Hello All
This is my first post on here albeit I have been picking up some great tips and advice from you all, thanks
I have undertaken a restoration/ customisation of a 1974 cb550ko (USA import) taken on as a non runner and I am slowly working through each element cleaning it over and checking for nasties. So far so good, the carbs are now nice and shiny (all of what looked like molasses cleaned out of the float bowls etc) and I am now stripping down the top end cleaning valves, honing cylinders and fitting new rings and seals.
With the exception of finding large parts of the Nevada desert in various places it seems to be in fairly good nick for the age with little or no rust on the frame, the biggest area of corrosion appears to be on the upper end of the fork tubes with slight pitting on the lower ends. I have tried most of the various methods of trying to clean it off (coke and alu foil etc) but it seems like it's through the chrome and I will either need to change them or re -chrome
Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Paul