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Misc / Open / Re: Dremel cutting saw /discs what brand etc?
« on: October 18, 2024, 11:43:10 AM »
Ted, give Ken a text, he sent me some awesome ones that hes found, cheap too. He's the dremel king/ mNo doubt he'd be chuffed to hear from you too mate. ;)

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: CB200 STOPPER, R.WINKER
« on: October 15, 2024, 11:05:46 PM »
end of this month until the end of december or just before crimbo but it depends on if \i get done....

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CB500/550 / Re: That old Candy Starlight Gold Chestnut again !
« on: October 15, 2024, 11:03:58 PM »
Did you mix your own shade in the end Dom, you were keen in a grey werent you?

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: CB200 STOPPER, R.WINKER
« on: October 15, 2024, 07:34:38 PM »
Could collect from the states but not back til September………


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CB500/550 / Re: Help with O ring identification please
« on: October 15, 2024, 07:32:57 PM »
If you mean the pontefract cakes, yeah, just buy some new ones don’t reuse old ones. You might as well, you’re in there and there’s a chance that you don’t match the right one to the right hole and cause leakage etc and have to strip it down again

That other o ring, it’s not for the gear change lever through the case is it?


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Project Board / Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« on: October 13, 2024, 10:42:44 PM »
I couldn't tell you what's in it Ash as there were no details at all on the lable and no data sheet. It worked but only after having it in the tank and turning it every day, for a month, during week four the liner only just started to soften. It doesn't dissove it, it just dislodges it from the tank so you end up with big chunks that come off but wont snap to be furkled out of the filler hole. Its a miserable job.It's obvious that frost buy it in bulk and decant it into gallon tins and do a cheap paper wrap lable............posted to you sir for about £60!

I used two tins in the end as its such vile stuff that |I found that there was a huge evaperation issue if the taknkwas left open and the filler not blocked up. It resembles walpaper paste like Nitromors used to be but with a different smell, not citrus based thats for sure.
So yes it did work, yes it was hugely expensive, no, nothing else |I tried came close and yes a horrible job deadling with proper nasty stuff in bottles that makes your eyes hurt even with glasses on ;  ;Dthat takes forever.

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Project Board / Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« on: October 13, 2024, 10:02:37 AM »
After having a liner fail for the first time in 10 + years, all I can advise is steer clear of the bloody things. Up until this point I was quite a fan but I wouldn’t go near it at all if I were you. Trying to get rid of ‘said’ failed liner took me over a month to be sure it was all out. The cleaning stuff is over a tenner a litre and I used nearly 10 litres and even then it’s not that great at shifting it. Steer clear Dom it’s a cock up in tin waiting to happen.


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Pa ha ha haaa, they’re simply sh1te


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Roo, i would love to have seen you trying to stop my old T110 Triumph pre unit!!
You wouldn’tI know they had a habit of coming to a stop in hours rather than feet.


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Friday I was dropping a gear to go sweeping through a bend and the sheer shock of not actually slowing much and really having to grab a handful to retard forward motion really caught me off guard, just when you’re getting dialed in to what’s happening and what’s happening, ran super wide, wrong side of the road the lot. Eek said I
Proper sh1t,sh1t,sh1t, sh1t,  moment

Hence the in depth brake study to improve velocity retardation and reducing the need to run your heel on the back tyre and wearing yer trainers out to come to a stop


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That was my diagnosis and prescription but after pricing bits up during a mamouth read the other night,  it appears that by the time i spend the money on gen seals for Betty's brakes  etc and faff about Even if i did give them a full service they would only be passable at best, they were aleways under braked. Its a 230kg bike on four pots at the front. Just to add to this, I've already got a goldline Brembo caliper in the shed from work on the 853 duke a few years ago so Im halfway there.
Ive always had braided lines, HH or sintered pads on all my bikes and when I had all my kit, used to make my own.
Possibilities are as follows:

RC51 (VTR1000) lowers as these fit the vfr stantions. Then you have the opportunity to choose from a plethora of different set ups.

swap to a cbr954 front end for uber set up varience (expensive and I'm not Rossi!)

There's all sorts you can do but the  40mm center mounting holes restricts the choice. Brembo Goldline are 39.7mm so a good starting point. In conjunction with a smaller 14mm master cylinder , (GSXR1000 K2), which I can tune to suit my riding with after market levers, I should end up with progressive, powerful 'fronts' with plenty of adjustment which is what I'm used to. 
Seems to be the best costed scenario but that all depends on state of donor calipers etc.
I've managed to have one finger braking on my bikes for years and that system took a while to fine tune , but with a bit of a fettle and time I'm sure its not insurmountable.

If I was looking to spend a bit more I could swap the front rim to a VFR400 which would add options of floating discs which would be lovely but I'll see. You know what Honda are like, if you stick your hands in as many of the parts bins as you can, eventually you'll find something that fits together and compatible.

