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I love the smell of NOS in the morning..........
MrDavo:
You may recall I bought a restored CB750 K1, which although looking very fresh and new is not very shiny - the engine cases and fork lowers that should be polished, have had the same aqua jet (or vapour blasting, IDK) treatment as the engine - it all looks new but doesn't shine.
The fork lowers I will remove and polish during the winter, and the cam cover can just stay there for now, I'm not taking the motor out just to polish or replace it, until I really have to.
However, I was excited this morning to get a box delivered, which contained 3 NOS parts - the alternator cover, gearcase cover ('crankcase mission cover') and clutch outer housing. The gearcase cover alone is £405 at David Silver, the clutch cover £114, and the alternator one is out of stock - so £200 for the lot on Fleabay is a definite result! :)
The gearcase cover has a couple of small marks, which were mentioned in the eBay ad, fair play, I'm torn between leaving the lovely 'new' slightly brushed finish alone or trying to sympathetically polish them out.
I have ordered new kickstart and gearshaft seals, I'll post 'after' pics once the cases are fitted, I'm sure there will be a definite improvement, The removed bits will be for sale once they are off, vgc, but not shiny enough for a 'as new' restoration.
I'm still after the polished cover over the drive sprocket 11351-300-050, btw.
JamesH:
Great score there mate well done. Any chance you could take a couple of close up shots on each cover to show the linished / lacquered finish.? I know a lot of the guys on here would be keen to see...
MarkCR750:
I thought you'd fitted a nitrous oxide kit for a moment there James!, great price on those parts.
royhall:
You could have polished the originals for free. Wouldn't have taken very long from a vapour blasted finish. And now your faced with polishing them anyway. That said you got them for a great price, why not move them along and make a nice profit and polish the others.
JamesH:
Thing is Roy trying to get that NOS linished / laquered finish is very very difficult as I'm sure you know. Brightly polished isn't everyone's cup of tea I guess.
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