Honda-SOHC

I came across this when I was stripping down the F1 to start the rebuild, at first there was a broken stub visible about 1 inch, so I tried heat, penetrating oil, freezing stuff all to no avail.
I then used a roller type extracter which broke the stud revealing that nothing at all had penetrated
So it was head off and away to a machine shop, this did not bother me too much as I then could check the top end as the bike had been in storage for 10 years, I did find a stuck piston ring so it was worth it.


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Dennis

Nice one, dead jealous but hopefully on the way back to getting out on the bike, left thumb joint replace, now some rehab and then the throttle hand later in the year.


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Dennis

With all that going on a grump is a perfectly normal reaction, so don't worry about it.
It's a lot to take in and will take time for the pain to fade.

Dennis

Looks like whoever fitted those pipes was smoking something very strong, they are really horrible.

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Dennis

Done

Thanks Ted, not looking forward to it but am fed up now with being restricted in what I can do.

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Dennis

Hi John, at first it was identified as Carpel tunnel syndrome as I was getting terrible tingling/burning in my hands and pain in my thumbs/wrists. But an X Ray revealed that both thumb joints were shot, this was causing inflamation and the carpel tunnel problem.
 So hopefully the new thumb joints will cure both problems.

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Dennis

It's nice to know that you can get one and at a reasonable price, I actually discarded mine when I bought the bike new as it was limiting the ground clearance, mind you I was a bit faster in them days, it would probably be fine now.

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Dennis