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MarkLooks like you are doing a cracking job, and I will watch with interest.I am not far from you near Epsom, and have just started a thread on my CB550k restoration. Could you let me know who did your seat, that looks great.Cheers
No problem to swing by, will be good to exchange notes, just send me a PM.Thanks for the info on the seat,
It looks like the wheel is in the correct place but the guard is sitting to one side. You have probably just fitted the guard fixing point on the wrong side. Post a pic sometime.
I don’t know the CB550...But, there seems to be excess thread on the Caliper Adjusting screw leading me to wonder whether the axle and various spacers are orientated correctly.Recently after servicing the front bearings & cleaning my 400F I was ‘shocked’ at the minimal disc - fork tube clearance, I then noted excess caliper adjusting thread and thought, ‘eh up?’ Embarrassingly I’d fitted the axle wrong way around. Doh.Pic of the CB400F... MAY NOT reflect the 550. (& ignore my personalisations)
Remove the caliper adjusting screw and see if the brake binds then.Exhaust, try removing the springs, fitting the end can and then refitting the springs, they could be pulling the Y section too far onto the downpipes and thus pulling the end can forward.
Nice work. It's looking awesome! Is this the original seat bowl? Did you cut the frame for that? Cheers!
Going off memory on the adjustment screw, you set it by screwing it out until the back pad touches the disc, then slacken it off until there’s a 3mm gap, I used to just slacken it until it stopped dragging on the disc
They have changed the rules, anything in "Historic" tax class may use black