Honda-SOHC

Nothing gets a motorcyclist more excited than a bit of black rubber!

I've not been riding my 1972 CB500 Four much and I think I really need a new project. It goes, stops and handles as it should with having so much spent on it! Not being a hard line rivet counter I'm quite happy to use bits that just make the bike work. However it is still a sound basis for a full restoration and my problem is I don't know how much to ask for it.

anyone actually tried it themselves?

No, but then it's quite hard to find a bike with a rear wheel weight bias.

A scissor jack platform under the sump works for me.

My Granny was great, not a limbo dancer due to arthritis but quite a fan of Hendrix.

That was better than the Queen version as it actually made sense!

I've bought a new throttle pipe off eBay that says it it fits a wide range of classic Honda models. It fitted OK and the lead lift of the ramp looks a bit longer than the old one. It did feel a bit better to me although it's still 90 degrees closed to open.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Push-Pull-Throttle-Tube-AND-GRIPS-53141-300-010-CB-350F-400F-550-CX500/303243856707?hash=item469abe0b43:g:~qoAAOSwAqhdnNIL

Being married has many advantages and one is the access to an old pair of tights. I used them to cover the open bell mouths on carbs to prevent stones and small children being sucked in. Not easy for a old fashion, non metro sexual bloke to walk into a shop to buy women's tights