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Member 4 Sales / Re: 750 points needed 1-4 & 2-3
« on: February 10, 2023, 01:39:45 PM »
Hacka week is a a bit cliche and Ithought it was a joke when I first came accross it. Dont use him!

Common motor, Revival Cycles, Classic Octane are a great place tolook and teh tutorilals are ace.If nottry Lyle's Garage, he's npot bad.

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2023
« on: February 09, 2023, 02:35:25 PM »
Great piccy, was it fancy dress night? ;D

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Misc / Open / Re: 1974 Grand Prix racing photography
« on: February 09, 2023, 11:36:21 AM »
Enjoyed that. And the blurry filming ;) :)

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CB500/550 / Re: CB550k1 US Import - UK registration
« on: February 07, 2023, 07:35:30 PM »
well played that man ;)

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Out & About / Re: Quick spin!
« on: February 07, 2023, 07:32:17 PM »
Great shot Johnny,  still LOVE the colour of that Pan, awesome bike ;) :) :)

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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K0 version 0.5 circa 1972.
« on: February 06, 2023, 11:43:40 PM »



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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K0 version 0.5 circa 1972.
« on: February 06, 2023, 09:41:07 PM »
I have three cans.
One is for waste oil etc the 5 gallon one.
One for Petrol 1 gallon - it's over 40 yrs old.
One for Diesel 2 gallons.

That petrol is probably knackered by now Ted I'm sure the stuff has a shorter shelf life than that  ;);D

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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K0 version 0.5 circa 1972.
« on: February 05, 2023, 07:41:27 PM »
looking great Ted. Love theh head light, think it really fits the bars and the it'll look great with your black paint scheme. However, I do covet your gold 'Gerry can', thats mint ;D ;D

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CB500/550 / Re: CB550k1 US Import - UK registration
« on: February 05, 2023, 12:25:10 PM »
Mmmmm


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CB500/550 / Re: CB550k1 US Import - UK registration
« on: February 05, 2023, 12:21:40 PM »
Dave if that looks like that there's history. If you're this far in another 40 quid to get it decked is a no brainer mate.You'll forever think about it and it's a point of potential niggle.
Surprisingly, on my heap, the head was in pretty fair nick, both inside and out and fiddling with straight edges revealed that I thought it was flat. You know, bits of glass to sit it on and feeler guages just to get an idea etc but had it done anyway as a guarentee. The machinist said he had to give it thress passes to get it spot on. Although it looked cock on, it just goes to show that after 40 odd years of use/neglect, things shift about and loose spec really easily. With yours having issues in the past, its 40 quid bud, annoying but get it done.


And it comes back all lovely and shiney................which is nice! ;D ;)

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What is it? / Re: Anyone recognise these?
« on: February 04, 2023, 08:29:19 PM »
I have no idea but I’ll look. I am going out there after this coffee so piccies in their way from my mob. Soz for delay, diabetic issues today has  forced me to stop in. Apologies, I’m on it


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New Member Introductions / Re: Hi from Essex
« on: February 04, 2023, 06:27:27 PM »
Hi Martin,

Welcome to the forum, have fun and ask as many questions as you need to, there’s so much knowledge in here it’s crazy. Enjoy and good luck with your hunt


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Project Board / Re: Project 550 is go
« on: February 04, 2023, 12:20:48 PM »
no worries pal.

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Project Board / Re: Project 550 is go
« on: February 03, 2023, 11:01:13 PM »
No, they are big Ted......and a snug fit when new!

Gary I have a set of good headers in black that have been craply welded onto a crap can by the previous gorilla, They're in not bad nick and would come up but in a conveluted sort of way, if you fancied a challenge. If there's enough meat on that collector and you fancy a head scratch you can have them mate and try and make a good set out of the two??

Quite a task and I dont know what youre left with on those but just a thought.....

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CB500/550 / Re: CB500 Two weeks into ownership update
« on: February 03, 2023, 10:54:20 PM »
If they were putting things in for days I'm not surprised they were pitting like that. I dip stuff for about 5 mins max or when the water has stopped reacting and fizzing like buggery. Have an inspect and if it needs another go, go again. You get to suss the times the more you do stuff. I once left a carb body in the hydrochlric over night and came in to find what resembled a carb body but made from a grey crunchy bar. I've had brilliant results runing a current through it and a bit of sacrificial steel in there as a cathode via electrolosis  but its a messy old job.

I never put any ally in now after that although some test bits Idid simply all came out black so I quickly knocjed that on the head, I always feel that ally is able to be 'nannied' back where corrosion and rust is a pig to shift physically and so justifies the aggressive approach.   I have a gallon tub of good old B&Q brick acid under the bench also which I use to soften powder coat on frame bits, swing arms that sort of thing. You can leave that for a few days and the black slime just washes off with a bit of pressure but saves hours for me. It doesnt tend to effect the ally in calipers though and just makes the black paint slide off in about 12 hours. Means I can strip, clean, scragg up and etch prime in two evenings and get it all out the way faster.
I've got that caliper from Johnny to sort and i'm on with making brackets for the horn, speedo etc etc at the min so once all done the sheets will be out and paint the lot in one hit. I'm surprised he was leaving them in there for that long though. TBH I could only watched 5mns before he started to sound a bit like my old RE teacher and I had to give it up ;D

I watched a similar one where a bloke does about 20 different ones, including coke, pepsi, alsorts. Similar results and exactly the same with the water test...............both the test samples got wet!.... ;D


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