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CB750 / Wow this is the real deal 1968 prototype CB750
« on: Today at 08:58:19 PM »
https://www.cb750prototype.com/

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CB500/550 / Henry Coles 550K3 for sale
« on: Today at 06:58:35 PM »
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/743953341154957

From what I remember the restorer Pete went to prison for embezzling his granny's money


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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2024
« on: May 11, 2024, 04:20:04 PM »
That is a Hull reg Dave ..my nicked  yellow 400/4was CAG 242T

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Anyone used ABS Slurry to fix side panels etc
« on: May 11, 2024, 11:16:25 AM »
Quote from: Bryanj on May 11, 2024, 09:40:59 AM
Only reason i can think of it not to work is if the plastic was"de natured" by uv light(cant think of another waybto say that)

Good point that Bryan ...on late 60's early 70s panels the plastic goes really brittle.

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Metal Covered Plug Caps
« on: May 11, 2024, 09:33:35 AM »
Quote from: Bryanj on May 05, 2024, 03:32:31 PM
We were one of those dealers that removed them at pdi as you could just about guarantee a misfire when the british liquid sunshire arrived

The dealer who supplied mine literally ripped them off Bryan and broke the plastic at the end in the process. I took mine apart recently and with a bit of practice you can remove the covers without de-crimping and re-assemble and no damage to the plastic part.

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Anorak's Corner / Anyone used ABS Slurry to fix side panels etc
« on: May 11, 2024, 09:28:38 AM »
Someone on the CB250RS Facebook closed group suggested I try ABS slurry to fix cracks and broken mounting lugs on plastic side panels etc.
I thought back to the 90's, when I couldn't buy the correct angle guttering joints for my 1030's house and some old sage where I was working at the time (who had an immaculate BSA Gold Flash Combo) cut a section out of one to reduce the angle and bonded it back together at my required  angle with a paste made up out of the waste material dissolved in MEK. They bonded beautifully and are still on my old house when I went past earlier this year.

Has anyone tried this? I guess the panel materials will have changed over the years. I think the 250RS panels are ABS but I seem to remember my 750K0 panels and airbox were made from some form of styrene. But I guess the theory is the same... dissolve a piece of the same material in a suitable solvent and use that to repair the panel.

This what the FB guy said: Quote :  "Google abs slurry,,, and make some .... glue it on with it ,then build it up round the crack ( takes a day or two to fully cure) permanent fix ... I  glued 2 halves of a panel together with it .... you could bend it as much as the parent material , it doesn't glue, it bonds. I have tried epoxy, fibreglass glues, nothing does it like abs slurry"

https://www.matterhackers.com/news/how-to-make-abs-juice-glue-and-slurry


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Misc / Open / Re: Chrome plater recommendations
« on: May 08, 2024, 10:09:27 PM »
Quote from: AshimotoK0 on May 08, 2024, 07:57:17 AM
I got some fork ears for my 500K0 re-chromed a couple of years back by Marque Restore in Coventry .. they were £35 each then so £90 is probably about right. They madea really good job. I dropped them off at Stafford show and they posted back in a couple of weeks. Not in your area I know but gives you a price guide.


I found this post Steve

https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php?topic=17593.0

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Misc / Open / Re: Chrome plater recommendations
« on: May 08, 2024, 07:57:17 AM »
I got some fork ears for my 500K0 re-chromed a couple of years back by Marque Restore in Coventry .. they were £35 each then so £90 is probably about right. They madea really good job. I dropped them off at Stafford show and they posted back in a couple of weeks. Not in your area I know but gives you a price guide.

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Metal Covered Plug Caps
« on: May 06, 2024, 08:47:49 AM »
Pretty crap that Honda didn't address the issue with the suppliers Nippon Denso. The metal cover EMC shielding (fitted as way back 1966 to UK CB450K0 Bombers)  was decades ahead of it's time and such a shame that the design wasn't re-engineered to cure the arcing. As I said, I can't see any reason why it can't be re-engineered to work perfectly in the wet. I guess modern silicone mouldings were not around then within the automotive industry.

Those caps were also fitted to Z1's ... wonder if it was the same on that model in the wet. Genuine Z1 metal caps are ££££ I gather. I got all of my Honda ones  cheap because DS had them in his USA warehouse (relatively useless to U.S. customers) but not listed on his UK site.

Watch this space to see if I can solve it.

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Metal Covered Plug Caps
« on: May 05, 2024, 12:41:09 PM »
Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on May 05, 2024, 12:02:08 PM
I was told they were used  to surpress radio interference back in the day.

Evidently the 1st Kwack triples  CDi's played havoc with TV's 

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Anorak's Corner / Re: Metal Covered Plug Caps
« on: May 05, 2024, 10:44:42 AM »
Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on May 05, 2024, 10:33:26 AM
That type of plug cap was  also fitted to the Opel Rekord (D) Coupes back in 1973 I was drivng one down to Cornwall for our sumer holiday when the car dropped onto 3 cylinders in heavy traffic. Being an automatic it was it was almost undriveable.

One of those caps had failed plus the leads were the then quite new carbon fibre typ leads - I used a Nappy pin to replace the cap - it worked a treat.

There are plenty of other people fitting them to our bikes Ted for originality ... I bought 5 sets of each cheap and kept one of each set for myself and sold the rest on eBay. They didn't hang around for long  before being sold ! My 500K0 didn't have them as it is a 1st batch USA (squared off crankcase) bike and they were never fitted in the US. The 500 ones (fitted to UK and European bikes)  are the same as the 400F ones.

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: 400/4 Air Filter 'Panching Plates'
« on: May 05, 2024, 10:21:17 AM »
Putting the plates in the post 1st thing Tuesday Dave  :)

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Anorak's Corner / Metal Covered Plug Caps
« on: May 05, 2024, 10:18:41 AM »
My UK 750K0, CB400F & 450K0 Bomber all came originally with metal plug caps.

Much maligned on here I know but for originality I am fitting them. I managed to get NOS ND ones for my 4 cylinder bikes  but the Bomber ones are hard to come by. also one of my NOS 4-cyl ones got badly damaged with acid. So this week I managed to de-crimp the corroded one and replated a grotty looking Bomber one. Pretty sure my CB250K0's and K2 would have had them but not found any of those yet.

I plan to do some tests on them to see why they tracked over the HT in the wet. It's not obvious looking at them why they would track. I suspect the rubber insert may not have sealed too well but a new part moulded in silicone may fix it. A lot of heathen dealers (like the one who supplied my 1st 400F ) just ripped the metal covers off and damaged the grey plastic body in the process.

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CB750 / Re: WTF Exhaust
« on: May 02, 2024, 01:40:27 PM »


https://youtu.be/i31ukMWH9oY

Also 400/4 that sold £1500  not sure if provisional though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-KWZRJ1m8

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Misc / Open / Re: All gone now 😢😢😢
« on: May 02, 2024, 11:15:44 AM »
Did you sell the original pipes off it on FB Julie? Seemed like a good deal to me.

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