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McCabe-Thiele (Ted) · « **Reply #120 on:** January 07, 2022, 07:26:29 PM »

Wow Roo - those carbs look like new - they make mine look like the before picture!

Laverdaroo · « **Reply #121 on:** January 07, 2022, 08:01:09 PM »

Give over Ted, yours looked fab in the last piccie I saw of the bike. Apologies for the awful cable holder on the clutch, thats due for replacement with the proper one which I was reunited with whilst tidying up at the weekend

Did you ever manage to find a replacement for yourself, you were looking for one werent you?

Hows you and your beloved, feeling better after the dreaded lurg last week? You back on form? And how are the pups, all good?

Oddjob · « **Reply #122 on:** January 14, 2022, 06:48:07 PM »

How did the hunt for the fork ears go Roo? Did you end up buying that pair?

Laverdaroo · « **Reply #123 on:** January 14, 2022, 08:25:57 PM »

Yes I did, they came yesterday. They are just what was described and yes, pretty chuffed tbh.

Oddjob · « **Reply #124 on:** January 14, 2022, 09:34:55 PM »

I’ll keep my eyes open for a chain guard for you.

Laverdaroo · « **Reply #125 on:** January 14, 2022, 11:25:26 PM »

Thanks mate,Ive search alerts all over the place looking

Laverdaroo · « **Reply #126 on:** January 14, 2022, 11:48:34 PM »

These two are the best I've seen this week.......
https://www.ebay.com/itm/193328973293?hash=item2d034e05ed%3Ag%3A1z8AAOSw0vdeKH-c&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5335821165&customid=tksparts%2BHonda%2BCb550&toolid=10049

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224753050559?hash=item34545363bf%3Ag%3AngUAAOSwSLlhwqY7&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5335821165&customid=tksparts%2BHonda%2BCb550&toolid=10049

Awful lot of money!

mickwinf · « **Reply #127 on:** January 15, 2022, 08:45:05 AM »

Wow they are expensive, but very hard to find a good used one, luckily i got a decent one a couple of years ago from Trigger as my original was very bad and too far gone to rechrome. What is interesting looking at the pics of the nos ones is the quality of the chrome is not great, and the spot welds show prominently . also the shape which looks like a dent to clear the shocker, definitely made to a price!

Laverdaroo · « **Reply #128 on:** January 15, 2022, 03:46:47 PM »

Not great are they and top, top dollar! I can feel Kempton autojumble coming on I think!

Laverdaroo · « **Reply #129 on:** January 15, 2022, 04:46:43 PM »

Picked the frame up from the blasters this arvo. 75

and he bobbed me a coat of acid etch on it straight after blasting after a hoover off. What a star!

It’s come back looking great apart from the following four or five piccies.

(Now, being technically challenged as I am, as my crap typing and general laptop management shows, I can only put one photo up at a time from my phone via the Tapatalk thingy and on my laptop I just get file too big to send. Even if it’s just text so given up posting replies on that now!.
Anyway, have to put them up one at a time even on small, so bear with and just chuckle quietly to yourself and don’t let on please

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So, bit of old gravel rash on the n/s rail underneath, but if a ‘ding’ on the n/s rail also, so I reckon it’s been poked by something by mistake in the garage and or either been on concrete blocks and/or been dropped off it’s side stand into a kerb or similar at some point in it’s history? No biggie and no real damage I think so quite chuffed, especially when you consider it’s in excess of 40 odd years old. It’s in better nick at 44 than I was

I reckon the ding will fill with weld once drilled and then flatted off and the bottom will sand out fine before painting.

It’s a bit ‘rippley’ on the top spine though, is that a manufacturing process thing?

What do you lot reckon or has Phil sold me a ‘cut n suit spesh’ before giggling manically and running off into the sunset via the Timmy Taylors brewery? (Kidding Phil)

Forgive the rather used appearance of the workshop, it only looks ‘decidedly used’ because it is