Author Topic: dave500s 550f (Read 24171 times)

dave500 · « **Reply #50 on:** November 15, 2012, 01:39:02 AM »

i asked a mate to "shoot some paint"for me but he got the wrong idea?(just a spare tank)it looks not bad in sunlight from a distance.

i dummy ran all the electrics with test lamps etc and its good to go.

Greggo · « **Reply #51 on:** November 15, 2012, 10:34:06 AM »

Shouldn't have any venting problems with that tank Dave

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #52 on:** November 15, 2012, 01:52:33 PM »

love it

dave500 · « **Reply #53 on:** November 17, 2012, 12:45:33 AM »

tinkered around with the wiring and got it all together,clutch and throttle cables on,key switch mounted etc,rerouted the loom here and there,mounted the harley indicators on the front,a simple length of threaded rod with some brass tube i had laying around,ill put a lock nut on the end of the clamp nut.

i might do the fuel tap tomorrow and fire it up?

Stev-o · « **Reply #54 on:** November 17, 2012, 05:56:55 AM »

Do you need indicators, Dave? Looks better without.

goldarrow · « **Reply #55 on:** November 17, 2012, 10:28:40 AM »

How did you get the fork tubes up on the tree without scratching up new paint?

dave500 · « **Reply #56 on:** November 17, 2012, 11:36:28 AM »

we must have indicators here stevo,i wouldnt ride without them anyway,,i painted the upper tubes in situ goldarrow,ok so i fired it up and went along my street this morning,still need a muffler yet etc,so much for my holiday break project!!

pangloss · « **Reply #57 on:** November 17, 2012, 04:22:39 PM »

Not in NT .. !! Just checked... Theoretically not required in Oz

See ADR 6 attached .. I register mine without indicators.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #58 on:** November 17, 2012, 04:43:35 PM »

That engine sounds pretty crisp Dave....

dave500 · « **Reply #59 on:** November 17, 2012, 04:56:18 PM »

yeah just your standard 550,i did clean up the head a little and match the intake runners though,i set the full advance to just past the pair of full advance marks with the boyer ignitions,this leaves the idle about halfway through the actual "F" mark.

dave500 · « **Reply #60 on:** November 20, 2012, 11:35:26 PM »

a bit more tinkering,i didnt want to use stripper on these as it might mottle them being that soft pot metal stuff,a full night in brake fluid didnt even touch that paint so i just blew it off with the sand blaster,the polished fake gold letters were scratched up anyway,ill paint them later ,maybe white with black background.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #61 on:** November 21, 2012, 02:35:22 AM »

Hey Dave, got that muffler, put it up to my mouth and made Broom broom sounds, i reckon it'll sound good mate....

iron_worker · « **Reply #62 on:** November 21, 2012, 06:08:21 AM »

That bike's got a nasty little rumble. I like it.

IW

FunJimmy · « **Reply #63 on:** November 21, 2012, 10:26:44 AM »

Quote from: dave500 on November 20, 2012, 11:35:26 PM

a bit more tinkering,i didnt want to use stripper on these as it might mottle them being that soft pot metal stuff,a full night in brake fluid didnt even touch that paint so i just blew it off with the sand blaster,the polished fake gold letters were scratched up anyway,ill paint them later ,maybe white with black background.

Me thinks that paint stripper would have been a better way to go.
Shame too, cuz the "F" badges are rare as hens teeth.

dave500 · « **Reply #64 on:** November 21, 2012, 11:30:03 AM »

the scratches wouldve had to have been wet or dryed out which would remove the gold anyway jimmy,this took like two minutes and left an even finish,theyll paint up ok,thanks mick i wanted this bike to make a broom broom sound!how about one thats goes roomph roomph pop pop pop pop?

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #65 on:** November 21, 2012, 02:02:16 PM »

Quote

,thanks mick i wanted this bike to make a broom broom sound!how about one thats goes roomph roomph pop pop pop pop?

Thats easy mate, just put pods on it....

Killer Canary · « **Reply #66 on:** November 21, 2012, 02:55:34 PM »

Very clever Dave, using the signal bolt to clamp the headlight ear! Are you patenting it or can I do it too?

dave500 · « **Reply #67 on:** November 21, 2012, 11:21:19 PM »

thanks for reminding me killer, i still have to get some lock nuts for them,,no patent,just what works at the time.

dave500 · « **Reply #68 on:** November 23, 2012, 11:43:14 PM »

a little tinkering today,got the instruments on,they read real steady,,looks like i did 4.7 kays up and down my street this morning,man how do people like open exhausts like this???it sounds shallow and #$%* and makes them soggy in the torque dept!!retro rocket to the rescue with a muffler for it tommorrow,,have to see how it marries up yet,,itll be ok.

Stev-o · « **Reply #69 on:** November 24, 2012, 06:13:56 AM »

I've driven my F with no muffler, didn't like it either and didn't want to piss off the neighbors with the excessive noise. What kind of muff are ya getting from Mick?

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #70 on:** November 24, 2012, 02:19:15 PM »

Hi Steve, its an gold aluminum muffler from a set of pipeline pipes. We may need a pipe to go between the muffler and the header to get the angle right....

dave500 · « **Reply #71 on:** November 24, 2012, 11:29:02 PM »

its a cafe one,it even came with its own coffee cup!it slipped straight on more or less and sounds more respectable now,ill clean it and its mounting bracket up for even more cafeness!!

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #72 on:** November 24, 2012, 11:34:50 PM »

mmm coffee...what? no smoke!?!??!?!?!?

dave500 · « **Reply #73 on:** November 25, 2012, 12:05:58 AM »

ha!!not much sound either,i had my finger over the mike on my phone during this!

dhall57 · « **Reply #74 on:** November 25, 2012, 12:23:07 AM »

Sounds good Dave. Another Honda brought back to life

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