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« on: September 22, 2011, 08:07:06 PM »
Hey Dave,
are you on Brit Chopper by chance?
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« on: September 17, 2011, 08:12:32 AM »
depends on how bad they are bent? I am in the process of doing a complete re-build on a CB500/4 engine. I have/had some snapped fins and also some bent fins on both the head and barrel, the ones that were snapped I feathered in with a flap wheel, a dremel and hard work and the fins that were bent I used the shank of a large size screwdriver, almost the same size as the space in between the fins and tapped it through the bent fins until they were straight, no cracks no problems, once they have been vapour blasted the barrel will get a fresh lick of paint and fingers crossed once everything is buttoned up and in place you won't notice.
I did this on my Harley motor when I tore that down, same principal and no bother.
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« on: September 15, 2011, 02:35:54 PM »
ahh thanks Flo - but just got back from a breakers down the road from me, managed to get one in better nick than my original for the bargain price of
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« on: September 14, 2011, 08:31:26 PM »
if anybody has one for sale please let me know.
thanks.
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« on: September 03, 2011, 01:50:14 PM »
A Toyota man I see, hmmmmm, interesting. I can't help you with your motor, mind you there are a couple of bike breakers 2 minutes from me, one keeps all the older bikes and the other much newer, if I can help give me a shout. Right must crack on, just bought a sonic cleaner and i'm in the process of putting my carbs through said device 
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« on: September 01, 2011, 09:20:01 AM »
many thanks guys, with regards to the ring castings around the lowers that also threw me along with no valves to add air. 
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« on: August 31, 2011, 07:38:40 PM »
OK tried the site on the side of the pond, no good, so let's see if us in blighty can do the do? 35mm stanchions, 32" length (from memory) and inverted allen top cap, dual disc. Been told that they are CB750/900, then someone else said that they can't be as the 750 and 900s had air assisted forks and because the caliper brackets are quite low that they are more likely to be a CB400N? thanks in advance    
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« on: August 31, 2011, 11:33:01 AM »
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« on: August 30, 2011, 07:57:32 PM »
Hi Honda Brat , i'm a member over on the US site and have been for 5 or 6 years and have nothing but praise for the site, i have had loads of help when asking questions i've also had parts given for free and sent at the other persons cost, i've had help shipping parts when the ebay seller wouldn't ship to the UK,
like Steve says be patient i'm sure you will get your answers, cheers Mick.
Hey Mick, because of the help and positive stuff you have gotten from the site no doubt your view will be more biased, as I said I was annoyed on that particular day when I started this topic, I guess after asking several questions and only receiving a couple of replies to a number of topics it tarnished my outlook on the forum. I am in no doubt that that forum is full of wealth and knowledge and I take my hat off to it for being so - but with the same breath I would of thought with having so many knowledgeable members and so many at least one or two would of had the decency or taken the time out to answer, I even 'bumped' the topics to the top to see if that would help? I have since removed the topics as I found the answers myself through other means and will just use it as a source, to be fair i'm not that fussed, just on the day I started this thread I was desperate for an answer which never came. Hey ho 
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« on: August 30, 2011, 03:15:44 PM »
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« on: August 30, 2011, 03:11:12 PM »
cheers Steve, I took that into consideration and I know exactly where you coming from. I actually contacted one of their regular members who no doubt you know Frankenmonster?? or something similar, I was interested in one of his points covers, not even a sniff of a reply and that was over a month ago. As I said its odd as 2 of my other main bike forums are US based and they are damn good fun and great for banter 
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« on: August 29, 2011, 10:17:45 PM »
I gotta have a moan, I am a member on various bike forums and enjoy the banter and wealth of knowledge that is shared etc, when I decided to build and customise a CB500/4 I thought that the SOHC forum would be the place for anything and everything that I needed answering. However, it seems no one can be bothered to reply to any posts, yes a couple have been answered and maybe I am being a bit sensitive but when you have so many so-called experts with over 10K posts you would have thought that one of them could have been kind enough to reply  I mean you can go back every few hours and there are literally 2-3 pages of new replies! Now don't get me wrong its an open forum with various topics, but 'A pic of you and your bike next to?' and 'What car does a SOHC member drive' is not my bag, yes I can not bother looking at these threads but sometimes I need answers and the place that is all things Honda kinda doesn't deliver  When I am in a position to offer any help on a subject I reply as I am aware that the poster has gone to the trouble of putting up a question h/she must be pretty desperate for an answer, especially if it is bike related. I'm pretty disappointed with the forum, maybe its because I'm a 'noobie' or maybe if I was keeping the bike original or cafe'ing it then I would get a host of replies but on my experience with the forum it seems pretty crap. Maybe i'm blowing of steam and don't mean to annoy or upset anyone - but the phrase 'You meet the nicest people on a Honda' kinda doesn't cut it with SOHC US. Just my pissed off thoughts this evening, maybe I'll feel different tomorrow?
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« on: August 28, 2011, 09:42:08 AM »
Out of curiosity, has Davis Silver got the monopoly on all Honda spares when it comes to all the sohc stuff? I have searched the net for spares etc and mostly it comes up with dealers in the US and nothing really from the UK?
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« on: August 27, 2011, 11:07:01 AM »
all good thanks mate, I thought it maybe you. Been a few years now without my 14, still miss her though  Mind you once I have finished my cb500/4 build there is always room for another as long as I don't build something else in the meantime cheers (KDC)
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« on: August 27, 2011, 10:27:11 AM »
not too sure on mine as the engine stamp has the last 3-4 digits missing, I can partially make them out hey Popwud, you wouldn't happen to be the same guy that was on the 1400.org?
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and may I ask for a picture of you standing next to your automobile next to a bridge, lamp post, barge, Coffee shop etc?
The simple answer is to ask anything you want to know on the U.K. forum, because anything the americans can do, I'm sure it's been done better here, and at least the U.K. forum uses PROPER English