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Interesting articles. What happened to remaking parts to special order for old Honda models

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Ash

Wow Chris - now that is dedication. I used to commute everyday from 1977 till about 1991 about 8 miles but my wife put a stop to it when my 400/4 got stolen and I bought a Z650B1 as a temporary stopgap. The 400/4 looked tiny compared with it and for some reason she thought that the bigger the bike, the more dangerous it is.

I have your solution for next winter until retirement - turn a Sandcast into a trike  

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AshD

I will check it tommorow and possibly send a pic

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Ash

How much do you want for it. Send me a text (or call) if you want on 07899 757421 Cheers.

The part no is different one has 405 (K7) in it and the other 410  (F2)  Bryan?

If you are interested 5 quid plus post but don't forget that the centre pipe is stuck in. Last one Freed I had to drill out on my K0

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Ash

Would it work by plating using zinc without a brightener?

Hmm The purists would scorn upon this !! Maybe ChrisR knows why they are satin chrome. If I remember correctly, I had a 400/4 cam cover bead blasted way back and left some old chromed hex head rocker shaft retainers in which came out a nice  satin chrome finish, Still have those in my junk and they have never corroded (in almost 25 years) , so maybe that's the way to go.

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Ash

Cheers Steff,

In the copy of the parts manual I have there is a different part for K and K1 the K should be 315-300-010. The later ones are 315-300-020  (Protector Muffler). maybe the interim genuine late true K0's had bright chrome.

I seem to remember Chris saying too that they should be satin chrome but he told me he had two NOS ones and the satin finish was different on both. Looking at the pic of Kettle738's early bike (14 frame numbers from mine) they look satin. Also the 'Dick Emery' K0 on the front of MCM Feb '71 looks like satin.


Wonder why the price from DSS has rocketed on these - I thought the 20 quid each that I paid was expensive at the time.

Just glad I started my bike when I did and placed a massive order with DSS and stored the bits under my daughters bed (no she is not pleased with this 'pile of junk' as she calls it  ) Don't think I could justify the cost of those parts now.


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Ash

Hi Pete,

I used a rotating contraption to rotate the part whilst plating. I used a brass slip-ring and carbon brush and holder off a washing machine to conduct the current during rotation. I used a lab power supply in constant current mode to control the plating current. I used the plating solution at 23 deg C I also wrote an Excel spreadsheet to work out the surface areas to get the correct current and used 100mA/sq inch

Best regards,

Ash