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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
« Last post by Bryanj on Today at 08:55:55 PM »
550 and 500 same shape but later ones had a connector bit, the screwed in retainer does not have a seal, only the big tim pressed plate
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CB750 / Re: Yhc-184 regulator rectifier
« Last post by Bryanj on Today at 08:54:08 PM »
If the people who made it, or those that sold it didnt give you a wiring diagram in my opinion it aint worth using
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CB750 / Re: Yhc-184 regulator rectifier
« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 08:37:29 PM »
Exactly that's why I stayed with the original seperate units - Im chicken! ;D ;D ;D
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CB750 / Yhc-184 regulator rectifier
« Last post by Pauarc on Today at 08:14:46 PM »
Has anyone wired up one of these need to know where the white and black wire go
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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 07:59:22 PM »
My 500 has eight rubber dampers four are thick on the drive side four are thinner on the overrun.
Looks like the 550 is different.
Definitely another seal on the retainer item 20 in the parts book p/n 90753-283-000 the left side spacer runs inside it plus a large O ring for the sprocket cover I think.
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CB500/550 / Re: Float height 500 k1
« Last post by Honda enthusiast on Today at 07:35:07 PM »
No there's no cloth there, cheers 🍷

Thanks all who helped, I've sorted it now, fitted the Tourmax carb kits and put the needles in the middle groove, float heights 22mm and screws 1 1/2 turns out...super idle now at 1100rpm no clutch rattle...revs cleanly no misfire now...

😄👍✅
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CB500/550 / Re: top end gasket set recomendations
« Last post by Bryanj on Today at 07:05:59 PM »
No matter what set you need thicker O rings at the headgasket than those in the set
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Project Board / Re: Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
« Last post by Seabeowner on Today at 07:02:26 PM »
Ted, for the life of me I can't remember an oil seal sitting in the retainer. The only oil seal fits in the sprocket fixing plate which the rear wheel collar comes through.
This is a 550 but should be the same.
https://images.cmsnl.com/img/partslists/honda-cb550f1-super-sport-550-four-1976-england-rear-wheel_big00026127f11_cceb.gif

But I might be wrong!
Phil
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Project Board / Re: Project CB350F
« Last post by magpie114 on Today at 07:02:13 PM »
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I feel your pain, I've been waiting two weeks for spark plugs that were advertised as in-stock but so far nowhere to be seen!
Was the old sprocket worn out? I was lucky with Ratty because although the drive chain was seized solid the rear sprocket was perfect apart from the PO having it chrome plated! I had that removed and it was refinished in BZP and it has come out like new.



The old sprocket was worn, corroded and was in overall poor condition. I didn't want to use it with a new chain and front sprocket - rightly or (probably) wrongly I slung it. I'll have to wait and see if the other one due next week is ok. And yes the simplest little brackets and fasteners are like hens teeth.
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Project Board / Re: Making space for the bikes
« Last post by Laverda Dave on Today at 06:36:24 PM »
I remember all of that Alan, I was working in the building opposite the day it happened (30TSC). I also remember something falling off that same building some time later during its construction and going through the glass roof of the building below (the 'fingernail' as it was called), the tube station that was also under construction at the time (and I had just left the site about an hour beforehand). H&S is something that has to be drilled into people, there is always the misapprehension it will happen to someone else. H&S on London Underground was always first class from training to PPE to inspections and not being afraid to stop the job.
Back to the thread, Dom, Dave is right, it still won't be big enough, you'll just use it as an excuse to buy another bike!
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