Honda-SOHC

No but I will take one later today and post it.

How depressing for me to see such a brilliant restoration it makes me want to almost give up now before I have really started.

I will never ever get close to that as new look on such a grand scale never mind the cost what about the man hours.

Highly polished alloy everywhere gleaming chrome my only consolation is that you will never ever use it outside.

You will be in constant fear of rain and humidity keeping the bike in a heated cocoon 365/24/7.

Envy is a deadly sin I guess..............sigh.

In my opinion it has no real use to replace those lamps with LED's to lighten the electrical load, none of them light for any length of time!
When your oil lamp lights for any length of time while riding you clearly have other problems than the state of the battery or alternator, neutral lights only while stopped, signal lights are only used occasionally, and only light 50% of the time, and the high beam  won't be used for long until one of the other road users complains about getting a headache from your eye splitting headlamp

You raise some good points I might stick with Tungsten. My Jeep has 7  interior lamps that illuminate when you open a door if the engine is not running they stay on for almost 5 minutes I've put LED bulbs to cut down the load.

They are 233 bulbs.  You can get led replacements, but make sure you get coloured bulbs, white led's behind coloured lenses give out a distorted coloured light. Hve a look at the website classiccarleds.

Thanks Mick that's just what I was after.

Ted

In the various dealership car parts departments I have worked in we used to use the description OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer - that implied it was the same part but boxed by the part maker (e.g.Brembo) rather than the vehicle brand (e.g.Mercedes or Vauxhall) however there was a oxymoron here.

Interestingly OE parts were a different (generally much better) specification to a manufacturers replacement part supplied as a service part or for spares. e.g, back when they were new a set of replacement brake pads for a Carlton were around £80 for a set of fronts branded as AC Delco. An OE set of front brake pads from Vauxhall were over £200! They marketed the AC Delco brand to compete on price with aftermarket brands but they were an inferior specification to the parts originally fitted in the factory. The reason for higher specification OE was to ensure a new vehicle had a chance of not needing parts replacing until out of warranty.

A rear lamp lens for a Mercedes was boxed as a Mercedes part the OE lamp would have a Mercedes Star stamped on the part. Mercedes were not in the game of diluting their reputation by selling you the same lamp made by Bosch supplied in a MB box. If a MB dealership is found to be selling or fitting  parts not supplied by MB parts based in Milton Keynes even if they were OEM they risk losing the franchise or facing a hefty financial penalty.

Interestingly MB actually lower the price of service items once a model is out of production to avoid losing out to OEM suppliers.

Do it. Avoid nightfall and mud. Have a mirror though as you'll need to look out for the rozzers.

Ah and forgot completely to mention no front brake fitted - all still in boxes with caliper dismantled test ride idea now not an option!

I carried out a COLD compression test this evening (with new gauge) all four were 110 psi.
The manual says 170 psi when HOT - can't see them rising by 60 psi though.
I guess tomorrow I will have to get it up to temperature and risk another burn mark in the process just to be sure.
After 12 years of not being run the valves will need regrinding at the very very least.

I'm also toying with the idea of a ride before strip down unfortunately I have no headlamp or mudguards fitted......
mmmmmm