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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: SteveW on March 28, 2025, 10:56:49 AM
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Has anyone bought one?
Just wondering what the fit / quality is like before I possibly get one for my 550.
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I fitted one to my 500, IIRC it has slightly bigger bottom fittings with rubber eyes, mine fitted after a bit of a struggle.
It was getting the stays to sit right that was a fiddle, link to my post, unfortunately the photo was deleted by me on Flickr.
www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,29256.0.html
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mine fitted after a bit of a struggle.
You try fitting one of their tanks! :o
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mine fitted after a bit of a struggle.
You try fitting one of their tanks! :o
I did wonder if they ever altered the tank design from the supplier after your fitting problems.
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Could I use my existing stays on the new mudguard?
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in theory yes, in practice who knows, you may well be the guinea pig
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Could I use my existing stays on the new mudguard?
If it helps I did eventually get the stays to fit, I loosened the stay to fender bolts considerably, the main culprit was the end of one stay where the metal is doubled up, the back layer was a tad on the wide side. I did not want to grind off the excess as that would have removed the chrome plating. A small amount of extra bend angle on the fork end of the stay enabled it to fit, I then tgihtened up the stay to fender brackets last.
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If it helps I did eventually get the stays to fit,
I think DSS is big and organised enough to supply some instructions from the start when these things are needed. :o
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Mine fitted ok. It was a bit of a wrestle to get the stays on to the fork but not too difficult