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StPeter:
That made you look . . .
In the olden days - I'm talking of the 70s - the cheese-head casing screws (so called because the heads were made of cheese) would be regularly replaced with hex screws. Usually having drilled the head off and mole-wrenched the remnant of stud out
Eminently sensible from an engineering point of view but is it considered a bit "nouveau" for a restoration? Obviously it's never going to win a concours but I'm aiming for "neat, tidy, shiny and ridden".
What's the general view on them?

hairygit:
It makes working on the bike easier, and a lot of bikes were fitted with allen bolts early on in life by owners p**sed off with the awful originals >:( See it as a period modification, like aftermarket shocks and exhausts, it's your bike, and I would not hesitate to change them, my 400/4 was only 3 months old when I fitted some! ;D

LesterPiglet:
One of the first tings I did was replace with allens. They look nice and are a blessing compared to the original screws.
I want my bike to be as maintenance free as possible so I don't mind replacing with more modern/superior parts, within reason of course.
I wouldn't replace anything major that would affect the overall appearance of the bike.

StPeter:
Thanks, guys. "period modification" - I like that.
World of Hex, here I come!

SteveD CB500K0:
All my old 500s have them and they are a PITA to keep clean and shiny.

Take a look at what modern bike manufacturers use - my Tiger uses 8mm hex bolts.

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