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Oldbuthopeful:

Thanks for the pic AndyC.  I wish I'd seen it before I set about making mine.  Yours is much more functional-looking
and far less obtrusive.  Don't think Mr.Honda would have approved of my effort, but it works !!

The 550 sailed through it's MOT today but won't run unless the choke's out.
I've started a new thread outlining the problem and would very much appreciate any advice from the experts out there.

Oldbuthopeful:

Thanks Oddjob, much appreciated !

andy_c101:
Oldbut..
I think yours is a far better 'engineered' solution.
Where did you get the parts from, was it from a CB1300?

AC

Oldbuthopeful:

Sorry not to have replied sooner, Andy C.  Just returned from hols.

The 'stop' is almost entirely home grown.  The arm was cut from a washing machine packing plate and bent in the vice,
appropriately drilled then sprayed with 3 coats of Hammerite gloss black.  The actual bump stop was picked up off Ebay,
described as  'rubber mount, buffer, foot, stop, bumper, damper item No. 120956290072  (sorry, can't do those fancy
links!)  -  2 for £3.40. It comes with a bonded-in 6mm threaded bolt just the right length.
I only used one so the other is yours if you want it.
Oh, and I used a longer pinch bolt with a piece of 15mm copper tube as a spacer to lift the arm to the correct height.

DC

andy_c101:
Fantastic job.
Thanks for the explanation; & as I say, well engineered and looks the part.
Thanks for the kind offer of the spare bump-stop; I'll stay as-is for now.
cheers
AC

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