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Renovation Time
z1100r:
Yes, I did think after looking at the problem that it would be easy to sort if I really wanted to.
Then I thought hang on a minute...!! I've got a genuine brand new 500 hub here, do i want to be putting it in a lathe and machining it. Ok so I'll do the back plate...arrgh thats OK but then it still looks like I have a K3 back wheel and my mate will be round going.."thats wrong"..!!! Also I wont have a backplate for my old hub - and I might reline that. I mean if I do end up doing another winter on this bike then some old wheels and 4-1 exhaust will be straight back on..no messing.
So for a
matthewmosse:
Personally I like to have a spare wheel with good tyres in the shed in any case as tyre changing using leavers in winter and in a cold workshop fails to amuse - I prefer to wait til summer and just swap the whole wheel when the tread wears out. If I ever invest in shiny new wheels or rebuild using new rims then I may well be sure to keep them out of winter use in favour of a set of alloys or comstars getting the winter treatment. I've always been inpressed with how well a 500 copes with winter use, I have had bikes half the age where the frame has rotted clean though in a few years of all weather use which is one reason a 500/4 is one bike I'll always take a bit more trouble to keep going. The quality is frankly brilliant throughout.
z1100r:
All the wiring is back on and the rats nest in the headlamp is all connected back up. A nightmare for me because of the different switch gears and wire colours. Have left that switch gear on for the moment. Sort the CX500 stuff out when I get back from IOM.
So what did I do this weekend..??? I was in the garage all weekend but achieved not very much. It was painfully slow progress fitting the exhausts...the new mounting brackets are not good and need alot of fannying about with. I found a couple of my old very rusty brackets and tried those ... perfect. I then spent ages rebending the new brackets to match the old. My new brackets are a 10 year old pattern set from DS..the pipes are all brand new in original Honda boxes bought 10 years ago aswell.
My mate came down with a scabby old rear brake backplate for me.....now that was a nightmare...it had been chromed in the past and there was bits of stuck chrome and mega corrosion. I vapour blasted it, filed it, sanded it, vapour blasted it again. I was going to polish it, but thought sod it, and painted it. The new pattern shoes didnt even fit - they need copious amounts of filing at both foot and mounting eye.
Only piece of luck I had was that my original 500 wheel spindle with all its spacers and nuts has been poking out at me for years and years on this shelf without me really seeing it. I thought ..arrrgh I know what that is now and went straight to it and it all fitted bang on. I gave up last night at 01:00am this morning.
z1100r:
How do the rear indicator brackets fit to the frame on a 500. Is there a rubber somewhere..???
Bryanj:
From memory the braket bolts to the rear mudguard bolts--no rubber, unless its a US model of course
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