Thanks for the tip but that was the FIRST piece of plastic to go!
Don't let the flat black fool ya, it's metal. They offer a chrome bucket version as well
No, the stock bucket on my '73 CB500 was definitely a black plastic, probably urethane (it looked like the exact material as the side covers, that same pale yellowish urethane where it showed on the inside). It was cracked on the underside too, again, definitely in a plastic way. It looked all stock to me but maybe it wasn't, dunno-it's sitting in a landfill somewhere now so I can't take pictures. . . lol
I've never seen a stock chrome bucket on either a CB500 or 550-was that really an option? I know the chain guards were later available in chrome metal....
350 f sounds the same- Black plastic, urethane yellow inside. I prolly wouldn't spend a bunch of money replacing it, kind of think that well before the age of plastic Honda was making something so light, compact and efficient for holding the available factory globes.
BTW, nice eyebrow, did that come with the wing headlight or did you take that off a sportster?
Yeah, I thought most of the CB buckets were that black plastic (yellowish urethane on the inside), from what I have seen? I've only seen the black metal ones on old British bikes and BMWs.
The plastic bucket went into the trash, the chrome metal one replacing it was from an early GoldWing, and the eyebrow is stainless steel and was sold as a "vintage truck accessory" on feeBay..lol. It was the only one I had seen that was in stainless as well as being that long-it wasn't even that much either, like $8 or something
I bought it figuring it was for 7" headlights, it might work with some modification or something but I was able to bolt it right on. The trim ring sandwiches it inside the headlight assembly.
UPDATE: here are some pictures that I just found that explain what I was trying to describe. The first one shows an OEM bucket broken and that it is indeed a urethane plastic
(this one is broken much worse than mine was and the guy on feeBay was STILL trying to get $30 for it!?! LOL). The next two show the yellowish inside I was trying to describe as well as the black outside. These are all GL1000 buckets buy my CB500 OEM one was very similar. Just thought I would update this as a picture is worth 1000 words and all that!
The last picture is of my side cover that I accidentally ran over
(it was at night, cover off to recharge battery and I didn't see it *duh*) and then repaired. As you can see, it's that same sallow yellow color urethane, like the buckets. If you want a repair that will last and is super strong, try this out. It was a piece of fiberglass cloth and two ton epoxy (that kind in the twin syringe thingy). I lightly sanded the area and cleaned with alcohol before applying epoxy, then the fiberglass 'bandage', then more epoxy. If your headlight bucked is cracked, this would be the way to do a repair that will hold up and last. You can use that super glue and baking soda repair a lot of people talk about, if you want, but 'butt end' glue repairs are always pretty weak and this overlapping repair with the reinforcement of the fiberglass cloth is the way to really do it (IMHO).
