Hello again. Haven't been on here in a while. It's amazing how easily you can get sidetracked in real life.
A few years ago I purchased an engine and a frame (separately) and started collecting bits and pieces to make up a CB550. Through some luck I acquired almost another 2 bikes in pieces for free, one being a 500 plus another 550. Started work on a CB550, had a problem on the forks (lost a crush washer), so pulled the engine down while trying to find one, and got stuck there when I saw the case was slightly damaged under the stator cover, having one of the 3 mounting holes damaged. The plan was to get an in-law to fill in the case with some welding, but it never happened and the whole project dropped off the radar.
Due to space constraints at my Personal Storage Facility (read: Mum's House), I've had to relocate this stuff to my new place. A bike in pieces takes up much more room than one assembled, so funnily enough I re-started the rebuild out of necessity, but now that I have I have restarted I can see that I have been bitten by the bug again. I'd forgotten how addictive this (and the forum) is.
Good news, I have a lot of parts to get things underway. I'd forgotten just much I put aside getting ready for the rebuild: gasket sets, wheel and steering bearings, carb rebuild kits, HondaMan ignition, Dyna coils, NOS CB750 pistons for a Gentlemans Express engine build, and the list goes on. I think I'll hold off on the 590cc build for the time being, because I am worried that if I get stuck on something tricky I'll put it to the side again and it will never end up finished. So the goal is to get 1 x machine running quickly out of the parts that I have. This will free up a large chunk of room in the shed.