Honda-SOHC

HEL standard rear hose CB750F supersport didn't fit.  annoying but they were great got refunded no problem...   Had to make a set up. front hoses are shorter than standard as I've got clip on's and no steel pipe, hose goes directly into the front calliper. 

I went direct to HEL, customer service was great or at least it was for me.  My one recommendation is to draw a schematic so the get the connections orientated correctly.

I purchased some HEL advertised as fitting my K6. Upper hose was like 2 inches short so they are going back. Need to get them custom made

Turns out that throttle cable guide bracket thing is soft and can be bent by hand so it’s bent back into the proper position now

Quote from: Underdog1 on July 20, 2018, 09:57:50 PM

Quote from: Trigger on July 20, 2018, 09:30:34 PM

Take the clutch housing off again and you should never use sealant on a gasket, you will get strings that will block the oil jets.

Hondaman recommends it in his book IIRC due to it being a common site of oil leaks?

Well, if Hondaman recommends it, then i better start using it on gaskets after 28 years 

Didn't the Hondaman book tell you to attach the cable to the clutch arm, before the clutch lever 

To be fair it’s been so long since I rebuilt the lump I can’t really remember the reason for some of the things I did!

Got it all sorted now, unsure how it all went out of alignment but it was easy enough to figure out once I popped the housing off.

I’ve got the throttle cables all working smoothly but where the pull cable attaches to the arm on the carb throttle linkage it’s not quite lined up. Doesn’t appear to be any adjustment left and right outside of bending stuff.. will probably be fine but just seems like it will cause wear to the cable

Another weekend another question!

Been doing all the cables this evening, when doing the clutch cable the arm was in the correct place but I pushed it forward hard to get the cable in and it stayed forward. Have tried giving it a tap but it won’t disengage. Anyone got any tips? The clutch is bone dry as there’s no oil in the bike and obviously the bikes been standing a long time.



Please note the clutch arm is on backwards as it gave me something to tap with a rubber mallet. Little reluctant to take the cover off as I gave the gasket a good coating of hondabond

Quote from: Underdog1 on July 13, 2018, 02:40:19 PM

Quote from: Trigger on July 08, 2018, 08:10:30 PM

Nope, the ground to the horn is PN 38105 323 000  Or 38120 392 620

Some positive news today, my V5 finally arrived after many headaches. DVLA were particularly useless.

Hi UD, i see you managed to register the us import, without first obtaining an mot... what documents did they require

In full for a bike that doesn’t have its original foreign registration docs the process goes:

Apply for a dating certificate through the VJMC by sending them:

Pics of frame, engine and headstock numbers
Pics of the bike from each side (bike must be in one piece)
Completed dating application letter form
Payment of £35

(This is all explained on VJMC.com)

Once you’ve received the dating letter from them you can then apply for the V5 from the DVLA:
If the bike needs an mot this is where you go get one, if it doesn’t fill it a V112 form
Complete a V55/5 form (most of this doesn’t actually need to be filled out- I just did what I could and it was enough
Proof of ID
Postal order for £55
VJMC dating letter
I included all the pictures of the bike and numbers etc that I sent to the VJMC (although not sure if I needed to)
Proof of ownership (invoice/sales order etc)
Copy of the nova approval (again just included because I had it to hand)
And finally: INCLUDE A LETTER THAT STATES YOU DO NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL IMPORT CERTIFIATE AS IT WASN AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PURCHASE - this is basically the reason why my application got rejected twice, the instruction you get is vague at best!

There’s a half decent guide here http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/USED-BIKES-WARRANTY

Good luck with it and PM me of you need any more help

If you are building a special might as well make up your own loom mate

It’s not really a special in terms of electrics, the only addition is a repro right hand switch that gives me headlight on/off (which it didn’t originally have).

I think making a harness myself is beyond my skill set and something I’m not motivated enough to learn how to do so I’d have to farm it out to someone else which would no doubt cost many times what a repro harness costs

The fun of custom builds, that is why i hate them.

I’ve really enjoyed the physical modifying of the bike, the cutting and welding etc but I’m finding it hard to stay motivated with the electrics as it’s something that really doesn’t float my boat.

I’m considering buying a new K6 harness. I bought an earlier harness but it’s proving a pain to get it to work without a starter safety unit.

Although it’s a custom build the electrics are basically unchanged, the idiot lights are integrated into the speedo but the standard wiring should work. The only real difference is the left hand switchgear has a hi low switch. The old harness had a jumper cable (presumably as standard) to allow for the lack of on off headlight switch on the K6.. I can’t remember where it went though!