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Ball cover is not dipped, it’s available as a spare, I fitted them to my chromed levers to make them look original.
The sleeper ramp as I call it regularly falls out when the switch is removed from the bars, you don't tend to notice and if you find it lying loose on the garage floor days later you wonder what the hell it is. It's really a consequence of it being greased up by the factory that it falls out so easily. It's a weird shape, I have quite a few NOS lying around, genuine Honda not repros, I'll see if I can take a pic. In essence they are like a tank track with the middle dipping inward on the upper edge, not sure if it does that same on the bottom but probably, just off memory here. As for the ball covering, yes they are rubber and they aren't exactly easy to fit either. Maybe the supplier originally dipped the lever ends but Honda found they were easily damaged and had replacements made in rubber as a result. Not economical to replace the entire lever for a small scratch in the lever end, hence the replacement. Your statement saying they were dipped was misleading as it inferred they couldn't really be replaced, which as we now know isn't exactly correct. I've never claimed to be an expert on SOHCs Graham, the signature may say that but that's not something I've put on there, I dislike 750s for instance so I never really bothered to learn that much about them, 350 fours I know very little as they weren't really imported into the UK, 400 fours I don't mind, did quite a few back in the day but my favourite SOHC was and always will be the 500 four. I know a great deal about them as they interest me, hence knowing that the ball lever covering was available as a spare part. I'd appreciate the constant sniping of my comments you've been doing lately would stop, just because I started to sell camchains to members on here and in your words "was taking food out of my mouth" you've had a bag on ever since. I appreciate your not well and that's why I've not really said anything before but if you want to start slinging dirt that's fine but be prepared to get muddy as well.
Folks - the Throttle Grip Adjust bolt…. part # 11 below.At fully screwed in, mine makes no difference, suggesting to me a friction piece is missing between the shaft of the adjust bolt, and the twist grip cable guide.Any clues as to its shape - I’ve now taken the internal measurements to fabricate one up, but before I start just wondering whether it’s a a simple ‘cap’ atop the bolt shaft.Appreciate the dangers of such a mod going walkabout in the twist grip area at 70mph 🙄.
Quote from: Oddjob on April 03, 2022, 02:38:36 PMThe sleeper ramp as I call it regularly falls out when the switch is removed from the bars, you don't tend to notice and if you find it lying loose on the garage floor days later you wonder what the hell it is. It's really a consequence of it being greased up by the factory that it falls out so easily. It's a weird shape, I have quite a few NOS lying around, genuine Honda not repros, I'll see if I can take a pic. In essence they are like a tank track with the middle dipping inward on the upper edge, not sure if it does that same on the bottom but probably, just off memory here. As for the ball covering, yes they are rubber and they aren't exactly easy to fit either. Maybe the supplier originally dipped the lever ends but Honda found they were easily damaged and had replacements made in rubber as a result. Not economical to replace the entire lever for a small scratch in the lever end, hence the replacement. Your statement saying they were dipped was misleading as it inferred they couldn't really be replaced, which as we now know isn't exactly correct. I've never claimed to be an expert on SOHCs Graham, the signature may say that but that's not something I've put on there, I dislike 750s for instance so I never really bothered to learn that much about them, 350 fours I know very little as they weren't really imported into the UK, 400 fours I don't mind, did quite a few back in the day but my favourite SOHC was and always will be the 500 four. I know a great deal about them as they interest me, hence knowing that the ball lever covering was available as a spare part. I'd appreciate the constant sniping of my comments you've been doing lately would stop, just because I started to sell camchains to members on here and in your words "was taking food out of my mouth" you've had a bag on ever since. I appreciate your not well and that's why I've not really said anything before but if you want to start slinging dirt that's fine but be prepared to get muddy as well.It was not a sniping at you. I was just putting you straight on your comment which was wrong information, that the ball cover was not dipped. When the original levers came with a plastic ball cover and not rubber on a original lever. I hate wrong information given out and i will correct any incorrect information given by any member