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murdock:
Hi, I'm Murdock, I live in Spain and among other motorcycles I have a cb 550 SS from 1977 that I bought about 6 years ago, in the papers of the motorcycle it appears as a Blaynac brand, since in those years they did not allow importing Japanese motorcycles of more than 350 cc, they were brought by preparers such as Blaynac, Japauto, Dresda changing some parts and registering their brand, that way they could enter, here there are very few fours and it is very difficult to find spare parts for any Japanese classic motorcycle from before the 90 'when I bought it already had 7 previous owners, it was not so bad, it had different tires on each wheel, 3 carburettors worked and 2 leaked, the headlight and its supports were bent, the tank leaked through many holes, it was varnished with wood varnish, etc. I took it apart, or put it in the elevator and took it up to my house, I took it out to the terrace and there I completely disassembled it, painted the frame, cleaned many parts, put semis, another seat, other lights, repaired and reduced e the wiring, and repair the upper part of the engine, 6 years later I still try to carbure it well, that keeps me distracted, meanwhile I have rebuilt a 1979 guzzi t3 850 to my liking, but now I find myself in the situation that I do not have nothing to do unless I buy another motorcycle, so I decided to rejuvenate the super sport, it has been with velocity stacs these years and has already lost compression, it has 56,000 km I think it is time to open it, but I have a problem , pieces !!! here Honda does not sell spare parts for (old) motorcycles as they call, and the others only sell filters and nonsense, when I bought the parts I asked for them in cmsnl, but now with #@%$ they cost double, someone knows where I can buy at better prices and outside the uk? On ebay they sell parts but a lot of money goes to the different shipments, I am determined to disassemble the engine since the chain is jerking and surely the rubber studs are like stones, I hope you will help me with the choice of bearings, I bought that motorcycle because I've fallen in love since I was a child, I'm already 50 and I've had a lot of motorcycles, but that's like the first girlfriend

Bryanj:
David Silver spares will sell worldwide but since UK left the EU (didnt use the B word as its banned here!) Customs duties are now charged.
I am sure people on here would act as middle men to get spares to you but losses in the post to your country are common so it would all have to be at your risk and payment first

murdock:
of the 27 countries of the European Union none sells original parts for
 our engines?

murdock:
I have friends in the UK who would gladly send me the spare parts, but would I avoid customs costs by post?

Laverda Dave:
Welcome to the forum Murdock. I like your style of restoration and taking the bike up to the house in the elevator, it reminds me of my younger days of taking a 400/4 engine apart on the family dinner table (where it stayed for weeks on end!).
Have you tried CMSNL based in Holland for parts? Unlike DSS they have the exploded parts diagram on their website together with prices making ordering easy. Just make sure you order as many parts as possible in one go as their postage costs are very high.

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