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Online Bryanj

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Re: Primary chain wear 550 K1
« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2024, 01:47:38 PM »
Go to Fowlers and order everything you need to save on postage, what happens with buyers the size of Honda is they design it and put the specs out to manufacturers for supply quotes who say yes please we want to supply gazillions of those.
Back when Triumph went metric they buggered up big time by asking the bearing suppliers if they could supply main ball and rollers of a specific size and were told yes but didnt ask how much so in saving a bit on retooling plus machining they spent 4 times the money on bearings, what they should have asked is what is the most common metric size close to this

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Re: Primary chain wear 550 K1
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2024, 01:54:53 PM »
If you are a VJMC member Fowlers Bristol  give 10% discount when ordering giving your memebership number.
Honda CB400NA Superdream (current money puddle)
Honda CB500 K1 (second money pit)
https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,28541.0.html
Honda CB400 four super sport (first money pit)
Link to my full restoration http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23291.0.html
This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,151576.msg1731556.html#msg1731556

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Re: Primary chain wear 550 K1
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2024, 09:32:48 PM »
Thanks
I managed to get a NOS Kawasaki 92057-1011 chain for £45 so a good saving. Interestingly it is made by Morse who are a long established chain maker, I believe they originally started making chains in the West Midlands in the late 1800s.

 

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