Partially Restored 74 CB550

[davidcumbria]

Carbs on. Getting there.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Looking good Dave.

[Johnny4428]

Nice work there Dave. What’s happening with that rear brake rod?

[davidcumbria]

Thanks . That’s how the brake rod came off. Possibly something out of adjustment with the levers. Need to look into it when I attach the pedal.

[Johnny4428]

No problem! Sorry had to ask, curiosity and all that. It’ll straighten of course.😜

[K2-K6]

Thanks . That’s how the brake rod came off. Possibly something out of adjustment with the levers. Need to look into it when I attach the pedal.

Sometimes people "set" them like that to give some elasticity to rear brake feel.

It moves away from a severe on~off feel that a straight rod can give, more of a modulated delicate touch to the initial response.

[Laverda Dave]

Looking good Dave. Gives inspiration for those of use still stripping a project bike of what it could like like 👍

[Johnny4428]

Thanks . That’s how the brake rod came off. Possibly something out of adjustment with the levers. Need to look into it when I attach the pedal.

Sometimes people "set" them like that to give some elasticity to rear brake feel.

It moves away from a severe on~off feel that a straight rod can give, more of a modulated delicate touch to the initial response.

I get it Nigel! My OCD couldn’t cope with that!😂

[davidcumbria]

Here is the elusive  air filter cover kindly supplied to me at a great price by Roo from one of his foraging trips to South Carolina scrap yards. . My bike was imported from South Caroline as a bit of a wreck without the cover so who knows if it has been reunited ! The grill as usual was rusted to bits so I've replaced with stainless sheet from ebay. Hard to shape the curved ends. None of my clippers strong enough and tin snips inaccurate. Ended up using cutting disc on my rotary tool.

[Johnny4428]

Nice work David, do you have a link for that mesh supplier? If not I’ll just search. And good on ya Roo!

[davidcumbria]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264395910501?var=564019280338

This is the mesh 👍

[Nurse Julie]

Here is the elusive  air filter cover kindly supplied to me at a great price by Roo from one of his foraging trips to South Carolina scrap yards. . My bike was imported from South Caroline as a bit of a wreck without the cover so who knows if it has been reunited ! The grill as usual was rusted to bits so I've replaced with stainless sheet from ebay. Hard to shape the curved ends. None of my clippers strong enough and tin snips inaccurate. Ended up using cutting disc on my rotary tool.

Nice job you've done there. I used to cut out and sell the mesh inserts on my ebay page. I had a very, very heavy duty pair of scissors to cut the mesh to the correct shape. Even then, it was a killer on the hands, I could only cut a maximum of 20 inserts at a time before my hand and fingers were screaming 😂😂😂😂

[Johnny4428]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264395910501?var=564019280338

This is the mesh 👍

Thanks! 👍

[davidcumbria]

Putting my kickstart on. Got over the panic when I couldn’t move it by hand thinking something wrong deep in the engine  - fine when I got bike down from raised table and used my foot . Phew. No cap in the end and nla with cms. Pleased  to find this repro one on eBay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143595737695?hash=item216ef9125f:g:ZOQAAOSw3axerz5U&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0Luy3C3OQhU4zlKnwPJLWjEOmwDTqoW1C5kHiSHqlK85R9s%2F5Q6TMEOfXlqcNbqJJsFlkOBcTa5oEcPW22JJ6Oh4Xf0YTCawB037SnUQONT%2BQ0YvPZM%2BDY7Rn6oPsak9981cLD7z8yJ85wx6iOPG0lORhvHstqWmEwobvV%2B%2Bvv6d0JcagA9GJgmhGbd1H%2B0qsNlw%2BZ6pTt4LF7itEOF%2F03jtkSbXldChu%2FrPa3UXGVpFsW8E41BOVuOAKhZmPojLBVmOt%2FDZnrf%2FuCNuQ3n%2FFIw%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6yA3IeGYw

[Laverda Dave]

Very skilled looking repair, always satisfying when a repair looks as good as the original 👍