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CB500/550 / Wheel rebuild
« on: July 19, 2022, 01:51:22 PM »
I fear I may have to rebuild my front wheel this winter.  Can anyone here recommend a good person, not too expensive?

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CB500/550 / Re: 5th gear jumping
« on: July 19, 2022, 01:46:39 PM »
yes, the gearboxes are almost identical and much easier to find.

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CB500/550 / Re: Insurance Value
« on: June 13, 2022, 03:19:25 PM »
I must have been with them too long

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CB500/550 / Re: Insurance Value
« on: June 13, 2022, 03:14:11 PM »
That is amazing, Carol Nash wanted £167, thanks very much.

Is that with MC club membership?

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CB500/550 / Insurance Value
« on: June 13, 2022, 02:59:35 PM »
I am just renewing my insurance and was surprised how much my premium had gone up and so I am in the process of looking for other quotes.

I haven't thought about or changed my bikes value for many years.  What do we think is a reasonable amount to put for a scruffy, perfectly running and well maintained CB500/4 considering what it would cost to replace if someone stole it?

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SOHC Singles & Twins / Re: CB350 1971 Restoration Project
« on: May 11, 2022, 09:13:55 PM »
My CB250K had phosphor bronze bushes put in as a modification.  I replaced them in 1985 with standard ones as they had worn out.  I don't know how long they had been in there as they had been done by the previous owner but they looked like a good bit of work.  I still have them somewhere, will try to dig them out.

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CB500/550 / Re: Exhaust pipe
« on: April 18, 2022, 08:14:40 PM »
That what Graham has fitted to his 550/4 Mongrel, sounds great.

Excellent, many thanks everyone, being stainless should last a long time.  I shall place an order.

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CB500/550 / Re: Exhaust pipe
« on: April 18, 2022, 07:12:11 PM »

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CB500/550 / Re: Swingarm play?
« on: April 18, 2022, 04:47:02 PM »
are you sure the movement is coming from the bearing itself?  The swing arm on these bikes does flex a little as the MOT man used to show me.

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CB500/550 / Exhaust pipe
« on: April 18, 2022, 04:38:54 PM »
Hello everybody.

Well. it's lasted a good few years but finally my old Laser pipe has rusted so badley there is now a hole.  Does anyone have a similar pipe lying around in their workshop that they would like to sell?  Also, I noticed Nurse Julie, you had a similar stainless version on one of your bikes.  Where did you get it from?


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Announcements / Re: Last Ride
« on: September 29, 2021, 09:48:32 AM »
I am very sad to hear that news.  My condolences.

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CB650 / Re: Is this normal chain wear?
« on: September 06, 2021, 11:42:26 AM »
erm, good job you took it apart.

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CB500/550 / Re: Ethanol?
« on: September 03, 2021, 12:31:20 PM »
Excellent as ever Bryan, thanks very much.

Just ordered some 5.5mm ID claims to be E10 safe so fingers crossed.


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CB500/550 / Re: Ethanol?
« on: September 03, 2021, 11:02:32 AM »
seems to be 6mm internal diameter, does that sound right?

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CB500/550 / Re: Ethanol?
« on: September 02, 2021, 02:43:49 PM »
I lost the petrol tank to ethanol, developed a hole near the badge

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