Bit of a letdown :( - Not any more - New Bike :)

[-Monty-]

So I passed my text last November and last weekend I finally decided on my next bike - a Honda CB500. So I put my deposit down and asked the dealer to get hold of and fit a restrictor kit for me and I was going to have it delivered this thursday; so, naturally I've been looking forward to it a lot - booked the day off work and everything.

Emailed him tonight just to check the bike would be ready for thursday and apparently the restrictor kit is on back order so god knows when that will be back in stock .

I was going to just go for one of the cheaper Ebay ones but didn't in the end as they were not listed at the time. Now that I've gone and committed to buying one from this other place the cheaper ones are back on Ebay.

So I'm pretty gutted now, the dealer I bought the bike from said he's hoping to get it Friday then I can have the bike saturday or sunday - but I can't see that happening .

Anyway thats my rant kind of thing over.
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[ian505050]

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[Marmaduke]

Ahh my washers fell out anyway.
But I got some fancy looking sticker on the bike that has the engine number and 25kw restricted on it and some certificate all from the previous owner.
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[Supermoto_Fan]

Passed my test 7 days after you and won't get my first big bike until end of April at the earliest! Now that sucks
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[Rogue_Shadow]

Patience
I was in a similar position to you, just bide your time till it's ready.
If a jobs worth doing its worth doing right. Besides the weather is shit right now, this delay may even work to your advantage is the weather improves

[P.]

Buy unrestricted, can't see why you would bother getting it restricted anyway, its a boring as fuck bike with little or no more real world power than 33hp anyway, you'll do 100 with them in (maybe) and 115 without.

[covent.gardens]

My CB500 was slow as hell (struggled to maintain 70) because it only came with the washers and they hadn't bothered to change the jets too like they're supposed to do. Hope your dealer does a proper job.

[P.]

[MattJ]

I don't understand that either. If it was struggling to hit 70 then I reckon something was wrong with it in the first place. My restricted FZR hits 100 without too much of a fight and all I did was stick the restrictors in between the carbs and the engine like paddy said.

[covent.gardens]

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=249331&highlight=cb500

Removing the washers fixed everything!

[Amreet]

just bodge some kind of throttle stop, piece of piss, doesnt muck up fueling and keeps fuel economy up. checked with the fez and its all fine as long as you get a signed and dated dyno certificate as proof.

[lozzypop1]

[P.]

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[Amreet]

[P.]

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[stinkwheel]

Honda Part Numbers: 16221MY5710 ; 16211MY5710 and two of 99101GHB1250

Should come to a total of around £40 delivered, including VAT.

David silvers quote a 7-day lead time on the rubbers. They have the jets in stock.

Any Honda dealer should be able to order these parts in for you.
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[jowettdriver]

Absolutely, I used the part numbers that Stinkwheel very kindly posted before to order the correct restrictors and jets for my sisters CB500.

Ordered them from Dave Silver, they arrived within a few days and when I de-restricted it following the end of her restriction I sold them on Ebay for about £3 less than she paid for them.

Cheers
Tim.
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Bikes: 1980 Honda CX500, 2003 Honda CB250, 1980 Honda CG125

[Rogerborg]

[-Monty-]

Looks like the conversation changed a little, but... Turned out to not be such a letdown after all - I ended up getting my new bike yesterday. Just got in from a decent ride on it. Wow, the power increase from my scooter is HUGE! Absolutely love this bike already.

I'll try and get some photo's of it up when I get chance to take some - raining all weekend though apparently.
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Past: [Honda PCX 125] [Yamaha RXS 100] [Honda CB 500] [Triumph Speed Four] [Honda ST1100 Pan European - Po-Po Edition]

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