Honda-SOHC

Bit of an update, made up a gauge and ignition brackets out of 2mm steel bent in a vice with lots of mapp gas, lots of hacksawing and even more filing.  Really happy with the results!

I visited the Bike Shed Show in Shadwell (or The Bike Beard Show) in East London last night. To me this is the best motorcycle show as its all one-off builds and some of the ingenuity has to be seen to be believed.

One particular bike was based on a 650 V-Twin Honda and it is a Steam punk build called Isambard. It was built as homage to Brunel and is based on one of his locos. When you first see it looks ugly but looking at it closely the build is pretty special especially the copper work for the water cooling and the sight glass used for the fuel tank level. The cockpit resembles a steam train as do the front forks and the throttle cables!

Some other really nice bikes were there as well including a really neat 500 Honda and a unique Kawasaki Z900 for those who want to keep biking on four wheels when they can no longer manage two!

The show is on over the next two days and really worth a visit. They show the MGP in the cinema, there are live bands, craft beers, food and a really nice vibe.

Hi all, I am after 2 x cylinder studs for my CB500 and can`t find any anywhere? does anyone know of or has a couple that they would sell please.
#thank you

I am getting close to starting up my CB360 after stripping and reassembling, the top end has been off and rebuilt.

I know this is a basic question but it’s the first engine work I have undertaken.

I know that I need to make sure that I have oil getting to the top end but how long should this take roughly?

I don’t want to panic and convince myself there are problems too quickly but also don’t want to have it running for too long and do some damage.

Nice photos. I've always like the colour blue and the 750 is a great colour combination. The gold and black of the 500 tops it though👍.