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Grewth:
--- Quote from: DomP on November 29, 2025, 08:55:07 AM ---Ken gave me the number of a bloke in south Wales that can reline brake hubs, i can dig it out unless he pops up with it
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Many thanks also.
Hopefully I'll not be needing that service, but I'll bear it in mind for the future.
Apparently, the classic Suzuki T500 suffers similar issues, but on the TLS front drum.
I was reading about one owner who re-lined his front drum ( he was an engineer apparently ), but unfortunately the drum later shattered while he was riding the bike.
Nice !
Maybe he went too far on the interference fit ?
Anyway, that story sort of put me off the idea of re-lining motorcycle brake drums.
But if someone can successfully re-line the CB550 drum, I'm quite happy to accept that, and I may indeed resort to that solution myself if required.
Murf:
If the pile of bits you are looking at is reasonably priced they might be worth a punt but I tend to find people have an inflated idea of what knackered old bikes or boxes of bits are worth. I guess it’s the parts value. However good or restored bikes seem to be reasonably priced, particularly when you consider the high cost of parts and restoring a bike.
Of course there is great satisfaction in taking a pile of bits or a knackered bike and turning them into a nice usable reliable bike that people comment on. Also if you want to do something a bit different then buying a pile of parts can be the way to go as you aren’t constrained by the guilt originality.
Bryanj:
If you buy it i will give you an incomplete bike for scrap value located in Gloucester
Grewth:
--- Quote from: Murf on November 29, 2025, 11:47:45 AM ---If the pile of bits you are looking at is reasonably priced they might be worth a punt but I tend to find people have an inflated idea of what knackered old bikes or boxes of bits are worth. I guess it’s the parts value. However good or restored bikes seem to be reasonably priced, particularly when you consider the high cost of parts and restoring a bike.
Of course there is great satisfaction in taking a pile of bits or a knackered bike and turning them into a nice usable reliable bike that people comment on. Also if you want to do something a bit different then buying a pile of parts can be the way to go as you aren’t constrained by the guilt originality.
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My technique is usually to keep buying abandoned projects cheaply, until I have enough good bits to build a complete bike.
I then assemble a big pile of damaged and worn out parts, and sell them on as an abandoned project to some unsuspecting victim.
Seems to be working with my CB750F1 project.
If I come across someone who wants an extortionate price for their sorry looking pile of rusty bits, I just walk away.
Maybe leaving my phone number before walking.
The sticking point with this abandoned project would seem to be the complete 550F engine which is not in the frame.
Yes, it's not seized, but that doesn't mean that it's not completely worn out, bad head ? bad cam ? bad crank ?
Anyway the present owner seems to think that the engine alone is worth a truckload of money.
The rest of the remaining bits. Less so.
I might just try to persuade him to sell me just the rolling chassis.
Dunno yet.
Grewth:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on November 29, 2025, 12:14:52 PM ---If you buy it i will give you an incomplete bike for scrap value located in Gloucester
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Thanks for the offer !
It might take me a couple of weeks yet to sort out this prospective purchase.
I'm in two minds about it at present.
I'll see what sort of deal I can thrash out with the seller
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