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« on: June 01, 2011, 10:41:52 AM »
If I'm going on the Honda I'm travelling light....just a rucksack with 5 pairs of socks and boxers, 5 T-shirts, a spare pair of jeans and my modern trainer like walking boots. Shower gel and tooth brush. No room for ratchet straps, socket sets, waterproof covers, hairdriers, straighteners, or my pulling outfit..!!  Had another whizz about on it last night but still using the 'Z' for work. I'm driving my missus up the pole with, "Should I go on it or not..?, what if..?, I've not tested it enough yet..! ", she said, "3 sodding months ago it was a pile of rusty worthless crap, just go and have fun on it, what can happen that you cant fix, now shut up about it". So thats it Its definately going.
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« on: May 31, 2011, 07:59:08 PM »
Thats what I paid for it....but I stupidly paid the same for a DS new pattern seat first a) because I thought it had a plastic base b) because at the time I had nothing else as my base was completely rotten.
When I get back I'm going to pinch the foam off my original seat which is surprising good and retrim both of them. I got the DS effort to fit using all the rubbers off my old seat and to be fair it now sits nicely on all of them, however its is too short at the front and needs lengthening on the sides about 10mm and some extra shaped foam building in from lower front corners up. Basically the top of the seat touches the tank but then tapers away leaving a huge gap down the sides. It looks horible, you can see straight through a 1" gap. Also the chrome trim fits awfully, and at the back the base hasn't been trimmed square, its low on one side which also looks crap.
I can sort both of them though...the K0 seat came with a new cover strap and trim thrown in, so in the end I'l have 2 as new seats.
Now another problem, my mates are saying I must be mad taking it to IOM - its too good to put on the ferry. They dont look after them too well apparently and to tie them down its just a big strap ratcheted down over the seat, screwing the side panels on old bikes. I dont mind trashing it using it but I'd be pissed off if gets knackerd on a ferry.
oh, new rear brake lever arrived from the states today..allready on..lovely.
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« on: May 31, 2011, 01:56:49 PM »
I found out what it is now....I reread the ebay ad..doh..!!....'its a K0 seat, the one with the latch' it says..'not the plunger'.
Well i didn't know they were any different all i was bothered about was a very good base with an half decent cover for less than the DS fibreglass shite that dont fit at all...result. Didn't read the ad that closely..it said cb500 four and I thought that'll do for me and pressed buy it now as quick as i could.
I've made a neat adaptor plate out of 10mm ally to fit my plunger and its about the best fit seat I've seen. The pics dont do it justice, theres not a gap all round it and its totally original.
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« on: May 31, 2011, 01:09:20 PM »
I've done it a number of ways over the years....small stillsons, or tapping on the next size down 12point socket, tapped on a big nut once and mig welded it to the rounded small head.
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« on: May 31, 2011, 09:32:38 AM »
Interesting about the 500K3...never heard of that bike.
Whats weird is that the only needles that seem to work on my bike are E2350F yet all the carbs I have except the ones off that 78 K3 UK bike have E2349F. I have measured the needles and they only differ for the top 25% the rest of the needle to the tip is identical. The 50's are slightly bigger dia than the 49's at the top making them leaner at initial pick up and low revs.
I'm fairly sure that the other 2 sets of carbs I have are from F models and both have E2349F richer needles, maybe the 4-1 required a richer needle.
Finished the bike off completely yesterday, rear footpegs, seat adaptor plate for catch - god knows what the seat is off, but it fitted perfect execpt catch and is like new underneath so I dont care - catch now works a treat.
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« on: May 30, 2011, 09:57:41 PM »
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« on: May 30, 2011, 09:42:00 PM »
funily enough the guys at the place where I took the CB for its MOT were in the process of limiting a Virago to 33bhp. I asked them what they would do for mine....they just laughed, saying the thing about the whole charade is that you are paying for a certificate, anyone can restrict the bike, but only certain kits come with a certificate..thats the problem and thats what you are payingf for. The Virago just had 2 flange like washers in exhaust between head and header pipe.
