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My CB550 K3 Restore Project
Andrew-S:
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Ken,
Don't be too hasty in binning the rims, the rear seems to be an original DID one, so it's likely the front may be too - if so, very rare and hard to find, I would rechrome if need be.
The rim below is yours, the other is one of the original DIDs fitted to my 750K1 before I cleaned them up and now they are very spangly.
Cheers, Andrew
heli_madken:
Thanks Andrew,
The rims are very badly scored in a few places, not sure why, so I am not confident they will plate very well. Also there are no markings on the rims, weren't DID rims stamped?
Having stuff plated is new to me and I received a price from a local company of £300 to have the front mudguard plated, is this a ball park figure at all?
Apologies for the lack of progress on this project I have been sidelined with a whole host of other tasks but I have painted the frame and done some alloy polishing which I absolutely love doing.
I am pleased with how the frame has come out -
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Not for the purists I know but I spent some time smoothing out the welds which where really bad on this bike, apologies couldn't seem to get a good picture -
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Been polishing the family silver, this was hard as some parts where badly pitted, still a little more work to do -
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Lots more work for my family to do so it will be a while before I can post any more progress.
Cheers everyone,
Ken
SteveD CB500K0:
That cam cover should be in a glass case!
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Andrew-S:
--- Quote from: heli_madken on July 25, 2020, 11:07:27 PM ---Thanks Andrew,
The rims are very badly scored in a few places, not sure why, so I am not confident they will plate very well. Also there are no markings on the rims, weren't DID rims stamped?
Having stuff plated is new to me and I received a price from a local company of £300 to have the front mudguard plated, is this a ball park figure at all?
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Ken,
The original rims have DID cast into them as shown I'm my photo above - I couldn't make out from your photo but im pretty sure that your rim has same casting as mine which Ive circled in red on the crop of your photo I also added above. If you buy new DID rims they have numbers and DID stamped into them on the outer part of the rim and look quite ugly in my opinion. You may be surprised how much chrome platers can repair scratched or gouged rims.
Honda still supply OE front mudguards, DS sell them for the 750K1 at about £125 so unless they are unavailable for the 550 I don't see why you would pay £300 to rechrome a possibility non-rare part
The bike's looking great and like many other I look forward to seeing it progress.
Cheers, Andrew
heli_madken:
Hi,
DSS do an original mudguard for £157 so it wouldn't make sense to spend £300, but I havent actually had any professional chroming done before so my question was really about expectations, is this the sort of price I am likely to pay for parts of this size or does it feel expensive?
Oddjob, after 44 years of commuting on a bike I dont have to do it anymore as I am retired :) so I have vowed to ride my restored bikes only in the dry whenever I can so i a find a good polish with Solvol good enough to keep the parts in good order. Yes lots of work with a Dremel exactly as you say perhaps some 240, 400, 800 abrasives then a sisal mop with coarse polishing compound working through to a polishing wheel, really just about patience and a bit of hard work.
I did try a coat of lacquer over polished aluminium parts many years ago but it did tend to come off like you say due to the wax in the polishing compounds. I remember doing some fork legs and they looked beautiful, came down the next morning and huge sections of lacquer had flaked off, I was heartbroken!
Cheers
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