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    Re-Using cycleX mls head gasket... and o-rings?

    anyone done this? How did it go? Also - they say the usually leaky oem o-rings on the cb550s that always need replacing on a top end job are not needed with their gasket (they have "bosses" = built up areas of the head gasket where the orings would go). Wondering if anyone has had good luck...
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    Handmade alloy tank $500

    Dual bung, hand made in India, ordered for a bike I restored/built for a friend but he ended up choosing to go with more stock/traditional look so I am now helping him sell this off for his cost. It's nice at 5+ feet distance (eyesight dependent)... It is not perfect like the ones made in the...
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    Parting out 78 CB550k

    LOTS of parts. Whaddya need? ALL from the bike pictured here in the first pic. ENGINE: Pretty much entire engine... bottom end plus Cyl block, head, camshaft, clutch pack and cover, left side cover, Valve cover (from earlier model - not "pinned"). Restorable OEM exhaust (rust on bottom of...
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    I Need a cb650 Carb body, pd50b, #4

    I Need a cb650 Carb body pd50b, #4 Bought a rack of these carbs. Pilot screw was frozen.cross-threaded by PO. USPS finished the 'job' by smashing that same carb in shipping (not helped by totally shitty "packing" job. :-( So now I have three great ready to go carburetors for a 4cyl motorcycle...
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    cb360 gauges $25 plus $10 to ship

    In perfectly usable shape ... with the usual rust and stuff that is easily cleaned off. I would say these are like 7 outta 10. You could remove the rust, paint the bodies etc and they'd look quite fine.
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    My tank and seat on my cb500k1

    Stock tank, bodyworked and painted a custom rootbeer/copper metalflake with flat clear over. Stock seat pan with hump grafted on and bondo'd in for smoothness, then painted same. Upholstery work designed by me and done by (yes I am gonna pimp my friend here a bit) the very talented Louis Loyola...
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    anybody know if there's a way to fix a cb500/550 cam chain tensioner "slipper"

    anybody know if there's a way to fix a cb500/550 cam chain tensioner "slipper" The one on my 72 cb500 is cracking at the ends and is well-flatted down the middle from wear.
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    selling a Cb500/550 frame, powdercoated and perfect... except NO Tag.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/330778537603?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1039 This is a perfect, straight and freshly powdercoated frame from a 1972 Honda CB500k1. I know it will fit all CB500-four bikes 1971-1973. With one additional bracket it will fit the first gen...
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    Building my first "Cafe"... but I'm not exactly a newbie...

    It all started one sunny day when I mentioned to a friend who owns a shop that I was thinking of taking on a project... He had a snotter CB500k1 that he had begun to put the minimal effort into to make a rat bike for local errands. But he had other stuff to do so he said he'd let it go for...
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