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Second picture is after cleaning most of the rust off

I took it apart and made some pictures. It looks pretty bad... could this be fixed by for example honing the cilinders? I’m already afraid for the answer..

It’s a CB550f engine by the way

Thanks for the input! The bike is completely disassembled at the moment, so can’t fire iT up. So I guess I’ll have to open it. I’ll give iT a try tonight, hope it’s not too late yet..

Hi all, I spent the last two days cleaning my engine (still assembled) as I want to paint it black. I got it nice and clean using degreaser and all sorts of brushes and rinsing everything off with a garden hose from time to time (no pressure washer). Before doing this I plugged the air intake...

Oh wow, you're right! Thanks a lot man! I've been struggling with this for days now, feeling pretty stupid haha

Hey all, I'm almost done rebuilding the wheels for my 76' CB550F, but I just can't seem to get the dust seal on the sprocket side in place. As far as I know, it's supposed to go inside the bearing retainer with a spacer underneath. I've used a lot of force trying to get it in, but it's just...

Oh yes I did leave them in apparently, thought I got everything out. Thanks for noticing, that'll save me some work! And for the Jasco, thanks for the tip, but I live in Belgium so i'll have to try my luck with something local. I'll ask for something that burns skin though

Thanks for the input! I'll start by contacting the powder coater and asking if he can fix it. If not I'll try the paint stripper and maybe a wire brush on a dremel? I also read somewhere (on this forum I think) that it isn't a good idea to use taps/dies to remove powder coating from coated...

Hey guys! Went to pick up my parts from the powder coater this friday. At first everything looked nice, but once back home I noticed that the parts hadn't been prepped properly. Things that were powder coated: - Most of the inner and outer threads, including the threads for the bearing...

thanks for the replies! And yea alan i saw your pictures, i think these tyres look great on this bike! I'm from belgium so i guess i should be able to get the 2.75s then, though the dunlop site only shows 3.00+.. I'll try my luck with some local dealers

Hi all! First post here. I bought my ace a couple of months ago, great fun, but unfortunately last week a nail got embedded in my rear tyre.. Now im planning on replacing both tyres with dunlop k82's. i read here that standard sizes are 2.75/18 front and 3.00/18 rear, but the smallest...