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Bryanj:
Yup they are

Oddjob:
I thought the idea was to wait and see what the barrels cleaned up at rather than buy the pistons first, and Cruzinimage should be a lot cheaper than DS

Bryanj:
Checked Ken and DS is cheapest at moment plus going to 0.5 so should clean, its 0.25 thats a problem, plus i can always bore a set of 500 to that size as max

DomP:
Yeah I've had a look Ken, IMD come close with the ebay discount code they have at the moment

Oddjob:

--- Quote from: DomP on September 16, 2023, 03:42:29 PM ---Oh that's interesting Ken,  as I'll be doing a DS order for the pistons I might as well order the  Vesrah kit from there while I'm paying postage.

I've just done all 9 crank clearance with plastigauge just to be on the safe side and as it was quite interesting, I took my time with it to guarantee my reads were accurate, they all came out at near on exactly the same readings - photos to follow.  So I think I need to get the pistons ordered up for Bryan and drop them off with him but I'm fairly confident in saying the bottom end is in pretty good health, just the top end that's taken a hammering which makes me wonder why.

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Or someone blew the old head up etc and changed it for what they could find at the time.

DS is £36 a piston plus P&P and Cruzinimage is $110 for a set of 4. https://www.cruzinimage.net/2017/08/17/75-77-honda-cb550f-0-5mm-oversize-pistons-set/  or $136 inc postage. You may get customs charges but they are a known make and from what I've read a decent one. The DS ones aren't as far as I'm aware.

I may know someone with a brand new wiring harness for the 550F, made by one of our members on here BigAl, he also has a load of other parts which I've asked him to send me pics of. Just bagged some parts for myself off him, really good 500K petrol tap for £5 and a full set of genuine bagged engine oil seals as well.

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