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Oddjob:
Just had a thought Martin, if the R/H switch you have is going spare I'd be interested. I'm trying to get a collection of broken switches and see if I can get some complete ones out of them, a little work and they'll be better than new and back into the community again.
Do something like this. Have them ceramic coated, repaint the letters, restore the interior parts and contacts, repair any wires that need doing, re-sheath the wires and then offer them to owners of our bikes.
Martin6:
Looks good.
The red dot by the P is there on my current ones. They are very faded, like the anodising had been sunbleached. I assumed they were original. Maybe in the past someone has painted in the dot. :)
Bit disappointing if they are copies, the ebay ad stated NOS. Hopefully, they'll work fine. 🤞
As folk may have gathered, my bike is not concours! At this stage I just want to get it back on the road and some miles on it.
Johnny4428:
Nice work on the switches there Ken! They are looking good!
Martin6:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on March 24, 2023, 04:51:49 PM ---Just had a thought Martin, if the R/H switch you have is going spare I'd be interested. I'm trying to get a collection of broken switches and see if I can get some complete ones out of them, a little work and they'll be better than new and back into the community again.
Do something like this. Have them ceramic coated, repaint the letters, restore the interior parts and contacts, repair any wires that need doing, re-sheath the wires and then offer them to owners of our bikes.
--- Quote ---Odd job, I'd be happy to do that. First I'd just like to check the ones that are coming, to make sure they work / I'm happy with them. Do you also do this with other parts for these bikes?
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Oddjob:
I do it with almost everything I can. I like to see if I can reclaim stuff that would end up in the landfill otherwise.
The switch is 100% a copy, the wires are wrong for a start, Honda didn't use that colour bullet connector, plus they have over a hundred of them, no way there is still over 100 original switches out there, I doubt there is 100 NOS originals in the entire world never mind one supplier. That's one of the drawbacks in buying copies, they can get connectors wrong, wire colours wrong etc.
For instance, on the original switch wiring, which I have in front of me, there is a male brown/blue wire, can't see that on the pic, male yellow/red which is there, male black/red which is there, there are 3 male blacks and there looks to be 4 on the pic, there is also a female black/white and that's missing as well. That's for the kill switch BTW.
Lots of switches these days have been repainted so it's no surprise to find your red dot is there, look at the CMS pic of an original switch, check the wiring, note the missing red dot. https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb550f2-super-sport-550-four-1977-england_model17121/swassy-statkill_35150377013/ Check out that price!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now the copy switch from the same supplier, he has 2 versions, this one gets the wires right but has the red dot, https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb550f2-super-sport-550-four-1977-england_model17121/swassy-statkill-non-oe_35150377023p/ this one also has the red dot but note he doesn't show the wiring, they look ok BUT he's hiding them behind the switch so you don't know if the female black/white is there, https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb550f2-super-sport-550-four-1977-england_model17121/swassy-statkill_35150377013p/
Coming on Johnny, busy fixing the switches together as we speak.
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