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Offline Ewan 500 K1

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500F Carlisle
« on: December 21, 2011, 10:11:14 AM »
Inherited a 500 four when my young bro died in 1997 aged 28.  Benn tinkering with it ever since. Full engine rebuild about 3000 miles ago, now doing cafe racer conversion ... twin discs, wheel rebuild, frame detagging, new headlight, custom speedo, dumping the rev counter + rear mudguard +rear lght unit + indicators + side panels and whatever else I can,  allen bolts on engine and carbs, K&N's, straight throughs, rejetted carbs, rear sets, ace bars, dyna ignition, stainless braided hoses, new shocks, polishing ally parts, realoating battery and electrics. Never done much of this before, so this forum is a real godsend.
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Re: 500F Carlisle
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 03:28:08 PM »
Don't just bin the bits you take off, all of those are getting more and more expensive to get so sell them to help the finances

Offline Ewan 500 K1

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Re: 500F Carlisle
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2011, 06:47:38 PM »
when I say dumping ............................................ I mean carefully wrapping them up and putting in storage in case I want to restore to original spec when the cafe racer craze has passed ....... 8)   . I do have a spare 4 into 1 motad mind you, if anyone is interested and also looking for a CB 500T tank .. swoppsies ?
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500K1/550K3 mongrel cafe racer project for now at http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,4120.0.html

500K1 basket case for later

 

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