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Were 500 casings originally polished alloy or sprayed with Aluminium paint?
Oddjob:
--- Quote from: Sesman on October 23, 2022, 09:11:09 AM ---As it happens I own an original unfettled alternator case, chain case cover and clutch cover. What do I do to settle the debate? They are in fact 1977 550 F2 cases, so may only settle the case for that specific model and year?
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Sand a small area with fine wet and dry, when you have a patch down to the alloy surface look and see if you can see the rings where the lacquer and paint are, they'll look like tree rings.
Sesman:
Will do, but not till next sat as currently in Gosport tying various types of sailing knots…
Laverdaroo:
I like an 'underhand overpush' with a 'biminy twist' personally ;)
Trigger:
Thread starts off as 500 cases and now it has changed to 550F2 ::) Shall i have a look at my CD250 cases :o The 550F and K had paint on the rocker cover, were as the 500 did not
Oddjob:
All my 500 rocker covers were painted, never seen one bare alloy.
Whilst it started as a 500 thread the 550F2 also uses the same finish as the 500 so it's relevant to the topic. As I said, Honda are still using the same finish to this day, fork sliders are common in this finish, including both the 500 and 550 models.
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