those years. Ciao two-strokes! Perfect motor emitting a terrific howl blasting over Alpine Passes. I'd ridden close to 20'000 miles when I sold it and thought I was my last bike.
	50 PS soll er geleistet haben. Er drehte wie eine Turbine und war die sprichwörtliche Zuverlässigkeit. Fifty ponies were good for the ton and a bit more. This motor was smooth as a turbine and absolutely reliable. The oil pressure switch was prone to leak oil which was cured by two-component resin. One of the last bike provided with electric- and and kick-start. The four header pipes coloured nicely. Rigid chassis and decent brakes. My first bike equipped with a disk brake.
	März 1973, erst 26'558 km auf der Uhr. Ich könnte weinen. Wo ist meine Jugend hingeflogen? Sie kommt nie wieder, also fahr' ich weiter Töff, um ihr nah zu sein. March 1973, 16,506 miles on the clock. I'm close to tears. Where's my youth gone? It's June 2004 when I'm writing these lines. Youth will never come back, so I keep on riding to be close to it.
	Irgendwo im Tessin anno 1972. Das Vorderrad in der linken unteren Ecke gehört zu Kurts Kawasaki H2 (3-Zylinder-Zweitakt, 750 ccm). In Southern Switzerland with my future wife and Kurt. Yeah, a 500 Four's got to have four exhausts, just like Hailwood's.
	Die CB500 war mein erster Töff mit Scheibenbremse. Ein echter Fortschritt im Vergleich zur 200 mm Trommelbremse der CB450.
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