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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 27, 2016, 01:31:46 PM »
Quote from: UK Pete on April 25, 2016, 05:45:16 PM
Wow. did your garage leak?
If the frame has not rotted through then that will save lots of hassle, you might be lucky with the engine and it frees up, i would imagine the bores will need re boring it dont take much to pit the metal and it is probably where it is seized as well
Forks and wheels are an easy restore
all other parts are easy to find through the usual channels, so good luck to you and crack on and keep enthusiastic


pete

The garage only leaks when it rains. Most of the damage was done in the early years of "storage", but it hasn't degraded much in the last 10 years. A quick whizz round with a spanner demonstrated that the small sample of fastenings I tried weren't seized, so fingers crossed  ;)


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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 27, 2016, 01:28:03 PM »
Quote from: haynes66 on April 25, 2016, 05:02:39 PM
are they genuine Lesters on your bike? i like them.

They're CMAs, and when cleaned up should look good. Less so in this condition  :)

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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 25, 2016, 04:42:15 PM »
Quote from: Johnwebley on April 25, 2016, 11:34:02 AM


  its just a 3D jigsaw puzzle

 you know were all the parts go,its just a matter of finding them,


  bit of advice,get some fresh fuel,the old stuff  may be stale !!

At least everything is still connected, and I have pictures and manuals to work with. Not that that'll do me any good when I start throwing bits around the garage  :)

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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 25, 2016, 04:40:06 PM »
Quote from: mickwinf on April 25, 2016, 09:12:06 AM
good luck with that.... you will need it!

Cheers

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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 25, 2016, 04:39:04 PM »
Quote from: matthewmosse on April 25, 2016, 11:50:40 AM
Best of luck with Harry, plenty of work for you there. I have a cb500/4 that spent 4 years or so idle and came out looking worse, only the electrics, seat and tweaking remain to be done after a fairly major overhaul, although I shied away from a restoration prefering a rat / oily rag job. Far cheaper and more low maintenence. I have a few spares stashedin the loft of my shed if you get really stuck, though said loft is a total mess so ebay will be faster.

Cheers, I've already checked out the various eBay and sites that offer spares. I expect that anything that's beyond repair and non-essential will end up in the bin.

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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 25, 2016, 04:36:55 PM »
Quote from: MarkCR750 on April 24, 2016, 07:00:31 PM
Plenty to do there then!, great news about the mirror but try it at night I'm betting you'll hardly see anything in it 😀 , good luck with the restoration .

The mirror's mostly showing a picture of a mug, day or night  ;)

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Project Board / Re: CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 25, 2016, 04:34:18 PM »
Quote from: Bryanj on April 24, 2016, 05:47:23 PM
You can try removing the plugs and filling the pots with diesel to soak and see if it turns DO NOT try and turn the crank with the big nut on the points end, remove the alternator cover and try a breaker bar on the bolt that end but only clockwise till it moves a bit then rock it, careful and do not use the starter if it frees with the alternator cover off or you with make the oil gallery blanking plug disappear into somewhere findable.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure whether it's the piston's / crank that's seized, or whether it's the kick start. Either way, I'll give the diesel a go.

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Project Board / CB550K3 - "Harry"
« on: April 24, 2016, 01:20:12 PM »
This is 'Harry', who has been consigned to the back of the garage for around 20 years.

A quick status check shows that:-
The wheels still rotate
The tyres and inner tubes hold air (after re-inflating)
The left hand mirror still reflects
The seat lock still works

However:-
The engine won't kick over
Everything is covered in rust and/or corrosion
The seat base has rotted through, as have both mudguards and the exhaust
Fork stanchions and the entire front braking system needs replacing
etc - there's too much to list.

This isn't going to be a quick job  ;)


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New Member Introductions / Re: New member, long time owner
« on: April 20, 2016, 09:48:42 AM »
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New Member Introductions / New member, long time owner
« on: April 18, 2016, 09:24:59 AM »
Hi all

I've owned the same CB550K3 since 1985 but it has been sorely neglected since the mid 1990s. I'm just coming to the end of a renovation of a Suzuki Katana 750 and my eye turned to the back of the garage and 'Harry'. It's a mess, and there are no guarantees that anything is salvageable , but I'd hope to get the old girl running as a retro-rat at the very least.

I've also got the aforementioned katana (Japanese import 750 S1 spec), a Kawasaki ZRX1200S and a BMW F800GS.


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