Honda CB550f ticking noise

[Nurse Julie]

Hi Pete. Just out of interest, how have you mounted the front indicators?. I can see the hole where they are meant to fit but can't quite see well enough on your video how you have them attached.

[Bryanj]

£36 !!!!! I could have sold you a NOS one (both parts) for less if you'd posted here

[Rumpelkrankshaft]

and I could  have sold you a new air box as well.......

[peteuk]

Just my luck. Anyway I seem to be buying one part or another pretty regular so i'll remember to try here first. As for for the indicaters Julie i've attached a pic that maybe you can see where thry are mounted better.

[Nurse Julie]

Thanks for the pic Pete but still can't quite see where they are attached. Any chance of a close up pic when you have time?

[peteuk]

Hi Julie. Got some close up pics. As you hopefully can see, they are mounted from a bracket.

[Nurse Julie]

Thanks very much Pete, a perfect picky and I can now see how it was done. Thanks again

[Chris400F]

Just my luck. Anyway I seem to be buying one part or another pretty regular so i'll remember to try here first.

Maybe someone on here has the correct mounts - you could try asking!

Someone may also have the reflectors for the sides of the headlamp - it looks as if you already have the mounts.

[Nurse Julie]

Chris. Do the indicators not usually fit in the holes at the bottom of those ears with the reflectors on the headlamp fixings like on our 400/4's?

[Chris400F]

Julie, As far as I know they do, but I don't know if the stalks (which is the word I should really have used but couldn't think of at the time!) are specific to the model, or at least to bikes with indicators mounted in this way. The threads on those in Pete's pic look way too long.

[Nurse Julie]

I get totally confused with which model has what indicator stems fitted Chris. In my mind it would have been a lot simpler if they were all the same type on every model but, I suppose that evolution and progression for you 

[Chris400F]

Very true Julie, but why make things simple when they can be complicated?!
Of course with the 400 there are no separate stalks at all as they are integral with the headlamp bracket.
Oh, and the ones Pete has fitted reminded me of the ones that were on my SS50 all those years ago, but maybe that's just how my brain works.

[Nurse Julie]

There's nothing wrong with the way your brain works Chris, the things you remember are quite amazing at times 

[peteuk]

I'm not sure if I like the indicators where they are or where they should really be. The thing is they work and I don't want to arse things up by moving em. As for the reflectors, they are now fitted. You can just see it on the close up pic.
Got round to fitting the new seat cover today,  I was dreading it but it weren't too difficult and looks great. 

[Bryanj]

There are mounts that screw into the holes on the headlamp brackets and not sure that it shouldnt have the big indicators