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CB500 K2 Cafe build.
matthewmosse:
250 superdream clocks are the same internally so I just swapped the inners into my old casings when they internally fell to bits on my 500. For doing carbs I have an old writing breurau in my sheds attic, with all the stationary holder slots built in it's pretty handy plus the writing surface folds up over it all to cover up the carb bits when not in use to keep the dust off. The breurau looks like somethig off bargin hunt and must have been a nice piece before the last owner let it get woodworm, my gain though, it was £2 and is stil tough enough for workshop use after a good dose of worm killer (and carb cleaner injected down the odd hole when bored)
Personally I abandoned doing cosmetic inprovements like that as once cleaned the temptation would be either to not use the bike or having to keep it that clean, I doff my hat to those of you who have the persaverence to keep at it and do the nice looking bikes and keep them there.
Mitchv60:
I've managed to get a couple of small jobs done over the christmas break.
I mocked up the front end,bars,clocks and grips just to see if it was the look I was after.
Stripped the paint on the top yoke,removed the worse casting flaws and polished it.
Mitchv60:
A bit more done,making the most of some time off over christmas.
Welded up the subframe loop and added some triangular gussets beneath it just to finish off the line of the frame so it doesn't stop abruptly.
I'll leave the dressing up of the welds till I've got the engine out of the frame so it's a bit easier to do.
I take my hat off to any one who is good at welding because I am not,I can turn my hand to most things but I admit I struggled a bit with this.
I suppose it will get easier the more I do as this was my first time.
Next job is getting seat pan sitting right and sort out the fixings for it.
UK Pete:
Looks like its coming on on well, i know what you mean about welding i try to do a bit here and there but i also find it hard
Pete
matthewmosse:
Make life easyer, just tack weld the parts in place then leave final welding and dressing the welds until the frame is stripped and light enough to put each weld in flat as vertical welding is far harder to do.
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