Re: CB 550 K Cafe Racer Conversion #back from powdercoating/glassbeadblasting
Some pics of the latest progress on the engine:
Stripped and cleaned engine case
Cleaned valves
Cleaned head
Looks better than new, eh?
Lower case assembled
Sealing the cases
After having spend no time for the bike the last weeks, I'm back with a little tidbit. For some reason someone has sent my tacho and speedo into trash.
Since I am not willing to spend much money for new ones I decided to go with the stock tacho.
In my opinion a single instrument in the bike's cockpit is far better looking than two stock ones.
After checking the box with bicycle spares i found an old Sigma Bike Speedo with just the needed functions. I did some research and found out it serves up to 300 km/h.
And here the work of a rainy sunday afternoon begins... a hybrid tachometer/speedometer.
Collecting all the necessary parts, open the tachometer, some 12V LED-light stripe (which actually provides a VERY nice and clear tachometer backlight) and the bicycle speedo.
Disassembled the speedo down to the display and chip. Fits quite well into the tachos lower area.
Assembling chip and display to a useable unit for my tacho. Function test shows, that it is working well.
Next steps are integrating it into the tachos surface and connecting the necessary functions to buttons outside the tachos' case with 3 tacticle switches to access the functions easily.
Moreover I ordered 4 LEDs for the control lights which will be fitted into the upper area of the gauge. Let's see what it is going to look like when it's finished. I'm also planning to restore the tachos' case.
regards