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2446
« on: December 05, 2022, 03:25:31 PM »
Pointed out a cheap brake arm.
Sell the newly chromed one and it should easily pay for the replacement.
You still haven't described why the rims won't fit Grasshopper.
2447
« on: December 05, 2022, 03:21:38 PM »
Almost certain I've got some somewhere. Gave a set away earlier this year but seem to recall finding some more. I'll let you know. Might need painting.
2448
« on: December 05, 2022, 03:16:10 PM »
2449
« on: December 05, 2022, 06:45:34 AM »
A NOS arm for 18 euros at hazecamp-middelstum.nl
Can’t post links on my iPad.
2450
« on: December 05, 2022, 06:33:45 AM »
Roo the 500 and 550 f1 take the smaller diameter brake cam, for some unknown reason Honda changed the cam and the arm for the F2. The cam is actually part number 43141-341-020 not 010, the arm is 43410-404-000 and appears to have been superseded to 43410-MR5-000. I wasn’t aware the F2 was different from either the 500 or 550f1, never spotted it. Which I suppose would be easy to miss until you put them side by side.
Oh and in case you haven’t spotted it, the brake torque arm bolt is also different, just in case you bought one off Max.
2451
« on: December 03, 2022, 05:23:05 PM »
I've got as full set of heated clothing. The jacket is the controller for them all, the gloves plug into the sleeves of the jacket and the pants also do the same as the waist. The whole thing runs off the battery by a simple connector that will just pull away if you ever have an accident or like me just forget to disconnect. The gloves are good, heats the back of the hand and fingers and now I've also got some heated grips that should be great as I found my palms getting chilly on really cold days, by cold I mean riding in minus temps. The problem with the trousers are they are more like cowboy chaps, they work ok but first time I wore them without anything on my legs, every time I pulled up at lights and put my feet down the velcro straps pulled the hair off my legs, very uncomfortable. I now wear them with long johns and they are fine.
2452
« on: December 02, 2022, 02:07:46 PM »
F353 shows as being brass and they look like mild steel?
2453
« on: December 01, 2022, 11:03:12 PM »
I really wish you'd stop being so negative Roo, they fitted before, they can be made to fit again. You keep saying they won't fit but you never say why, the only thing you've said is that the spokes didn't fit. You don't describe why they don't fit, are they too short or too long? Do you still have any of the original spokes around, I presume you've bought new ones, a simple side by side comparison will show where the problem lies.
Looking at the pics of the bike the problem seems to be the front forks are not the correct length, far too much of the stanchion showing between the top of the fork slider and the bottom yoke, it makes the bike look hump backed, the back looks fine TBH although I also suspect the rear shocks are over long, it's probably why the side stand is too short, elevated by the forks at the front and the rear shocks at the back. Must a been a doddle to put on the main stand as it would hardly need to lift the bike if at all.
Looking at the width of 70mm from side to side, not 2.15 rims as those are 90mm, I'll see if I can find an original rim from somewhere, I had a few but threw them away, I suspect they are 1.85. Anyone with a set of original rims should be able to give you a definitive side to side measurement, must be loads of members with bare rims lying around.
I appreciate you're having a hard time at the moment but take a moment, look at the problem, don't let it defeat you, work out what's wrong and fix it, if you can't think of a solution, explain what's wrong in detail and I'm 100% sure someone on here will have the answer, it's why we are all here, to help others get their bikes on the road and keep them there.
2454
« on: December 01, 2022, 03:26:14 PM »
I didn't realise you'd had them professionally polished Roo until I re-read your post on them. It's possible that they polished off the markings showing what the rim size was, especially if it was just lightly stamped or even printed on the rim.
If you still have the old steel rims you could try this. Place upright on a flat surface, get a small spirit level and place it on the highest point of the spoke hole, across the wheel, level the bubble and measure what the distance is from the lower edge to the flat surface. Do the same with the new alloy rims, the difference is how much shorter the new spokes should be.
You could also try lacing the front wheel with the rear wheel spokes, as they are 1" shorter they may fit. If they do at least you only need to buy or alter one set of spokes, depends on how much shorter they have to be.
You could also re-thread the spokes yourself, find out the size and pitch and just run the thread down the spoke more, cut off any excess spoke after fitting and trueing etc.
2455
« on: December 01, 2022, 03:04:50 PM »
Approx £100 a wheel for those 3m wheels Ash. Bit expensive if I don't like them.
2456
« on: December 01, 2022, 12:00:22 PM »
Of course the spokes are too long, the spoke holes sit much higher than the standard rim ones do, as soon as I saw those pics I wondered if they used shorter spokes, the outside can’t change size because you need to fit a standard size tyre on it so with the spoke holes sitting much higher in, due to that deep dish effect the rim has, it has to use it’s own type of spoke. Could mean you’ve got the right rims but the wrong spokes.
2457
« on: November 30, 2022, 10:54:22 PM »
Just thought. What's the problem with the spokes, looking at those rims the standards spokes will be too long.
2458
« on: November 30, 2022, 10:52:40 PM »
What's the width from outside edge to outside edge? I can see the rim stamped with 40, which clearly means 40 spoke version, you sure there's nothing else stamped on the rim, most likely it the same sort of place. They look like an 18 and a 19 to me. Most likely 1.85 rim size. Finally got back in the garage after a week or so off. Did your collets, just tidying em up ready to be done, need to be polished next. Before.  After. 
2459
« on: November 30, 2022, 10:45:45 PM »
No, didn't do the sliders, forgot TBH. I just bob it on with anything to hand, usually one of those foam pads.
2460
« on: November 30, 2022, 06:00:40 PM »
Don't bother, won't be much.
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