Classic Mechanics 1988 CB500 Four Engine Rebuild

[AshimotoK0]

February/March 1988 CB500 Engine re-assembly article.

Quality not brilliant as I mobile camera  photo'd and  then .pdf'd  (created .pdf with Adobe Acrobat 6 that HairyGit (RIP) kindly provided to me).

Sadly I don't have the previous Classic Mechanics that had the engine strip in it.

I wonder if it was actually LGP 31K that was stripped or if that was just a photo from their archives.

Interesting to note that there were needles missing from a bearing (Probably the counter-shaft one I am always banging on about but seems the engine had been stripped by a PO anyway).

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7xfvdgux2jnojc17oik27/Classic-Mechanics-1988-CB500-Four-Engine-Reassembly.pdf?rlkey=gv2c3n4nesqjh61cwo0nkefmg&dl=0

[deltarider]

Took a dive in my archives. Is this the one?
The article is 5 pages.

[AshimotoK0]

Took a dive in my archives. Is this the one?
The article is 5 pages.

Yes that's the one DR 

[deltarider]

I will photograph the 5 pages and mail them to Bryanj or you have to send me a PM with your email-address.

[AshimotoK0]

I will photograph the 5 pages and mail them to Bryanj or you have to send me a PM with your email-address.

Will PM

[deltarider]

Done.

[AshimotoK0]

Done.

Thanks ..received OK and I will combine with the re-assembly article.

[Trigger]

Done.

Thanks ..received OK and I will combine with the re-assembly article.

Will you be putting the pages in your drop box mate ?

[AshimotoK0]

Done.

Yes ..laptop playing up at the moment though.

Thanks ..received OK and I will combine with the re-assembly article.

Will you be putting the pages in your drop box mate ?

[AshimotoK0]

Here is the file with combined strip & re-assembly articles in one .pdf. Thanks for the strip article photos from Deltarider.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qkzj4s8ivns2f58oep7wu/Classic-Mechanics-1988-Engine-Rebuild.pdf?rlkey=tamoibyqmtgwqveiyd3528z2p&dl=0


Also in Dropbox links.

[andy120t]

The rebuild magazine cover and the bike that heads the articles looked familiar, but not the strip down. So I rummaged through the loft and reminded myself that I have the rebuild original and a photocopy off the strip-down.

So, anyone recall the pre-internet days when you could write in to a magazine ( with a cheque, or even a PO), and receive a photo-copy of an article?!

[AshimotoK0]

The rebuild magazine cover and the bike that heads the articles looked familiar, but not the strip down. So I rummaged through the loft and reminded myself that I have the rebuild original and a photocopy off the strip-down.

So, anyone recall the pre-internet days when you could write in to a magazine ( with a cheque, or even a PO), and receive a photo-copy of an article?!

I did it a couple of years ago for an article out Dave Marsden building a Kwak Z1 from new parts. Paid money, heard nothing but eventually after moaning to them, I  got a reply from the editor saying he would personally scan the article and send it to me . Never heard anything since and bought the copy of CM with the article in it for 50p !

[davidcumbria]

Thanks very much guys an excellent read. 30 years later we have learned the rubber band trick for the rocker cover and to assemble the crankcases upside down ! Anyone know the background on the author Chris Dell ?

[AshimotoK0]

Thanks very much guys an excellent read. 30 years later we have learned the rubber band trick for the rocker cover and to assemble the crankcases upside down ! Anyone know the background on the author Chris Dell ?

Not sure but I can ask my friends Graham Curtis as he was a writer for CM around that time ( Graham did yellow CB400F2 and CB250K2 restoration features).