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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
Sesman:
Coming on Ted. I like the ‘ears’. Bottom yoke and fork stanchions look really well finished. Phil pots work wonders don’t they….it was philpots wasn’t it?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Sesman on February 02, 2023, 05:01:29 PM ---Coming on Ted. I like this ‘ears’. Bottom yoke and fork stanchions look really well finished. Phil pots work wonders don’t they….it was philpots wasn’t it?
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Yes Phil it was Philpots who saved the forks - the new handlebars should be here by the weekend then I can start fitting the mudguard & front brakes.
Laverdaroo:
I'm in front mudguard, 'alteration heaven' at the moment, you're going standard arent you Ted? I've got bits welded on, clearances on the RHS to sort, I've lowered it by 16mm which is as close as i can get with the meat on the brace etc. Proper head scratcher but things are moving.
I rather like the ears (thumbs up emoji). I wonder if you tilt them one way or the other you might get a bit of a 'chord' out of them as they catch the wind. Bit like a single church organ pipe ;D
Forks look the biz mate, nicey nice nice 8)
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
The bars arrived today complete with wiring slots & switch location holes - can't see any markings for correct bar rotation angle but well happy.
Bars just in place nothing tightened up yet any lack of symmetry is a combination of camera angle & steering not being dead straight.
Put the earrings on & face to see how it will look. 8) 8) 8)
.first mock up by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
K2-K6:
All looking good Ted. I like the circular "side" light, if that's the way to describe it. I know they've variously been labelled angel eyes in cars, but feel they are quite effective visibility wise in traffic, perhaps because we've some sort of facial recognition thing in our base cortex going on that let's us notice them easily.
I think it looks good anyway :)
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