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Misc / Open / Re: Petition
« on: December 23, 2021, 11:26:47 PM »
Signed. Like most government schemes its motives might be to reduce emissions or at least be seen to do something about it, but ultimately the details are influenced by lobbyists etc and the result is likely to be scrapping more vehicles and actually a net gain in emissions given the high cost in emissions of creating not to mention recycling vehicles. Vehicle manufacturers will make more money. I can accept electric vehicles are part of the solution for example, but it's not going to be the best solution at least with current tech if for example you don't do high mileage where the fixed emissions of creating and recycling vehicles will be higher than just carrying on with older tech.

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CB500/550 / Re: Black number plate or yellow?
« on: December 20, 2021, 02:21:53 PM »
Maybe, but more likely they are scared bits will fall off either me or the bike. My version of patina is other peoples knackered.... mind you, the same applies to my berlingo. Have you watched the latest Grand tour? With clarkson and the old top gear crew? I have a very French attitude to cars.

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CB500/550 / Re: Black number plate or yellow?
« on: December 19, 2021, 12:10:52 AM »
I really noticed when I put thr cb500/4 with its black and silver plates and sidecar back on the road this year, it gets way more road space/  respect from other road users, drive my berlingo down the same road, at least 50% of cars squeeze past you at some speed even in narrow places. The cb500/4 even with the chair is narrower but more like 90% of cars stop and pull over in a passing space to give me room to pass, virtually all slow right down.

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CB500/550 / Re: Honda CB500 Four tool tray .
« on: December 14, 2021, 08:19:23 PM »
I'd quite likely be tempted  by one depending on price, seeing what people say about used prices for OEM ones is a bit of an eye opener, at least 2 of my rather beat up cheap project bikes have these. I'd be pretty tempted to use one on my cb550 in place of the standard top of the airbox, simply because I think the cb500/4 setup is more practical to live with.

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CB500/550 / Re: Black number plate or yellow?
« on: December 14, 2021, 08:12:52 PM »
My cb500/4 came to me with an old and well patinated black and white plate, I just stuck with it, it kind of looks right on that bike, and replacing it would loose the patina, the rest of the bikes got a similar distressed look. My landrover should have b+w but as local places only make up the modern plates, that's what it got. I still have the original b+ w but the original owner retained that reg number sadly.

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CB350/400 / Re: cb350 four performance
« on: December 07, 2021, 09:25:20 PM »
My cousin bought a cb350/4 to keep his cb250 twin, Yamaha mm2c and cb400/4 company. Hes now thinking of selling the yam and the cb250 twin. The in line 4s are just great bikes, though I am a firm cb500 and 550 fan. More power might be nice, but only because I choose to have a chair bolted to the side of the bike - that makes it slower than his 400/4 bit it's done more than its share of motorway miles. My concern for someone 6'2" would be physically is the bike actually going to be comfortable? If your prepared to use the gears and revs I'm sure the bike will keep rolling well enough at a decent speed, but if you like to relax and be lax on gear swapping it might not be the right bike. I ran a 125 twin as my commuter for years. It was perfect for twisty A roads  with the odd straight, but no way any fun for longer trips on bigger roads.riding my kh125 it felt wierd because it's so small, I imagine the cb350 feels a bit like that.

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Recommended Sources for Parts and Services / Re: Rear brake drum relining
« on: December 07, 2021, 09:00:26 PM »
Having carried out that job on my lathe I'd say that price is pretty good, it wasn't a fast process on my lathe, probably faster on bigger machines but that's a greater investment in kit. Looks a good result, thanks for sharing.

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CB500/550 / Re: Welded Cush Drive?!
« on: November 28, 2021, 01:19:43 AM »
No knowing why someone did that, might be as simple as the rubbers were worn out or missing and replacements weren't available or when needed the owner just couldn't be bothered but could weld, or it might be a right mess in there. With rear wheels of most descriptions for the cb550 being a bit thin on the ground its probably worth trying to correct it, but if it were me I'd be just as tempted to search out alternative wheels, cb650 costars fit without messing around as I recall, and when I last looked were a bit more affordable, finding just a rear alloy to match what is there would require luck. I'd be reluctant to run with it as it is, vibration can be destructive, at least I wouldn't want to ride hard without some damping in place, though many newer Hondas just use a rubber bush on the studs that carry the sprocket, not sure if the picture isn't loading properly or just not showing the studs to hold a sprocket in place, I don't suppose they modified it to have rubber bushed studs like on newer Hondas? Still leaves potential pitfalls changing bearings- that said I've  done massive mileage with a sidecar adding loading and have yet to need new rear wheel bearings, plenty of fronts been fitted over the years, not rests though.

