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1968 CL450 K0 - light recomission
Spitfire:
Superb work as usual.
Cheers
Dennis
MrDavo:
Lovely bike! My mate describes my blue one as ‘still as pretty as a picture’.
You asked me about my pattern seat, although it is perfect shape wise, your original cover looks better with the more rugged fake crocodile finish. Mine has a cheap Chinese flasher relay - the part is shared with the CB750 sandcast, so only available at silly money.
The chrome has come up nice, I think it’s better quality than people give Honda credit for. I couldn’t find an early alternator cover either, they get beggared up by the gear lever every time you fall off.
I hope you get a chance to use this one, I ride mine all the time for local journeys as it’s great for buzzing through the traffic as well as the country lanes.
JamesH:
--- Quote from: MrDavo on December 05, 2021, 12:45:21 PM ---Lovely bike! My mate describes my blue one as ‘still as pretty as a picture’.
You asked me about my pattern seat, although it is perfect shape wise, your original cover looks better with the more rugged fake crocodile finish. Mine has a cheap Chinese flasher relay - the part is shared with the CB750 sandcast, so only available at silly money.
The chrome has come up nice, I think it’s better quality than people give Honda credit for. I couldn’t find an early alternator cover either, they get beggared up by the gear lever every time you fall off.
I hope you get a chance to use this one, I ride mine all the time for local journeys as it’s great for buzzing through the traffic as well as the country lanes.
--- End quote ---
Thanks Dave. One of the reasons for not going full but and bolt on this one is exactly fro that reason - I want a bike that I’m not so massively invested in financially or scared to use. I’ll report back once I’ve been out on a maiden voyage.
Out of interest, what tyres do you run on yours?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Wow James that's a lovely looking "clean not restoration" job you are doing - I have no idea why but the heat shields on the exhuast sytem look Iconic for the period they just add something extra to the one sided system cosmetically as well as practically.
Neat & Tidy said Mr Neat Tidy & Neat said Mr Neat
MrDavo:
I use Dunlop K70s, for the blocky off road look without the downsides of knobbly tyres on tarmac.
They are Indonesian made I think, I found them on eBay.
I rev the nuts off it, by the way, there isn’t a load of torque but it loves to buzz along. Unless I miss a gear though, I doubt I’ll ever see the 9,500 red line. The carbs took a lot of setting up before she would run right, very sensitive to float levels, but once it was right I could forget about it, tickover is metronomic now, at first it was all over the place.
Strobing the timing seems to require an alternator cover with a hole cut in it, as these are rare (even damaged) I’ve only timed it static, but without problems so far. Common with many other 450 owners, charging seems marginal but I’ve never been stranded. She started first kick when the battery was flat after a long sleep in the garage.
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