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Recommended Sources for Parts and Services / NOS Honda parts

« on: April 14, 2010, 11:13:09 AM »

I thought I would share this link with you. I have had a few parts from them and they have been superb to deal with. They have alot of NOS parts for older Hondas and their prices are very reasonable. Take a look you never know you might find that elusive part you have been searching for!!!

http://www.harpersofcowleyltd.co.uk/HONDAPARTSLATEST.htm

Cheers,
MartinH

CB500/550 / Nearly there

« on: January 24, 2010, 05:04:56 PM »

Well I thought you all might like to see some pics of my progress so far. The bike was an ebay buy and alot rougher than I first thought once stripped down. The bike has been completely rebuilt and painted, apart from the motor which was ok. The first pics are as I bought it in its horrible burgundy guise. The tank and panels have been done in basecoat and orange metal flake(blast from the past !!!). I don`t like the stripes I have put on the tank so have some originals coming and will redo the entire tank again when the weather picks up a bit. Hope you enjoy and will post some better ones in the daylight. Up till now I have spent about 2 1/2 months on the resto.

Cheers,
MartinH

CB500/550 / Carb problems

« on: January 18, 2010, 08:50:20 PM »

Well I have spent the best part of two weeks trying all manner of things to sort out my carbs. Eventually thought I had them sussed, but as usual, they were just not playing ball. Can anyone tell me which notch(from the top) the slider needles should be in. The bike is very hard to start and when running there are clouds of black smoke coming from the exhaust. The float heights have been checked at least twenty times, so I am pretty sure they are correct. The jets are all correct(new), the only possible fault I can see is the bottom edge of the carb body is corroded where the main jet fits in showing part of the `o`ring. Would this give the problem of rich running? Honestly, I am getting sick to death of this lot, they have been on and off so often that I can whistle and they jump out and onto the bench!!!!
Any help greatfully accepted, otherwise I think I will need to try another set of carbs

Cheers,
MartinH

CB500/550 / CB500 lighting switch

« on: December 19, 2009, 07:32:12 PM »

Hello all, i`m new here so be gentle with me

The problem I have is with the rh bar switch. The kill switch works fine but the lighting side doesn`t, I have checked through all the wiring and have noted that there is only one black(live) wire in the loom from the switch. This goes to the kill switch, this means there is no live to the lighting switch. I can put one in but I was wondering if there was some kind of internal link in the switch itself from the kill switch live to the lighting slider switch??
Any help appreciated to finish off my total resto on this bike.

Cheers,
MartinH