Fezz - make sure you clean the powder coat completely off the inside, upper frame boss on the right side where the battery ground cable is installed. Any coating there can wreak havoc with your charging system later.
Thanks! I was going to ask that. Just scrape it off with a small chisel?
Also, on the cb500, I think there is a place near where the coils get installed that needs bare metal to ground correctly? Did I see that in Ron's excellent assembly PDF?
After I delivered my frame to the powder coater, I came across a reference to a "frame coil tab" or perhaps on parts list page 122, item #19, Ref. 50400-323-000, PROTECTOR, ignition coil wire. I thought I recalled seeing it on my frame but didn't remove it.
It looked in pictures that on the cb500 K0 it was on the frame above the coils and should not be painted. I asked them to remove, but I didn't get it back today. (Or I imagined seeing it.) Anyone familiar with that part on a 71 cb500 K0?
One thing about buying a parts bike, as opposed to one intact I'm learning, you become very familiar with the parts manual as many smaller pieces, nuts, bolts, washers, etc. are tossed in boxes. Learning to hunt, measure, identify.