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matthewmosse:
Thought I should share a good expirience buying parts. I recently bought a cb550 rear wheel off ebay, spares or repairs, supposedly with a cracked liner to the brake drum and non std 15" rim. Price was low enough for me to decide it could sit around til I have time to re line the drum on my lathe. Part turns up, all looks much as you would expect for £30 delivered - new bearings and a new spoke required to use it, drum lining a bit rusty, got the sandpaper out to assses the crack, cannot see it. Think I was lucky on this one, the drum actually looks like it has been re lined, but maybe could use a skim. Part was fro a company called Geds. I have used em before and so far found prices good and parts correctly described.
I am one happy bunny

UK Pete:
I had a similar joy when i bought a cheap wheel from dk spares, it turned out to be much worthier of a higher price due to its good  condition
pete

mick:
Matthew was it Geds bike bits ?, if it was I now the fella and he has a lot of old bikes and parts  ;) cheers Mick.

AshimotoK0:
Gonna have to meet up with you one day Matt you are such an interesting guy... I love your make do and mend philosophy. You are not obsessed with originality like some of the nutters like me. When my 1st 400/4 was my only mode of transport I was the same..I remember using the missus's hairdressing type scissors  ;D in desperation for removing the circlip on my  400/4 Mcyl , as I needed the bike for work. That went down as well as keeping an MG1300 engine in the downstairs toilet of my 1st house I bought.

matthewmosse:
Yep, that is the chap.

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