VFR next to Classic 1983 CBX 550 F

A duo of classic honda Paint schemes.

Priceless!

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Aaaahh!!!  Honda's inboard brake rotor!!

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it's quite a good brake, dutchy, cast-iron ventilated floating rotor with alot of power, kinda heavy though.

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Ah but do any of you know what’s unique about the CBX550 engine ?

1L of free air to the first person with the right answer ! It’s a good one as one of Ho da UK senior techs did not know it !!!👍😀

3 hours ago, Mohawk

Ah but do any of you know what’s unique about the CBX550 engine ?

1L of free air to the first person with the right answer ! It’s a good one as one of Ho da UK senior techs did not know it !!!👍😀

It's not a 550? (actualy 572cc). Also the crank spins backwards due to the chain primary drive. 

Top banana Terry wins the free air. Just breath a little deeper on your next inhale 👍😀

I’m not certain but I think it was the first production bike engine to run backwards. In the UK it had a terrible reputation for cam chain issues, I’m fairly certain that was caused by people turning the crank the wrong way whilst setting the valve clearances. I never had an issue in many miles on mine. And yes 572cc  

Thanks Mohawk, my VO2max is peaking right now and I'm seeing some interesting colours!

Not to be unnecessarily picky but aren't all engines that use a primary chain to drive the clutch spinning "backwards"? I'm thinking of CB750/900/1100Fs and of course Z1s, GS1000s etc, before the move to direct gear drive of the clutch basket. Probably even Harleys? To get the same with "modern" engines a jackshaft is usually employed e.g. the MV 800F3. 

I never owned the 550 but did have a CBX400F back in the day, I never had camchain issues on that one but it used to have quite the appetite for sparkplugs and got quite sulky at low revs until they were swapped. 

Hi Terry, I’m not certain if all previous primary chain driven engines were the same, but most like the CB750/900 had a primary drive or lay shaft. i.e. they had a crank rotating clockwise when viewed from the right, the primary chain spins the primary shaft in the same clockwise direction. A gear on this shaft drives the first gearbox/clutch shaft anti clockwise, then the second gear / output shaft clockwise. The 550 did away with the lay shaft by running the crank backwards or anti-clockwise when viewed from

the right side end.