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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.

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Sesman:
Fibreglass or Brillo pads…those were the days.

 I recall trying to pass from France to Switzerland in about 1980. We were sat patiently waiting for the border guard to put down his paper and coffee. While we waited a guy screamed up on a Yamaha 350 c/w expansion pipes. The BG dropped his paper and spilled his coffee in his haste to stop this hooligan entering Antiseptic land (the Swiss had and has very strict noise abatement laws), but before he could scream halt(in Swiss) the lad neatly navigated the barriers and sped off in a cloud of two stroke smoke. I got the distinct impression it was a regular occurrence. It’s the only funny thing I’ve witnessed in Switzerland. The guy who should have been stood at the barrier was having a leak and returned to a very red faced and loud colleague.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
So after an absence over Christmas as SWMBO is out so I've spent  just under an hour this afternoon on each of my fork legs.

Used the light green then the grey little discs & finished up with some blue paste on my buffing wheel to see how they look spending just 5-10 mins with the buffing wheel using the lightest pressure as I don't want a fork leg in my face.

Clearly there are some deepish marks on the legs after 50 years but to hell with getting out every little imperfection - I will polish them some more but tbh I see the marks as a sort of Patina of age.

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500 fork legs by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

Malc (Malvis):
They’ve come up well Ted. It’s been a while since I checked In. I’m sure all the work will be worth the effort. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

royhall:
It's all looking good Ted, keep it going mate.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Oven bake today.

.PXL_20230117_092117239 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

.PXL_20230117_140852031 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

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