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1971 CB500K0 Resto 3/71 VIN 1000896
AshimotoK0:
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--- Quote from: Jamesh_sussex on May 23, 2016, 02:03:06 PM ---Def sounds like carbs to me Ash...
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Yea that's what I thought. Think I would have at least had the top end off though to inspect it. He did take the cam cover off and it was pristine.
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Yesterday, he swapped two of the carbs over and the fault transposed then he found that one main jet had been drilled out with a massive hole. I bet DK just bunged a random set of carbs on it, as it had no airbox etc and the carbs had obviously been off. He's ordered 4 repair kits. You just have to treat some of these dealer import bikes as a cobbled together set of parts. Lots of them look like they have been in desert scrapyards for yonks and the the likes of DK tart them up with random bits to look more like a full bike. The thinkg is they give you loads of photos and you need to decide yourself if it's worth it. He now hates DK, I don't mind them myself as they do have some real bargains sometimes.
Cheers for the advice...sorry to hijack my own thread ;D ;D.
AshimotoK0:
Been busy cleaning up and satinizing the fork lowers (like original Honda ones were surface finished) on all of my projects including this 500K0 (apart from the 400/4 & the CB175) So that's 12 fork lowers to do :'( :'( :'( :'(. I have set myself a task of a leg a day and so far so good. Luckily I had a NOS set of CB250K0 forks to replicate the finish from. Unfortunately, although NOS, they had a couple of chunks out of them so still needed the full works. Bought some Eastwood Diamond Clear coat to re-lacquer but not tried it out yet.
Still waiting for Yamiya bits from Japan to rebuild the engine ( primary chain & dampers, primary ball bearings & needle roller bearing )
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on June 19, 2016, 09:40:40 AM ---Been busy cleaning up and satinizing the fork lowers (like original Honda ones were surface finished) on all of my projects including this 500K0 (apart from the 400/4 & the CB175) So that's 12 fork lowers to do :'( :'( :'( :'(. I have set myself a task of a leg a day and so far so good. Luckily I had a NOS set of CB250K0 forks to replicate the finish from. Unfortunately, although NOS, they had a couple of chunks out of them so still needed the full works. Bought some Eastwood Diamond Clear coat to re-lacquer but not tried it out yet.
Still waiting for Yamiya bits from Japan to rebuild the engine ( primary chain & dampers, primary ball bearings & needle roller bearing )
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I thought that said sanitising the first time I read it Ash, I thought, Gosh, he's really giving them forks an intense super clean ;D ;D ;D
Your commitment to these old bikes is to be admired and I'm sure they will be fantastic when they are finished. Just out of interest, have you any bikes on the road at the moment and when was the last time you rode a bike?
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on June 19, 2016, 09:57:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on June 19, 2016, 09:40:40 AM ---Been busy cleaning up and satinizing the fork lowers (like original Honda ones were surface finished) on all of my projects including this 500K0 (apart from the 400/4 & the CB175) So that's 12 fork lowers to do :'( :'( :'( :'(. I have set myself a task of a leg a day and so far so good. Luckily I had a NOS set of CB250K0 forks to replicate the finish from. Unfortunately, although NOS, they had a couple of chunks out of them so still needed the full works. Bought some Eastwood Diamond Clear coat to re-lacquer but not tried it out yet.
Still waiting for Yamiya bits from Japan to rebuild the engine ( primary chain & dampers, primary ball bearings & needle roller bearing )
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I thought that said sanitising the first time I read it Ash, I thought, Gosh, he's really giving them forks an intense super clean ;D ;D ;D
Your commitment to these old bikes is to be admired and I'm sure they will be fantastic when they are finished. Just out of interest, have you any bikes on the road at the moment and when was the last time you rode a bike?
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One old CB250K3 on the road .. last bike I rode was two weeks back and it was a CX500 'plastic maggot' dare I say on here, pre getting cafe'd (not by me) .
I deliberated long and hard about getting the fork finish correct 'cos I don't like the highly polished alloy look, I think it always lets so called 'show' bikes down. Done 8 fork bottoms now BTW in 'satinized' finish...so 4 to go ! I am just trying to get together a mini museum of the 60/70's Honda's I admired the most from tiddler up to CB750. I blame UK Pete and JamesH for giving me the 'bug'...call me a hoarder ...I am not even in their league! Back in the day when I went to work every day for 17 years on a bike I was not so fussy..even remember riding my CB350K around without a battery , just 20,000 microfard capacitor in its place and getting a bollocking for using the then GF's hairdressing scissors for winkling out the circlip on my 1st 400/4 master cylinder.
AshimotoK0:
Stripped the 500K0 forks yesterday .... a first time on CB500/550 forks for me. Man are 500/4 forks designed to strip so much easier than the other Honda's I have. Alloy sliders are in nice condition with no 'dings' so will refurbish nicely. Will post pics of all 12 fork sliders I have 'satinized/polished' soon, as the 500 ones are the last to do (will do my 400/4 ones in due course, going to leave the CB175K5 with it's original 'patina' for now).
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