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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Like this one.PXL_20230131_115418278 by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

Oddjob:

--- Quote from: alexdecker on March 10, 2023, 02:44:38 PM ---This is a picture of my old switch, with the recess in the lower part of the switch. I thought all the wires was supposed to run on the outside of the handlebar. But I guess the previous owner switched the handlebar (as it has no holes to insert wires) and made the recess himself :(

Ok, sourcing a new handlebar I guess…

--- End quote ---

Pics like that make me mad, not at you Alex, but at others who have butchered that switchgear in the past. And Honda to some extent. First off, wrong screws, ones even a cheese head screw for christs sake. The screw under the indicator rod is critical as well, too short and it pulls the thread out of the casting, too long and the indicator rod won't move as the screw protrudes through the case. Next, Honda cut that out of the mould and got it wrong, look at the back edge where the pieces meet, all the damage there, that's done when they cut it out of the mould and it should never have passed QI. The front part is even worse, doesn't even meet the lower casting, that could be Honda or it could be the hamfisted moron who cut the hole in the switch in the first place. I've just had to rectify 7 of those handlebar switches castings before they went for ceramic coating, and that damage isn't that odd, look at any switchgear you own and you'll see hacksaw marks right across the joining surface, casting blemishes, wrongly imprinted letters. Makes my blood boil because it was all avoidable with a little care.

You're missing the clutch sensor switch as well Alex, hole behind the cable adjuster screw hole. Stops the starter motor from spinning up whilst the engines in gear.

Finding correct bars isn't that easy Alex, I believe DS sells them with the holes cut out for the 550, maybe CMS uses the same supplier. Ask before buying though. Try and source an original Honda switch not a copy, copies are ok for what they are but original is better made. If you have to buy a copy swap out the internals and wiring if that switch is still ok to use.

Rant over.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I bought my handle bars from Bertum4572  - they have the holes for the wiring but not much else.
I'm happy with them for the price https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303327670144

andy120t:
In support of those ‘ham-fisted morons’ … let’s not forget that in a world of rapidly developing middle-weight sports bikes (GPz, GPX,CBR,FZ,FZR, …can’t think of a Yamaha one until the far later R6, but you get my drift?), the CB550 was just an old £100 hack, so why would anyone spend money on a new switch or correct handlebar when you could just modify/bodge/hack a hole to get the thing working ! (…not that I’ve ever done anything remotely similar on an old bike ..).🙂

Oddjob:
There's bodging it and then there's cowboy bodging. For the cost of a screw why not just do the job right in the first place.

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