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CB500K1. Cafe Racer to Original...sort of!
JamesH:
That meter crimp ring tool looks awesome...very jealous. Does the handle operate some kind of ratchet mechanism?
AndyH:
Guys, I can't wait for Winter to be over! Too darn cold for me!
The crimp ring tool will be getting a lot of use. My mate is in the process of restoring 10 bikes, and another bloke in the club has at least 10 Hondas in various stages of restoration. It's designed to handle both sizes of Honda meters. The handle just moves the "base" around (no ratchet mechanism) but my mate has ideas of incorporating a motor to rotate it.
Phil (Seabeowner), chrome plating in Aus. is also very expensive, and very few places do it now for the same reasons of regs.
Lots of folk are cad-plating smaller items though. My rims are in a fairly poor state, but it would be more economical for me to purchase new rather than get them re-chromed.
AndyH:
Fitted the headlight bucket, blinkers and mirrors. PO didn't use the original fork ears so I had no collets (#13 in the h/light schematic below). Fortunately I had some tube stock in the shed of the right size so fabbed up a couple. :)
Getting closer to completion.
MarkCR750:
Tank looks great, nice work 👍
AndyH:
--- Quote from: MarkCR750 on August 29, 2017, 08:31:56 PM ---Tank looks great, nice work 👍
--- End quote ---
Thanks Mark. :)
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