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    79 CB650 compatible older-school side covers?

    Those actual ones above were just for reference, I didn't think any other models' side covers would be interchangeable but I'd definitely love to know if so (mounting tweaks aside), guess I should just try and see. And thanks, with the forks, I figured powder coating was the norm. I've been...
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    79 CB650 compatible older-school side covers?

    ...and while we're at it, anyone know where to find black lower fork legs for CB or do people usually just powder coat their stock ones?
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    79 CB650 compatible older-school side covers?

    Hey all. It's been like 4 or 5 years since my last DTT confession. But to anyone who can answer this, much appreciated: I have a 79 CB650, and I want some side covers that are more like the bubbly metal ones of the early to mid-70's CBs. I basically want these: to be these: ...but with...
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    Arrrrrrrgh! CARBS!

    Damage your engine at all or did you wrap it in something where it touched?
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    Arrrrrrrgh! CARBS!

    You DID rock a crowbar to get them off. Ever break or crack a boot because of it?
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    Arrrrrrrgh! CARBS!

    It worked. I don't know if that's a common technique but for anyone having trouble with a 4 cylinder's carbs, ratcheting them back does work well to cut out pulling and cracking the boots. I'm gonna do that from now on. Now, let see what a mess I can make of this with the carbs now that...
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    Arrrrrrrgh! CARBS!

    IDEA: Can I ratchet strap the carbs backward around the frame?
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    Arrrrrrrgh! CARBS!

    Hey, I'm taking my CB650 carbs off, I'm not even that new to it, I've done it 5 or so times, but I can never remember exactly how I did it the last time. the boots are being such a mother fucker that I'm about to just yank and crack them out of frustration or try it with a crowbar across all 4...
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    Custom Side Covers (79 CB650)?

    Hey, anyone here fabricate or know of someone that makes compatible side covers? I'm looking to take these... …and try to get something more like these made to fit: …a la the mid-70's more bubbly aluminum CB covers. Is this done?
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    Toronto & Insurance.

    My $700 was for just my CB650 (including a $35 fee to pay it in 3 parts vs all up front), but the quotes for my CL450 (under 500cc category) weren't much better, and I'd have to stack one policy on top of the other. They definitely treat you like an annoyance that's gotten in to their office on...
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    Toronto & Insurance.

    You're right on the money, there was a "general increase" when Intact stepped in as middleman. Yeah, this shit drives me nuts. I'm not that young, I don't drive a cock rocket and I have no accidents. I ended up just paying it, to some catty lady that talks to me like I'm not a real customer but...
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    Toronto & Insurance.

    Yeah, no shit. The price goes by the density of your area and I'm right downtown.
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    Toronto & Insurance.

    I know this is probably futile as I go through it every year and always come back to realization that I have the cheapest insurance I'm gonna get. But I still hate that I have to pay some faceless turd $700 a year for the most minimal liability-only coverage when I'm not going to get more than...
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    69 CL450 K1 Tank Woes

    Hi. I have this in Tanks & Seats but hoping someone that sees it here can maybe help. I've been looking for the chrome panels & knee pads for this tank, I know they're hard to find. Finally found one place online that sold them, Western Hills Honda (OH) which listed them as orderable, and...
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    K1 Tank Chrome Panels...Help!

    GAAAAH! DENIED! Days after I put the order through, I just now got an email that they (Western Hills Honda, Ohio) don't have and cannot get any of what their site allowed me to order and pay for. So, back to the drawing board! $&*%%*!!
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    K1 Tank Chrome Panels...Help!

    Well I for one love your story. It's good to know that if I did cast some knee pads myself I could also use them as a butt plug in a pinch. And the chick you're thinking of who did casts of famous rock dicks was Cynthia Plaster Caster. There's a book and a great doc on her. I'd definitely be...
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    K1 Tank Chrome Panels...Help!

    Finally got a line on and ordered them. For the record, anyone else looking for CL450 tank parts, this is the one place I found high and low that had them, in Ohio: http://www.westernhillshondayamaha.com/fiche_select.asp
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    K1 Tank Chrome Panels...Help!

    How 'bout now? Anyone? Bueller? Frye? I'm still in the same boat and can't find them anywhere online, if anyone knows any good leads on the chrome tank panels and knee pads, repro or otherwise, I'd appreciate it, it's one of the last touches on this '69. I know they're stupid $$$. Damn, I wish...
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    Getting milky water spots out of plastic side covers...

    Hey, thanks for the tipoff about the Novus polish. Worked like a charm. This is the black side. Hey, in a related note, anyone looking for a stock 1979 CB650 right side cover (w/decals) to swap for a blank or black one?
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    Drag pipe baffles on a CB?

    Wow dude, your CL350 looks amazing! This is for a 69 CL450. It looks like an 8" might barely fit. Do you have to drill a screw hole or do they fit in there just by diameter?
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