Honda-SOHC

Hi Eric,

Yes it is - in fact you can almost see that from the picture, ie the radiusing from the pin to the carrier versus my current piece. (see pic page 1 of this thread)

DSS supplied it wrapped in official looking brown paper & the part # written on that - but no actual OEM bag or printed Honda part #. They obviously think its K2; but if it is then my forks are wrong as the stop-bot hole does not line up.

Notably the my current carrier has the digits "1 - 9" embossed towards the end, and this new part simply "7" (seen if pic enlarged)

Anyone suggest which part is correct for the K2 (Frame 2077...), and which bike the other part may belong to?
Cheers...

Great news, cheers OddJob.

Have just PM'd you...... I think!  (recipient address kept hiccuping back to 'Lobo')

If no PM can you pls advise,
Cheers, Lobo

Hi all,
This is all mushrooming (!), but putting yourselves in my capable but time poor (!) / poorly equipped / inexperienced position just tell me exactly what to do! I have already contacted a very capable home builder offering a 'foreigner' for £800 + parts .... and was sadly turned down (too busy etc). My engine actually runs sweetly enough, tho' with a bit of a rattle - clutch area methinks, I can't imagine its  going to throw up bad surprises....and am aiming for one step down from concours.

So, ..I don't have the time / tools to deal with probable sheared studs, possible rebore, valve grinding, gearbox worn bits - to get the engine to the state I want. Basically I'm after a trouble-free one stop service for a mint engine - and as such (reluctantly) accept that I'm going to have to pay for that.

Stotfold 'sell' themselves as a genuine / family run business, and to be fair have quoted a range of £1000 to ....£1500 "for the occasional real rotters we get". We'll have a 'firm chat' on delivery so that the 2 of us know exactly where we stand. I may even mention this forum, and state (along the lines of) that I'll be running a feedback thread. And regarding the comment of poor communication - not accepted, 99% of these forum emails come to this website daily from Brunei. Furthermore, I am communicating with Kent400 (reconditioning my gauges) as tho' he were next door. (Fantastic service, don't even consider going anywhere else for -400F gauges)

Anyone offering a top-notch home '77 400F recon for £800 + parts; I'll drop off a 50K's engine .... & want a factory-finish pick-up in return (no time pressure (3 months?) then please pm me.

Or tell me where to go (!!!) other than Stotfolds ... and the obvious!
Cheers.

I've a badly pitted 400F caliper piston, and a serviceable '750K2 piston.  They're dimensionally the same (externally).... but the '400 piston has a blanking plate in its end....versus the open ended 750 part. The 'blanking' plate rattles, though is captured in some way that I haven't yet fathomed.  That said, I don't think I can transfer it across due the 400 piston appears to have a thinner wall where this plate fits.
Any comments on whether I can use the K2 piston... and if I have to somehow mimic this blanking plate.
Cheers...

Aye,
Thanks Tom. I thought about that too...I have the basic socket sets, calipers, and so on... but TOO many times have been thwarted by "if only I had such & such"'. So I then go out & spend a heap on tools - which I only use....er...once.

I love DIY / hands on sh*t, and am very able. But I know my limitations, and all too often, having spent too many hours, and too much cash realise it'd have been cheaper / with a better result simply handing it to them that knows...

A tough decision... my missus is a nurse & I liken it to her doing open heart on the cat (rabbit Pete?) ! Possibly a good result, probably not! Leaving ya thinking, why didn't I just spend the dosh......!
Cheers...

Thanks gasman, Seamus. Think I'll be using Stotfold - yep, it was their website that attracted me. I've been in touch, and (understandably) no hard quote possible due they've not seen the engine yet. But ball park figure of £1000-1500 + bits. Yikes. This is for a full resto though inc media blasting / paint etc. Will probably go ahead. Cheers,
Lobo

Thanks K2-K6, when put into that perspective it all makes sense; I well remember messing around with high revving / light 2stroke model aircraft engines - never, ever getting them (obviously!) to idle smoothly. A far cry from the CB750, I know, but in essence the same when comparing to heavier low comp engines.
As I've said before, it was 30 yrs ago since I messed with bikes - been too spoiled with modern (auto) engine units and their controls / instrumentations and lost sight (a bit) of what was the norm.
Cheers,
Lobo

Thanks OddJob...fingers crossed.