Honda-SOHC

YEAH !!!!!

 the drive retainer arrived,

It's the right one !!!!!!

 fitted,with a few mods to disc center and all looks great,nearly all done,
just need to swop master cylinder and bleed the system.

 I got the part from CMSNL.com,,,

ordered 12th,arrived 20th,via UPS,
paid by debit card ,in euros,
and,best of all

got a cute little CMS key ring !!!

personally I doubt it,

 most are old brit bits,

the chances of good 400/4 bits is,IMO remote,

trawl ebay,forums like this,VJMC,

I'm sure there must be a 400four club ??


BTW,if you like Classic bike shows,visit by all means,its normally very good

thanks guys,

 I am also hoping they send the correct drive plate,

 I could have modded my original plate,but figured  it is easier to buy a replacement,

I ordered it by the part number,no comments about it being superseded,

fingers crossed,

Aka chicken bands - the bit of the tyre at the edges not being worn indicating the bike doesn't get leant right over - should see my dead tyres collection, some are down to canvass on the middle and still as new round the edges - sidecars do that as does lots of winter riding.

after riding on Avons 90/90 X 19 f.and 100/90 X rear for over 10 yrs ,I found the centre rear seemed to go quicker on each new tyre !!

the front lasted about 3 rears,great grip,inspires confidence dry,wet or greasy,
the Dunlops are the traditional size,3.25 x 19 F,and 4.00 x 18 r,both sets running 29 psi F,and 36 psi R,

these have a taller profile,larger rolling diameter,so apart from the feel of new tyres,,I also feel it drops in to the corner/roundabout
more,and after 70 ish miles feel very good,

also,

just ordered a speed drive plate 44641-300-000 as I thought it easier than modding the dished original

40 euros from Cmsnl

lower r/h fork changed,caliper mount sorted,needed a little work to make the arm swivel smoothly,

only about  85mm between r/h and l/h mountings,means I need to remove bolt to fit wheel !! and refit after,

is this normal ??

just watched the Classic TT prog on ITV 4

 looked great,

 how did you get on??

and post some pics

https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/classic-tt-2013

here is a link to the prog

I use 90/90 X 19 f,and 100/90 X18 R

 in Avon Roadrider,they are fantastic,great grip dry and wet,

 run 29 psi F ,and 36 psi rear,

make my 500 feel like a 250 !!!

got about 9,000 miles for the front,and 3,000 for the rear,

for that reason,I am fitting Dunlop Streetsmart ,3.25 X 19 F ,and 4.00 X 18 rear.

main difference is the greater diameter overall,the Avon caused the speedo to read about 15% slow

will let you know how the Dunlops feel