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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!news.tek.com!tekgen!interceptor!davet
  2. From: davet@interceptor.cds.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
  4. Subject: Re: 2-Cylinder Honda 500?
  5. Message-ID: <1889@tekgen.bv.tek.com>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 17:14:53 GMT
  7. References: <C16BD7.DuG@cmptrc.lonestar.org> <Jan21.192230.45814@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1993Jan22.092113.1@skcla.monsanto.com>
  8. Sender: news@tekgen.bv.tek.com
  9. Organization: Tektronix - Colorado Data Systems, Englewood, CO
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  12. In article <1993Jan22.092113.1@skcla.monsanto.com> mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com writes:
  13. >
  14. >In 1978 or so, was there a 2-cylinder Honda 500 or 550 (or something close?)
  15. >
  16. >If so, what was it, and were they anything interesting?
  17. >
  18.    Yes, the CB500T.  It was essentially a CB450 with a stroker crank.
  19. They're not much more interesting than a CB450, except to vintage racers
  20. (like myself) who covet the extra 50cc's and the 5-speed gearbox.
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  23. | Dave Tharp                      | DoD #0751   | "You can't wear out       |
  24. | davet@interceptor.CDS.TEK.COM   | MRA #151    |   an Indian Scout,        |
  25. | '88 K75S  '48 Indian Chief      | AHRMA #751  |  Or its brother the Chief.|
  26. | '75 R90S(#151) '68 CB450(#751)  | AMA #524737 |  They're built like rocks |
  27. | '65 R50/2/Velorex  '57 NSU Max  |             |   to take the knocks,     |
  28. |       1936 BMW R12              | (Compulsive | It's the Harleys that     |
  29. | My employer has no idea.        |   Joiner)   |   give you grief."        |
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