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It Lives! - chrisr - 30-09-2022
For those of you who followed the sorry saga of my Honda CB 550, I have exciting news!
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Six years on, more money (much more!) than its worth and much anger and anguish but here it is. Not perfect but I think it needs riding and a bit of fine tuning. It wouldnt have got to this stage without the help of Mr Henty (thanks Lee) but would have cost almost as much and been scrap. I hope Peter Thorne is still behind bars and will never take Henry Cole seriously again, pair of tossers. Ill let you know how we go.
It Lives! - dapleb - 30-09-2022
You took mystic baldric seriously at some point!!!
Glad the boike survived that massive eejit.
It Lives! - drewpy - 02-10-2022
sounds great, glad you managed to get it sorted
It Lives! - leehenty - 03-10-2022
And I just bought a big heated ultrasonic cleaning tank yesterday ð¤ª
It Lives! - Snowbird - 03-10-2022
Good to hear it live after it's tangle with incompetence. :good:
What fluid are you using with that ultrasonic tank Lee? We had some at work that tended to turn bike carbs black if left in for any length of time.
It Lives! - Catteeclan - 03-10-2022
Quote:What fluid are you using with that ultrasonic tank Lee? We had some at work that tended to turn bike carbs black if left in for any length of time.Â
I've been using watered down bike cleaner, Muc off, seems to work ok. Be interested to hear what others are using.
It Lives! - Rallyist - 03-10-2022
Sounds very nice :good: :good: :drinks:
It Lives! - leehenty - 03-10-2022
Using the specific bottle of concentrate that came with it meant for carbs. 1:10 dilution. Tank is 9 litres so big enough for two carbs
Any water based surfactant would probably work. Bike sounds lovely and even so that electronic ignition kit is doing the job.
It Lives! - dablik - 03-10-2022
Woopwoop :good:
It Lives! - drewpy - 03-10-2022
Quote:Using the specific bottle of concentrate that came with it meant for carbs. 1:10 dilution. Tank is 9 litres so big enough for two carbsscrewfix do a gallon degreaser for £8. Wonder if that would do it?
Any water based surfactant would probably work. Bike sounds lovely and even so that electronic ignition kit is doing the job.
It Lives! - leehenty - 03-10-2022
Needs to be water based to create the cavitation it might work
It Lives! - Studley Ramrod - 03-10-2022
Quote:For those of you who followed the sorry saga of my Honda CB 550, I have exciting news!
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Six years on, more money (much more!) than its worth and much anger and anguish but here it is. Not perfect but I think it needs riding and a bit of fine tuning. It wouldnt have got to this stage without the help of Mr Henty (thanks Lee) but would have cost almost as much and been scrap. I hope Peter Thorne is still behind bars and will never take Henry Cole seriously again, pair of tossers. Ill let you know how we go.
So glad to hear that. Going through all that shit from Thorne and I agree with you, he deserves what he got. Be nice to hear if you get out for a pootle on it
It Lives! - drewpy - 03-10-2022
Quote:Needs to be water based to create the cavitation it might workits supposed to be watered down, i use it in a spray bottle as a pre wash
It Lives! - leehenty - 03-10-2022
Mr Thorne would contemplating the error of his ways quite painfully, if I was in charge of the correctional facility. The front brake was unsafe.