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1968 CL450 K0 - light recomission
JamesH:
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--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 04, 2021, 08:52:57 PM ---James you put the rest of us to shame, as usual. You really can go off people you know!
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Second that. I always wonder where he gets the time to do all this. Lovely work as usual James. Seat foam is really odd.
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Lol - I agree, the seat cover is going to have to come off and the foam re-done at some point as it’s annoying me just looking at it ha ha..
JamesH:
--- Quote from: MrDavo on December 05, 2021, 04:42:24 PM ---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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Thanks Dave. I’ll look into the dunlops - I meant to say thanks for replying to my Pm re. the seat.
My plan is definitely to keep/ride this one - and I’ll do a first outing road test report when I hopefully get her out between Christmas and new year.
Oh and I do have a ‘proper’ points cover that I need to get polished - I’ll fit that in due course.
James
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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: JamesH on December 05, 2021, 04:58:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on December 05, 2021, 04:26:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 04, 2021, 08:52:57 PM ---James you put the rest of us to shame, as usual. You really can go off people you know!
--- End quote ---
Second that. I always wonder where he gets the time to do all this. Lovely work as usual James. Seat foam is really odd.
--- End quote ---
Lol - I agree, the seat cover is going to have to come off and the foam re-done at some point as it’s annoying me just looking at it ha ha..
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It's not a museum exhibit - or is it - get it into perspective you can't see the seat when you are riding it or can you feel a hump?
JamesH:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on December 05, 2021, 08:35:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: JamesH on December 05, 2021, 04:58:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on December 05, 2021, 04:26:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 04, 2021, 08:52:57 PM ---James you put the rest of us to shame, as usual. You really can go off people you know!
--- End quote ---
Second that. I always wonder where he gets the time to do all this. Lovely work as usual James. Seat foam is really odd.
--- End quote ---
Lol - I agree, the seat cover is going to have to come off and the foam re-done at some point as it’s annoying me just looking at it ha ha..
--- End quote ---
It's not a museum exhibit - or is it - get it into perspective you can't see the seat when you are riding it!!
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Lol thanks for the advice. It’ll bug me, but not so much that I won’t ride it as-is ha ha! .
But knowing what I’m like I will inevitably sort it.
It’s less about it being a museum piece, more about how I feel about it. Ultimately, that’s all that counts.
Bryanj:
They dont need strobing static is fine
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