Topic: Trad's 74 CB550 K0

[Camrector]

Damn dude same thing happened when I sent Mark my GE motor!! Crazy stuff

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Where's the love, FedEx??

[RAFster122s]

FedEx gives you a prayer of a claim, usps will make it very difficult.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

FedEx gives you a prayer of a claim, usps will make it very difficult.

And the USPS doesn't give you an icicle's chance in Hell.

[RAFster122s]

Apparently you have to build a crate for the motor with sufficient crush space forthem to play with... when they have heavy packages they often toss them about. Worse than the airline baggage handlers...maybe they hire them...

[GV1390]

Apparently you have to build a crate for the motor with sufficient crush space forthem to play with... when they have heavy packages they often toss them about. Worse than the airline baggage handlers...maybe they hire them...

I built a crate out of 2x4's to secure it. It was double boxed in heavy duty boxes, completely stuffed with packaging material and also stickers all over it indicating fragile. Apparently not enough....I'm assuming they really dropped the thing for that to happen.

Glad it worked out in the end, looking forward to great progress as usual Jared.

[Trad]

It's all good G. I'm going to use the internals from that crankcase and swap them into the empty cases. #$%* happens. No one is to blame, you did your best to secure that thing. Hope you're doing well.

[Dos]

Can't get over how beautiful that tank is.

Is that really original though? I've been searching all over the web for a cb550 metallic green can't find it anywhere

[Trad]

Can't get over how beautiful that tank is.

Is that really original though? I've been searching all over the web for a cb550 metallic green can't find it anywhere

Thanks. Yeah, it's an original K0 tank. It was NOS, bought it off eBay a few years back. Freedom Green Metallic.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Hey Jared,

How is the crankcase swap coming along.  I imagine it's thawing in your neck of the woods.

[Trad]

Yeah Don, It's been warm. Lots of gravel in the roads though. Got my own garage now, just been riding the blue bike with not much progress here to be honest. Mark had the cases stripped and I sent him all the parts. He's a busy guy so it'll get done eventually. Slow and steady and I'm happy with that.

[RAFster122s]

GV

Sorry to hear they did a physics experiment on it despite your best efforts.

You about have to put it on a pallet I guess...

Apparently you have to build a crate for the motor with sufficient crush space forthem to play with... when they have heavy packages they often toss them about. Worse than the airline baggage handlers...maybe they hire them...

I built a crate out of 2x4's to secure it. It was double boxed in heavy duty boxes, completely stuffed with packaging material and also stickers all over it indicating fragile. Apparently not enough....I'm assuming they really dropped the thing for that to happen.

Glad it worked out in the end, looking forward to great progress as usual Jared.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Yeah Don, It's been warm. Lots of gravel in the roads though. Got my own garage now, just been riding the blue bike with not much progress here to be honest. Mark had the cases stripped and I sent him all the parts. He's a busy guy so it'll get done eventually. Slow and steady and I'm happy with that.

As long as you are getting to ride, it's all good!  It's great to have at least one runner in the stable!

[Trad]

So I moved into a nice townhouse a month ago, it has a heated double car garage so I'm all smiles. 
Nothings really setup tool/bench wise, so I've been working out of tubs; When I get a chance to work on this bike at all. Life's been busier than I can ever remember.

Anyway, I ordered all the correct mounting hardware for the CB500 fender from David Silvers, including the rubber grommets and those alloy collars. The parts fiche isn't very helpful there. I used member SohRon's thread here http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,86697.0.html a number of times to make sure I was assembling and routing parts correctly. Sometimes there's more than one way, but one's the way Honda had it originally. Thanks for that SohRon!

So the bobbed and yellow zinc plated fender is on. I was really particular about having the wheel and the fender as parallel as possible. I took my wheel off and double checked the dish on the truing stand. Had to move it a full two mm to the non disk side. Then I heated and tweaked the fender stays to get alignment just right.

Garage by Jared Chilko, on Flickr

K0 Fender 1 by Jared Chilko, on Flickr

K0 Fender 2 by Jared Chilko, on Flickr

K0 Fender 3 by Jared Chilko, on Flickr

Mark has been working on my crankcase, I'll upload some photos from him when I get them. Really grateful he's putting some time in for me.

Direct to calliper parts are in the mail and I'll get to reinstalling the master cylinder with the new pistons and seals. Doing away with the factory pipe connecter that goes from the brake line to calliper. This 35" SS line with a 35 degree connector and short banjo bolt will tidy thing sup nicely.

Weather's been great so I've been out riding bmx, the blue bike, and spending time with family. Sorry for the lack of updates.

[RAFster122s]

It's all good Jared, glad you have the new space and the family is in a good place.  Should make life smooth for a while...and you won't have to worry when you leave them for trips on the BMX circuit when they aren't joining you...

David

[Trad]

Thanks a bunch David, I appreciate the words my friend. This is definitely a safe neighbourhood, out in the suburbs. Peace of mind for sure.

[jaycox]

Where'd you get the front rotor?  It looks nice.

[Trad]

Hidden value is, now you don't have to buy a gun; instead you can spend that money on new parts!!!!! 

Seriously glad you and the family are safe, Jared.

Damn Cal, I really appreciate that my man! Seriously.

Not used to paying through the teeth for rent so not many new parts in the near future.  I'm selling a bunch of extra parts to fund this thing. LMK if you need anything, I'm a hoarder. 

[Trad]

Where'd you get the front rotor?  It looks nice.

It's a stock CB550 rotor. I stripped the paint on the centre, got flange bolts, and had True Disk drill it out. Thanks though.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Well done on the move to the new townhouse.  Peace of mind is priceless.


Keep on keeping on with the bike, Jared.  Then you'll have 2 to ride this season!

[Trad]

Thanks Don. Not this season, too much on the go to think I'm going to finish this during the summer. One more winter, then that's it! Even though I've been saying that for 3 years almost. I'm not rushing anything here, slow and steady. haha.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

This is where having a running bike already in the stable is KEY!

[flatlander]

congratulations! a bit of peace and safety is priceless.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Doing away with the factory pipe connecter that goes from the brake line to calliper. This 35" SS line with a 35 degree connector and short banjo bolt will tidy thing sup nicely.

Since my builds are usually restomods, I haven't bothered using the pipe connectors either -- I, too, have just used modern stainless lines.

[Trad]

congratulations! a bit of peace and safety is priceless.

Thanks a lot! It truly is. Hope you're doing well.

Doing away with the factory pipe connecter that goes from the brake line to calliper. This 35" SS line with a 35 degree connector and short banjo bolt will tidy thing sup nicely.

Since my builds are usually restomods, I haven't bothered using the pipe connectors either -- I, too, have just used modern stainless lines.

It looks way cleaner. What length of Line do you usually go with. The one I found locally is 35" and it just about perfect.