It's not a racer so good, reliable front brakes are a simple requirement, I will end up swapping the calipers to the goldlines and nanny her up to an acceptable level but for now a strip, clean and inspection will do as it's October now and I'm away on the 27th until Crimbo so it's not like i'm really going to get much time on her. Just give me more time to scour the availability of bits over there in the good old US of A. and more time to investigate options.

Betty is a keeper though for sure.

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Yeah my pal has twisted some vertibrae as a consequence of falling over and brewaking his ankle and femur the daft sod so as its harvest time out there for teh carp, Ive 123 ponds to organise drain downs and netting, about 750,000 show quality Koi.

No pressure then ;D

Im going to have a bit of a parts search, I might as well and it's a day out, I've already contacted my scrap bloke out there and hes sending me a key to get in as he'll be shut down for two weeks during when i can get a chance to get to him. inbetween netting etc...........thats trustr for you eh? Lovely fella he said to just leave him some cash and the key when im done ;) :).

Yeah, the RC36 has two flavours, this one whuch is refered to as teh RC36-1 and the later one from 1994-97 pre 800Fi was the RC36-2
The center stand was an additional extra in the brochure for the 36-1's and then standard after that on the 36-2's moving on. Who'd have thopught they would sell them like that, personally I love a center stand and been searching and searching for one this last ten days only to find only two. On all the forums they are heavily sought after as i can only presume that they werent aware of them being so hard to buy from a limited run, on few bikes just built over three years and got caught out also.

At least we're getting there, I reckon with the brakes at the front, lines, pads and a bit of faff, I should have her mechanically spot on by Feb once I've finished playing fish for the year. Budget? £400, all in I reckon minus any paint etc.......cheap bike. Just saw one with double the miles, older and in crap nick go for £2199, i think ive done well here, its a hell of a lot of bike for what should be £1,200 ish once done.

She's a belter Dave, just rides like a new bike, rock solid, dead predictable, responsive, just awful stoppers ;D

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Ok, now sorted,
a pal called me off here and he's over there now, travelling back next week, he's gonna pick it up and bring it home with him.

Thanks to all concerned for the replies, you're a top bunch. I haven't seen  this stand for sale before in such good nick and back in the day they weren't standard and only fitted from the parts book if requested. Nobody did and those bikes that have filtered down have had their's broken and or removed so they are super rare. This one is brand new old stock so a minter and a bit of a unicorn. It doesnt help that the bike was only made for three year so you can understand the rarety. It also means I now can do my fiddling a great deal easier, wheels, maintenance etc better for a 240kg bike.

Thanks again everyone, superb response. ;)




Bought a week ago off the Bay of Fleas, 31K, full stamped honda service book by honda bar one, new 'Burton' fork internals, new rear shock (YSS), new stainless high lift conical headers and a period Remus twin outlet pipe fitted. New boots slid on, (Bridgestone so Im gritting my teeth a bit) put on 200 miles ago before I bought it. Serviced filters, fluids and serviced in September also ;D
Proper swiss watch, I ran it home from wales with Multiman Tim and his lad on his 600 for a run out. I knew they were good but it was the one I never had, shes' an  absolute babe, starts with just a whiff of choke and is awesome on the road, reallypositive, rock solid on its side and quick for an old girl. AWESOME sound track as an additional extra, I defy anyone to  say gear driven cams are a bad sound! The  soundtrack is simply encourageable and a proper grin inducer.

To that end, I've christened her 'Betty' with reference to Betty Grable as, and I quote, 'She's got some legs' 8)


Bad points:-

The PO was terribly proud of the fact that he'd fitted new braided lines both front and back and a new line to the hydrolic clutch. Sadly he chose orange  :o
He also said they were the best brakes he has ever had on a bike and blah blah. Well all i can say is he must have ridden some proper donkeys as the fronts are like an on off swith with no progression, feel or power with a two stage lever action ;D ;D

They never had good brakes when new and only a twin pot double set up on sliders at the front but these are terrible.

What doesnt help is the rear being super hard and locks up at a whiff so they're getting changed and bless him, he's got one of the brake lines and the clutch line mixed up so the NS front line is ablut 6" too long (to allow the distance to the clutch) ;D
Hes welded a big blob to the side stand as it has one offa later 1994 on it and its hard to reach the tip to get it down using your boot. It looks vile so Ive an original coming from Australia, again NOS so not doing badly as yet.
 Just some extra gubbins to buy to complete tha centre stand hardware but sorting those in the next week or so....fingers crossed.
Few chips in the paint at the front but no dents, all OE panels, everything works, one decal missing on the tail but an interesting colour, it almost has a flip flop pearl about it.

You can just make out the grey circles he's fitted to the sides and rear so I have to investigate those but all in all a fantabulous buy and an unmolested  example that with a bit of a tickle should be bob on. £800, why wouldnt you?
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Thanks agai to all who've PM'd and posted, you lot are ace


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