Honda-SOHC

My 1980 CB250 RSA gear change linkage 'rose' joints were completely fooked and I am restoring this bike on a budget (albeit one which already totals to probably considerably more than it's worth ..but hey ho. 

Anyway I bought the parts below ... the cheapo rose joints were far to big so I chopped them to the correct length and trimmed down the diameter and profile of the round bit to be the same size as the Honda originals. I still need to tidy up the profile a bit  and also zinc plate them ... I am thinking of two thin O-rings and a bolt and nut through the eyelet to seal the joint before plating. This is deffo one for home plating as I don't know of any commercial platers, who would entertain doing it.

The replacement boots look fairly decent and didn't tear on my test-out assembly, to ascertain if they are rubbish or not. Obviously, I will have to use a fixing for the normally peened over pin used on the lever parts but that's no big deal.

Joint before modification.

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Joint after modification and replacement rubber boot.

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Test assembled with Rubber boot
 
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CB250RSA Boot Kit

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Rose Joints on Ebay (L&R hand thread m6)

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I give my wife bits to sell on eBay to keep her sweet and to promote tolerance of by obsession.

She listed a 500 carb plate and lifter rod and someone message to see if she has brass bushes etc ...see pic ..but I can't even see anything like that on my own set of 627B carbs so she can't really help him out. I thought he may have been getting confused with later PD carbs (that I have no experience with) but he says its for a 500K2... She told him to join us on here and ask for help  but it's difficult conversing details on eBay (phone/email etc)  for the fear that eBay police get onto you for attempting to deal without going through them. This would deffo have been a question for Ken !

I do recognise the other bits.

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I know this guy but haven't seen him for years
100% genuine bloke though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335388847413

I started with a free Dropbox account yonks ago and quickly needed more storage particularly hosting the manuals etc on here.

Everything worked OK until I ditched my local internet provider (KCom) and I lost my old email address.
I forgot to change over my email address to my new Gmail one and they keep asking me to verify my account by sending an email with a pass-code  to my old email address which I no longer have access to, before I can log in again.

Despite moaning to them and the case being escalated because I threatened to cancel my subscription (£120 p.a.)  if they don't sort it out and plaster their inadequacies all over social media, they won't allow me access to my account until I provide them with data I don't remember ... like 'the last file you uploaded' and  'exact joining date' etc. They refuse to send me a texted code like any other provider such as Lloyds Bank or HMRC do. I even sent them copies of proof of payment by PayPal for each moth but still they refuse to give me access to my account.

Anyone else have problems ? Suggestions?

Luckily I can access my Honda data by coming on here and using  my Dropbox links ... ludicrous !
 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/743953341154957

From what I remember the restorer Pete went to prison for embezzling his granny's money


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My UK 750K0, CB400F & 450K0 Bomber all came originally with metal plug caps.

Much maligned on here I know but for originality I am fitting them. I managed to get NOS ND ones for my 4 cylinder bikes  but the Bomber ones are hard to come by. also one of my NOS 4-cyl ones got badly damaged with acid. So this week I managed to de-crimp the corroded one and replated a grotty looking Bomber one. Pretty sure my CB250K0's and K2 would have had them but not found any of those yet.

I plan to do some tests on them to see why they tracked over the HT in the wet. It's not obvious looking at them why they would track. I suspect the rubber insert may not have sealed too well but a new part moulded in silicone may fix it. A lot of heathen dealers (like the one who supplied my 1st 400F ) just ripped the metal covers off and damaged the grey plastic body in the process.

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 If so welcome back! 


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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166097029779

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