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1971 CB500K0 Resto 3/71 VIN 1000896
Laverda Dave:
What a great thread Ash! I have read the whole thing from start to finish during the past 90 minutes. You have stopped me from going into my own garage to work on the Triton! Keep the progress reports coming and did you ever complete the CB175 mention in one of your original posts, I have a soft spot for those and the CB160 & CB200 :). I wish I had room in the garage for the CB500KO James has for sale.
JamesH:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on April 03, 2020, 11:33:52 AM ---What a great thread Ash! I have read the whole thing from start to finish during the past 90 minutes. You have stopped me from going into my own garage to work on the Triton! Keep the progress reports coming and did you ever complete the CB175 mention in one of your original posts, I have a soft spot for those and the CB160 & CB200 :). I wish I had room in the garage for the CB500KO James has for sale.
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Let's do trade for your restored 400/4 Dave :-)
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on April 03, 2020, 11:33:52 AM ---
What a great thread Ash! I have read the whole thing from start to finish during the past 90 minutes. You have stopped me from going into my own garage to work on the Triton! Keep the progress reports coming and did you ever complete the CB175 mention in one of your original posts, I have a soft spot for those and the CB160 & CB200 :).
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Cheers Dave .. I suppose these long winded resto threads are not everones cup of tea but useful if you get a similar bike as a project and need advice.
After I bought the 500K0 & the CB175 from a forum member my list of projects kind of grew as bikes just came along by chance, quite cheaply, that I normlly always sat on the fence to buy, as they were all usuall quite expensive and parts were rare. But after I got this 500 I 'acquired' a '64 CB72 and '67 CB450K0 (all found in boxes in a garden in Crawley). Then I got a CD175 sloper press bike, a '66 S90 and a '61 CB92 .. all projects again from the same source but with the mega hard to find bits included in the sale. The CB175K5 still needs it's engine putting together (kickstart mechanism was knacked) but it's not a bike I am going to fully restore as it is low milage and the chrome is lovely, so best left alone ith with almost 50 year patina really. The exhausts on the CB175 were 'OK' but I found a much nicer set in Japan that I obtailed via my mate Chris who lives there. I did own a CB160 when I was a student but it always seemed a bit dated even then and I much preferred the CB175, so never had desires to own one again but the engine was ground breaking when released. Same with the C200 90cc.. I had one when I was at school and all of the girls laughed at it ... which left a permanent scar and no real desire to ever own one again.
mattsz:
Like Dave, just reading through this from the beginning - I've got some time!
The exchange below is from this thread - almost three years ago. Nurse Julie foreshadows things to come...
--- 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...
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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 ...
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AshimotoK0:
Discovered differences in early 500K0 clutch cover compared with the upgraded one supplied as per Service Bulletin #4.
CB500/4 Service Bulletins
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z8s0vpxu8niqva3/AAC1D8GaKGw_tvX0y2-CTcHaa?dl=0
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