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beardylondon:
Hi Ted
I’m unsure how your cables are different lengths, both of mine are the same, as they run in parallel.
Photos below showing the new cable (circled in green) offered up to the existing cable, thus I need both new ones to be 91.5cm.
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 28, 2024, 10:03:22 PM ---I've measured the open & close cables that I have they are as follows 91 cms & 84 cms long measuring round the fixed bend end (with an expanding tape steel tape as best I can) to the other end of the outer cable.
I'm pretty sure they are aftermarket ones, the outer cables are not damaged.
PM me if they are if any use to you.
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deltarider:
Beardy, looking at the pics, I wonder why your 550K2 is in Excel Black and not in Candy Garnet Brown, which according to Honda documentation was the only color for the 550K2.
beardylondon:
You can wonder no more, because the previous owner painted it black and when I had the opportunity to repaint it the original colour recently, I decided not to, and paint it Honda black. Simply because candy garnet brown looks like something a swamp creature threw up after a night on the ales.
I’m very aware of all the official Honda colours, however I couldn’t give a flying feck about what the Honda documentation says, black looks much better!
Bryanj:
Yup, i did my 500 mettalic black in 76
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My 500 K1 is in high gloss black, it was ditch water bronze.
All my friends who have seen it prefer it to the original.👍👍
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