550 F2 started!

[Johnny4428]

£200! That’s got to be reasonable Roo!

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Trust the front pipes are numbered Roo otherwise it will be like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube!

[Oddjob]

Bargain at £200, why can't we get stainless pipes for the 500 and the 550, they'd sell loads at that price.

[Laverdaroo]

Yup, couldn’t quite get over how cheap they were and like I say, the welds are nice! Not fab, but, nice so all good!
Yeah I think they’re numbered and should be too much of an issue, more the fact I still have the original pipes on her, they’re 21 years old now so not done too bad I reckon but one of two things will happen.


1. Snapped studs, Anglo Saxon a go go

 or…..

2. They’ll fall off as they’ve had enough now and time to die

Considering it’s a known fault they‘be lasted really well. The reg rec is supposed to be an Achilles heel too but I still  have the OE one on there

You think of the time gone into them, materials, wages, transport and packing and you wonder how there’s a profit in it for the manufacturer

[Laverdaroo]

Bit of progress due to the tank coming back from a chap in Bristol who’s been fettling the dents for me, a few folk shy-ed away from it as they didn’t want to play with anything this old but this chap’s  done a fab job!   £60 all in
Primed it for me too which is nice!

I saw it before it was painted and there’s minimal filler and all boshed out by hand so quite chuffed with that.

That spurred me on to fiddle further with mudguards etc so we’re on it with the Isopon P38 this morning to get things ready for paint


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[Laverdaroo]

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[gary123]

Looking good Roo.

[Laverdaroo]

Cheers Gary, few messy jobs to do then paint, whoop whoop.

Coming on over a packet of rich Tea’s


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[Oddjob]

Been thinking about what we were talking about the other day on the phone Roo and I think someone is pulling yer plonker mate.

That firm that's saying they think the rear mudguard is made of cheap stainless steel and so won't chrome well is wrong I think.

Just remembered seeing a pic of Micks Lazarus project where his rear guard has clearly been rechromed, http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,26913.165.html reply 177. You can clearly see the pits under the chrome where the guards aren't properly chromed by Honda and they rust quite badly. These never seem to clean up well and you're forced to chrome over the top of the pits. If Mick can get his done and I'm fairly sure there are loads of others who have also had a rear guard done then no reason you can't get yours done, unless the guard isn't a genuine Honda one of course.

Sure you've got the same power supply as me for the zinc plating. What do you set it at?

[Laverdaroo]

I didn’t plate it it went off to a firm in South Gloucester to sort.

Said it was not possible so it’s already filled, sanded and primed at the min. Gonna paint it instead of buggering about at loads of cost.

If I see a better mudguard later in the year I’ll swap them but it’ll have to do for now.

Funds are a bit low so nannying up stuff seems the wise thing to do


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[Laverdaroo]

Forgot to say, came off a 76 500 from that bike yard in the states so I have no reason to believe it not to be OE. Good thought though bud…….


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[Laverdaroo]

Afternoon,

Could anyone that has one on their bike provide me with the height and width dims of this badge please?

Just investigating options………


Fanks


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[Johnny4428]

Hi Roo, 37x40mm that is width 40.