Honda-SOHC

Thanks for the reply Simon.

I've gone down the cafe route with my bike so I need all the space I can get. I've ditched the whole loom and am going motogadget so I need to get a new reg rec anyway.

I am still working on the bike promise.

Cut out the hubs to send of for re-building with aluminium rims

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Made a new tab to fit the 500T tank and moved the front tank pegs

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Started making the seat

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and don't judge me on my welds.. I'm learning!

Thanks everyone! Philpots it is then.

Not sure if you have come across this, but it's the best info on Dual disc conversion I have round.

http://blacksquaremotorcycle.com/dual-disc-conversion/

If you have the Asymmetrical hub:

'the right side fork slider has a caliper bracket mounting point/post, which is offset by exactly 3 mm when compared to the left.  What this means is that the caliper will sit 3 mm closer to the rim, tire and spokes and will, therefore, line up with the rotor perfectly'

'There is a gap between the slider and the top caliper bracket!  It is exactly 3 mm.  That’s an easy one to fix.  If you are re-using the original front fender, its mounting bracket will fill some of that 3 mm gap, the rest can be taken up by standard  6 mm washers (one at each mounting point).   If you are not using a front fender at all, then just put two 3 mm thick washers to fill the gap when installing the calipers.'

copied and pasted from the Blacksquare site.

No worries, i can wait a little while 
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Here you go Trigger. Not in the best condition. No dents or holes but a few deeper grazes here and there.

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I'm glad you managed to buy it! I'm sure you would have found it on your own accord anyway but it's good a forum member get it anyway. I'm early on in my 550 build so not sure what I need yet but I may message you as it progresses.

A bit of progress over the last 2 weeks.
Got the engine running and idling smoothly. I tried to take a video but my phone battery died before it saved! I had done the bench sync incorrectly but after re-reading the process I got it in the end. Put some vacuum gauges on them and they were pretty close.

Removed electrics - all going in the bin.
Removed the shocks and triple tree - the fork tubes are in bad condition. I'll either need to re-chrome them or source replacements.
Removed the rear wheel - one of the wheel spacers was missing and had been replaced with..... 3 Nuts!
and finally got the engine out. I layed the frame on its side and got it out that way. Was hard work by myself but I got there in the end.

The engine cosmetically is pretty bad. I'd like to re-paint it but I've read in many forums its not good to paint an assembled engine (shouldn't paint over gaskets and bolts and you can never get it fully clean).
I emailed a couple of blasting companies but they all said they wouldn't touch an assembled engine.

Leaves me with a couple of options.. Do a top end rebuild and get the head, barrels and cover blasted in the process - then do my best to clean and repaint the case assembled

Or completely strip the engine and get it done properly.

I think I'm going to do a top end anyway, I don't know the bikes mileage and I want to check the tensioner, rings and valves/guides.

Thoughts?

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On a separate note, I'm not putting this bike back to stock so will be selling/passing on a few things. Any interest in the below? If there is I'll take some photos.

Exhaust headers (550F 4-1) - they would need re-chroming and are rusted onto the collecter. I could cut it off and check the condition of it if there is any interest. I think they're just a bit rusty and don't have any dents.
Controls left and right
Seat and pan
Grab rail
Headlight ears
Chain guard
indicators





 

Quick update, made some good progress this weekend.
I managed to get power to all the right places, Oil pressure light came on, but wouldn't go out. Found that the pressure switch had a loose wire and was grounding out so I re-made the terminal and then after 1 kick the light now goes out.
I replaced the coils, plugs and caps, cleaned the points, set the gap and the timing, checked valve clearance and fitted the carbs.

2 kicks and it fired up! Revved really high so I killed it. Tried again and cut the choke straight away, still revving quite high but kept it running for 10 seconds or so and there are no worrying noises coming from the engine. In fact it sounded great. Think there maybe be an air leak in the boots or the bench sync was way out but I'm happy that there are no major bottom end engine issues that are immediately obvious.

I will check the compression next weekend now I've burnt off the oil on top of the pistons.

I don't have much in the way of pictures, but the view inside the sump looks clean.

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And the mess of wiring

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