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Hi Guys.
New to the forum.

Had many Honda's over the years and just managed to get hold of a 1995 CB500 with 16k on it for £995
Loving the engine although I'm getting what seems like clutch plate rattle from a worn clutch basket when the bike is in neutral.

Looking forward to getting a new front tyre on so it stops tracking horrible bits of road and some wider bars so I can get to work with cornering action.

Bsed in Halifax, West Yorkshire

Speak to you all soon and I'll post some pics when the bike is to a photo standard  (almost never as I ride nearly every day).

Hello!

Looks like you have discovered one of the CB500s faults: the clutch rattle!

I'm pretty sure that almost all CB500 have that rattle, it doesn't seem to cause any problems, or at least, I've never heard of anyone having a problem because of it (other than the noise!).

Glad to hear you like the bike, don't feel you have to clean it before posting a photograph - there are probably more mucky bikes on here!

ET means his is so dirty that he poked his swingarm and mud was holding it together, when it came off most of the swing arm was missing  . 

Clutch rattle is apparently common although it isn't something that i've experienced myself. 

If you're ever planning on going up the dales let me know as I live locally and know some good roads so it could be great fun  I use the standards bars and have no issues with cornering or with scraping the pegs 

Jameshambleton wrote:ET means his is so dirty that he poked his swingarm and mud was holding it together, when it came off most of the swing arm was missing :lol:  . 

This would be funnier if it wasn't true  :)

Just shows why you should drill some holes to let the water out of your swing-arm...

Welcome Vardy!
To be fair to ET I have a feeling mine will be the same when I get around to cleaning off all the crud on the swingarm...

teamster1975 wrote:Welcome Vardy! :)
To be fair to ET I have a feeling mine will be the same when I get around to cleaning off all the crud on the swingarm...

Simple - don't clean it off ;)

Haha!
Must remember to clean bike more often, should get that tattooed on the back of my hand

Vardypeeps wrote:Haha!
Must remember to clean bike more often, should get that tattooed on the back of my hand

Maybe. Some 'strategic' use of a hose or a bucket/brush to remove the caked on crap on the underneath of my swingarm would have probably reduce the rate of rusting - it wouldn't have given the salty water anything to stick to - I'm not sure that cleaning *other* bits of my bike would make much difference :)