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CB750 / Re: Best workshop manual cb750
« on: January 29, 2024, 03:13:04 PM »
I did say back in the 70s, no phones then so everyone tended to look around at lights  ;D ;D

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CB750 / Re: Best workshop manual cb750
« on: January 29, 2024, 10:12:17 AM »
Whatever the cause Nigel that really loud thunk as it went into first gear is pretty awful. Imagine sitting at the lights in the 70s, people are admiring you from the cars around you, you smile and nod and generally bask in the glow of having a really nice bike, then you select first and everyone looks away, embarrassed for you, what a clunker they are thinking, whereas the 500 just slides into gear next to you and smiles the smile of knowing he or she has the better bike.

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CB350/400 / Re: My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
« on: January 28, 2024, 02:06:40 PM »
If you look at the 6th picture down in the Amazon listing you'll see a load of discs laid out, look carefully and you can spot the hole I meant on the boss, the 2 light purple discs on the left are clearly showing the dot, these MUST face inwards on the mandrel, so facing you as you use them, that means the fronds are pointing in the right direction.

I remember recommending these to Roo and him telling me one day how he'd shredded a few of them and I suddenly remembered I'd not mentioned about the dots to him and sure enough he'd fitted them backwards and destroyed them, oddly enough the first time they came out the manufacturers made a big thing of making sure you knew about this but they seem to assume people know this by now and it's barely mentioned anymore.

The finish on the carb took me about 3 hours IIRC, it's only on one side (and still is) as it was just an experiment, the part where the manifold rubber fits is not done, so you can see how it looked roughly before I started. I might eventually do a whole bank and see how they look mounted, might be good, might be bad. Might also be interesting to see how the finish lasts under road use.

I'm currently using the dark green and dark blues to dress up my 500 frame, getting rid of all the weld splatters that Honda just painted over, also use them to dress up metal that's pitted from rust, get rid of the rust using normal flap wheels then get rid of the marks they leave by using these discs, going up in grades etc. You can find the discs in all one colour for instance, I find I use more dark greens etc than any other colour so I buy 30-50 dark greens are a time to make sure I have enough. It can be expensive but one buy like that can last over a year and I use them a LOT.

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CB350/400 / Re: My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
« on: January 28, 2024, 12:05:55 PM »
Must be on another thread Tim, I do recommend them a LOT, seriously they are one of the best tools you'll ever buy for restoring parts, especially alloy casings.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CCY4CVG2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Observe direction as I posted above, these have one more colour than my normal ones, 8 different grades as opposed to 7. Best used with 2 on a mandrel, 3 at a pinch, one if needed to get into a narrow area.

You can get a really good finish on a carb body just by using them, no polishing at all, as in this result using just the finer grades, probably purple and light green and finishing off with white.



For the really deep and confined areas I had to use some different tools but 95% of that finish was done with those wheels.

My only advise when buying these is buy 2 sets at least, they do last really well but you'll end up using them so much you'll be ordering another set and more quite soon or they'll run out just when your really close to finishing the job  ;D




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CB750 / Re: Best workshop manual cb750
« on: January 28, 2024, 11:53:39 AM »
Personally I'd say most of the problems were in fact the rear tyre grip not the acceleration in the wet or the rear brake grabbing. The standard tyres were ok in the dry but an absolute nightmare in any damp or wet conditions.

The dry sump was a poor idea, giving a notchy and loud gearchange, the main reason I didn't like the 750 over the 500 which has a gear change like a knife through butter.

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CB750 / Re: CB750 K0 UK
« on: January 28, 2024, 11:42:47 AM »
I've had float bowls and carb tops dechromed and they came out ok afterwards. Although there were areas where the chrome was still stuck on.

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CB350/400 / Re: My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
« on: January 28, 2024, 11:41:06 AM »
Not sure if you know this Dave but the discs must be fitted in a certain direction, on the boss of the wheels one side has a small hole, this must be fitted so that the hole faces the Dremel or as you say they'll strip the fronds off in seconds, if you look at the fronds they slope in one direction, the direction must match the direction they spin in.

I've never stripped the fronds off a single one so you must be doing something wrong and it must be that. I have found that if working toward an edge, like the edge of a casing for example work down towards it not up, so have the edge of the casing below the disc not above or when it feels the edge it will just grab it and fling itself upwards and away.

Don't use any pressure either, just light pressure only, after a while you get used to how much pressure to use and you'll find they'll last ages that way. Best to use 2 on a mandrel or 1 if you're doing a groove (like a piston ring groove).

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CB350/400 / Re: My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
« on: January 27, 2024, 05:57:57 PM »
Try using the white wheels on the brassware Dave, it's about the same grit grade as pumice stone, around 2000 grit IIRC, they'll come up like new without damaging them at all. The carb tops try using something like light blue or purple and it will get rid of the scratching on them, if the scratches don't go easily try red or brown but not dark blue or dark green unless it's really really bad. After the scratches go try going up the grades ending with light green, by that time they'll look almost polished. Dark green or drak blue will even remove weld splatters and will work quite well to smooth out the kickstart knuckle, the more you use them the more you'll wonder how you ever did without them.

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CB500/550 / Re: CMS selling pattern parts as genuine
« on: January 27, 2024, 02:05:33 PM »
I've decided to keep the rings, however I'm not happy with CMS. Genuine means genuine, not OEM, even DS makes the distinction and his prices reflect that fact.

I have however warned CMS that I'll be bringing the matter to Honda UKs attention, Honda are quite aggressive at defending their brand name, anyone selling parts as genuine when they aren't, even if they are from the same manufacturer (and TBH we only have that information from CMS, although it may well be true but only Honda know for sure) they are not genuine Honda parts and I feel the price they are charging should reflect that.

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CB500/550 / Re: New carb linkage rods
« on: January 27, 2024, 01:37:21 PM »
Received the additional rods from Max the other day. Roo wants one and I'm keeping 2 so that means 1 is spare.

Anyone interested?


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Looks like an Art Decor bike

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Powder coating rims
« on: January 26, 2024, 10:14:16 AM »
I meant chrome Roy. Try and get a DID rim Dom.

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Powder coating rims
« on: January 26, 2024, 08:30:38 AM »
Probably cheaper to just buy a new rim Dom.

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Project Board / Re: PROJECT HONDA CD175A (SLOPER)
« on: January 25, 2024, 05:31:42 PM »
Wasn't those I saw Paul, took me a while to find, even searching for the exact wording didn't find it. However typing in CD175 tank badges in Google did for some strange reason.

These may be ok, I'm not sure, certainly cheaper than the one above. They have a very strange font on the Honda logo and a weird way of crossing the H in Honda. Might be the same as OE, I couldn't say.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/183039345096

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Project Board / Re: PROJECT HONDA CD175A (SLOPER)
« on: January 25, 2024, 01:45:48 PM »
There is a pair on eBay Paul with the Honda wing with 175 underneath, unfortunately I’m on an iPad and have no idea how to copy and paste a link but the description reads For Honda ca175, cd175, cb175 K0, cl175 K0, fuel tank emblem l/r brand new, if that helps. They are repros but I suppose trying to find new genuine is asking a bit much these days.

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