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« on: May 30, 2011, 11:32:13 AM »
Ok 2 more problems.
Carbs..
Looking at that pdf I posted my carbs came from a late cb500 K3 American bike, yet I know they came off a 'S' plate 78 550 K3 UK bike that was only 3 or 4 years old.
My problem was with needles....The new carbs I have had E2349F needles as do a spare set of carbs I have, yet my old carbs from the K3 that ran perfect had these E2350F things. All though the bike seemed to run OK it was very rich low down with the 49's and my plugs were black. I saw that chart in the PDF and stripped my old carbs again to check this out...I swapped the needles over and all is fine now.
Another thing.....I didn't know they did a 500 K3..?? All the carbs I have have 42 primary jets...I've never seen a 38 in one of these bikes.
Forks..
My K3 forks are shot to pieces...the legs are worn and pitted and the bottoms are worn out....they did do all the miles over the years and i shouldn't be surprised. I still have the original 500 forks and they are in very good nick even after kicking about my garage since early eighties. So last night I did some swapping about. The good 500 legs are now in the 550 bottoms and the seroious leaking is now fixed. The legs are very different but seemed to fit OK and should get me through the IOM after which I'll get the 550 legs re-chromed and some new bottoms.
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« on: May 30, 2011, 11:19:20 AM »
I'm glad its sorted but still a little dubious that thats what was causing it to only rev to 5000rpm and be as sluggish as you say. I would of expected fuel to be leaking out all over the place and the plug on that cylinder to at least have been very black if the problem was that power sapping.
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« on: May 29, 2011, 01:04:39 PM »
Why I've kept this bike all this time has all come flooding back to me over the last couple of days. I love it and cant keep off it. Its so pleasurable to ride compared to the modern stuff. With my 600 motor giving it mainly more grunt and the easy flickable nature and basic comfortable riding position its briliant.
I didn't have engine oil leaks, it was the leaky fork firing oil over the engine. Will get the fork tubes re-chromed when I get back, just hope some original seals will do a good enough job for the week.
Also will definately hang around on the boat to tie it down myself....its is now by far the best bike in my garage.
Oil cooler plumbed up...looks like it was made for the job. Screen bodged on and works a treat. Vinyl tank protector stuck on where seat rubs..just been riding it about AGAIN...oohh lovely.
Florence....my bars were put on in the seventies aswell by the young bird that owned the bike...bars like this were readily available then for Triumph twins and the likes but you try and find some now - as you say.....I had to severely modify a new pair to get them even something like.
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« on: May 28, 2011, 12:54:16 PM »
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« on: May 27, 2011, 07:28:15 PM »
well if your happy thats good. To get the lack of revs/power that your getting something has to be not working, not be just out of tune. You've swapped too much stuff for 2 sets of everything to be that wrong and have the same thing wrong it. I'm lost, willing you to find the problem quickly.
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« on: May 27, 2011, 07:24:17 PM »
Oh yes definately off to the TT on it next week now....been blasting about this afternoon, firing it upto red line and well over 100mph, she's flying.
Certainly cooked all the engine paint but also annoyingly have some leaks...one fork seal is pissing it out like it hasn't even got a seal, one cam end cover is leaking slightly, its one that i swapped because the one on my other engine was less work to polish, oh well Ive some new orings somewhere. Also one of my tappet covers has a large crack half way round it that I never spotted when i blasted it.
Will order some proper Honda fork seals and send yet more pattern tat to my scrap heap, I'll fix the other leaks in an hour or less. Very pleased with it. Have to fit my screen though, the wind at high speed is horrendous.
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« on: May 27, 2011, 04:08:34 PM »
TA dah...!!!!! was MoT'd this afternoon and ready to go...well almost ready ...just a polish up and few things here and there. 
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