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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
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I have a theory Julie that the issue on the left side upper exhaust might have been related to the rear foot peg bracket end angled section just looking very slightly different on the bolt hole end section from the right side. I suspected wrongly that the right side was slightly mis-shapen due to the previous 4:1 system fitting.
The one on the right side that fitted perfectly had a distinctive angle at the tip, the left side hanger was not a mirror image - it was visually slightly different a smoother curve.
One advantage for me was by fitting the bracket to the upper exhaust in situ with the balancer pipe connected I could see where the bolt need to align with the bracket when I slipped it in place. This meant I only needed to file it once as I could see where the slotted hole needed fettling. I did not need to elongate the angled slot just take a small amount of metal from the middle top of the slot.
The one on the right side that fitted perfectly had a distinctive angle at the tip, the left side hanger was not a mirror image - it was visually slightly different a smoother curve.
One advantage for me was by fitting the bracket to the upper exhaust in situ with the balancer pipe connected I could see where the bolt need to align with the bracket when I slipped it in place. This meant I only needed to file it once as I could see where the slotted hole needed fettling. I did not need to elongate the angled slot just take a small amount of metal from the middle top of the slot.