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CB500/550 / Re: Welded Cush Drive?!
« on: November 25, 2021, 09:27:22 PM »
Ah, lost track of the cast alloy factor in the thread, yeah, gap bed or big lathe. Is the guy in huddersfield still trading? I think I'd heard hed retired.... pity. He was well priced and knew what he was about and had the right kit.

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CB500/550 / Re: Welded Cush Drive?!
« on: November 25, 2021, 12:03:54 AM »
Yes, looks like either the hub or the sprocket carrier is gonna get a bit too small when removing that assembly, possibly a carefully ground hss parting tool might seperate the 2 with a 2mm gap say, possibly less if there was a tapered cut. If you can un lace the spokes it can be done on a fairly modest  sized lathe and then the wheel rebuilt afterwards  - that was the approach I used to re line a cracked drum brake. I've not yet completed fitting a big chuck to my gap bed lathe to be able to spin a complete wheel on there.... I'm sure any engineering firm with a large lathe could get those appart - but quite likely the sprocket carrier would be the bit you'd choose to have reduced ( possibly beyond useable ) I'd geuss. It could probably have a big o ring squashed into the gap with a recess made if a replacement wasn't forthcoming, not a pretty repair, but probably enough to keep dirt out.

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CB500/550 / Re: Centre stand refitting
« on: November 21, 2021, 06:22:02 PM »
I hooked second spring onto the correct one, then put a screwdriver through the second spring taking advantage of the easier space afforded. Cannt quite recall but I think having the sidecar brackets to leaver against helped, a bit of tough string might be as effective- baler twine would be perfect. Other work aroounds include bending a cheap screwdriver into a u shape to pull the spring - you can get proper tools for this job, they cost more than a cheap screwdriver though, and I generally have a few chipped cheap screwdrivers knocking around for stirring paint and as mobile toolkit fodder.

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CB500/550 / Re: Front mudguard and wheel assembly
« on: November 21, 2021, 05:40:18 PM »
My own preference is to get the mudguard on first, then fit the front wheel, tyre deflated, inflate the front tyre once installed.

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Project Board / Re: CB500 K1 Rebuild
« on: October 23, 2021, 08:48:15 AM »
As a rule of thumb you can get pipes to interchange from cb500 to cb550 but you'll need to play around with the rear footrest hangar and also be wary of having a stop for the centre stand which can hit the chain if the required stops aren't in the right place on the exhaust brackets / system. In other words be prepared to spend time drilling, cutting, and bending steel or alloy if interchanging exhausts from cb500 to cb550. I have  always chosen exhaust systems for these bikes based on what I can get cheap. Currently I have a laser 4 into 1 fitted, not too loud unless you really use the throttle, then it's pretty anti social.

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Tricks & Tips / Re: Magnetic solution..
« on: October 07, 2021, 11:51:32 PM »
Magnet on a telescopic stick is handy but invariably sticks to some other bigger lump of metal and fails to pick up the bolt or nut you want it to. I bought one of those inspection cameras on a flexible shaft from lidl that includes a magnet, various hooks and grabs for retrieving dropped nuts and bolts etc from tight spaces, haven't had to use it yet though, it was handy for diagnosing dead pistons on 2t garden machines though, camera in though the plug hole,  get a decent look at the bore and piston crown, nice to confirm the issue in very little time.
Lidl was also the source of a gadget I have to magnetise and de magnetise screwdrivers, probably the more useful when I remember I have it.

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CB500/550 / Re: Side panel grommets
« on: October 06, 2021, 07:15:56 PM »
I was  in a hurry rebuilding my cb500/4 when it came to this part of the job, so I just grabbed a trade box of wiring grommets and some vaseline and used the closest generic size, first few time fitting the sidepannels and removing them they were tight and easily pushed right through the frame when fitting, but after a few long rideouts they have bedded in and seem to fit ok now. Enough so as I'm not in a hurry to go searching for the originals that are doubtless age  hardened- in fact I remember they were a right pain to live with back in the past because of that.

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