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I bought this CB550K3 at Auction
woody928:
This looks like a very familiar story, really nice to see it being brought back to life! 8)
It's amazing how much can be hiding in places, but really impressive what you can do to bring the chrome back up.
Be sure to have a thorough going over of the wiring, its scary what I've found in places and the honest thing would be to just replace the lot now however that'll be waiting as a future project.
What are your plans for the restoration? Just being mechanically sympathetic and getting it back on the road in good order or more serious ideas?
gbjeppm:
Plan is to keep it as stock as possible, with original paint etc. That may not be totally possible but we shall see.
Noted on the electrics, but so far mine actually seems to be better than i expected.
Bryanj:
Decent crimper, not the cheapo insulated terminal type, and the special one if you want to do block connectors plus connectors from vehicle wiring products (doublers and treblers elswhere) plus time and you can refurb a loom to a high standard
gbjeppm:
Quick update:
She is now running very nicely indeed.
New plugs, cleaned and reset the points, retimed it, cylinders 2 and 3 were well out. Checked and adjusted all of the valves, and reset the cam chain tension.
Changed the oil and oil filter.
My only observation is that the exhaust is venting quite a lot of water from the pin holes. I am putting this down to me only idling the bike. ( I cant ride it until it has new tyres and the paperwork back from DVLA etc). Any thoughts on this? I am hoping it will stop when I can take it for a proper ride.
I started to dive into the seat today, and discovered that the floor pan is totally rotten on the edges, so will probably source a new one from DSS.
philward:
Condensation - thats quite normal when weather is cold - the cause of many rotton exhaust back in the day - to many short rides and winter weather caused this though
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