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CB550 rear brake spring bracket

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Johny Boy:
Hi all,  I thought I would share a little win!

The bracket for the rear brake switch appears to be discontinued.

I have made one from a standard 1 quid 50 x 50 x 20 bracket from Screwfix.
Drilled out one hole to dia 11 to suit the rear engine mounting.
Drilled the second one to dia 13, cut 25mm off the end and added the slot.

Johny Boy:
With switch fitted

Johnwebley:
Excellent

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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Nice bit of adaption. :D

Towsejames:
This sounds very interesting. Do you have any photos?

I only ask as I’ve just bought a 1976 cb550F and the kick start hits the rear brake lever, meaning the kick start can’t be used. I’ve tried looking at some pictures of bikes in that area off google photos and similar but haven’t found any real reason why mine hits.

Along with this I am missing the rear brake lever return spring and currently the lever only has the brake light switch spring to hold it up. I’ll try and grab some photos later on.

I’ve heard the cb550K and the cb550F have different kick stat lever and/or brake lever? (I think my bike could be abit of a mismatch, as it has a CB550F frame number but 550K tank and side panels.) But difficult to know which bits are which.


Any help would be appreciated.


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