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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
Rozabikes Tim:
Just catching up on this. Lookin good Ted.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: davidcumbria on October 24, 2023, 10:44:56 PM ---Good progress Ted. Why did you use copper rather than ss washers on the valve cover ? I would love to see a photo of those bolts you used next to the tappet covers on the front. Your engine paint looks great. I’m way behind now - haven’t rebuilt my carbs yet. Looking forward to your first start up. 👍
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Photo of bolt Dave only fitted them to the two outer front bolt holes where the issues were with fitting the cam caps due to cost.
Cam caps in photo have not been cleaned up as I have some standard replacements - the chromed ones I bought from DS are too bling as well as my concern over the threads.
.cam cover bolt by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Not sure what specifically did it but I spent some time on the throttle cable adjustments for opening & closing plus altered the angle of the point where the cable unions connect to the throttle body so that the curves on the cables followed the line better. I did look in Ash's Dropbox but could not find anything that helped me. (probably looked in the wrong places)
ATM the cable routes go from the the throttle, loop down between the forks then follow the frame above the round tank mount (can easily be moved to below the mount above the coils). Photos to follow as I'm going out for lunch & my phone connection is on my PC not the laptop I'm using.
Johnny4428:
Ted I had mine below the tank mounts on the 550 but they were having a tendency to hook around the lower corner of the fuel tank when manouvering. Definately I would say above the tank mounts can’t drop from there.
Oddjob:
Those bolts Roo are the 8mm headed ones used on modern Hondas and since the 250N era.
They are the ones I keep advising people to use but everyone ignores me, except my mate Ted of course and Nigel, you know who your friends are after a while :P :P :P
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