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- From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
- Subject: Re: 2-Cylinder Honda 500?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.182443.27331@i88.isc.com>
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- Organization: Lachman Technology, Incorporated, Naperville, IL
- References: <Jan21.192230.45814@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1993Jan22.092113.1@skcla.monsanto.com> <1889@tekgen.bv.tek.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:24:43 GMT
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- In article <1889@tekgen.bv.tek.com> davet@interceptor.cds.tek.com (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.092113.1@skcla.monsanto.com> mpmena@skcla.monsanto.com writes:
- >>
- >>In 1978 or so, was there a 2-cylinder Honda 500 or 550 (or something close?)
- >>
- >>If so, what was it, and were they anything interesting?
- >>
- > Yes, the CB500T. It was essentially a CB450 with a stroker crank.
- >They're not much more interesting than a CB450, except to vintage racers
-
- I think you mistyped. Didn't you mean "There's not much more interesting
- than a CB450"???
-
- >(like myself) who covet the extra 50cc's and the 5-speed gearbox.
-
- After some magic date (maybe '69), the CB and CL450's had 5-speed boxes.
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- Jonathan E. Quist Lachman Technology, Incorporated
- jeq@i88.isc.com '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094 Naperville, IL
- __ There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
- \/ followed by the words "Daddy! Yay!"
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