*Accident Repairs / Fork Swap* 75 Wing Cafe RestoMod

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Couldn’t come up with a cheap right control I could dissemble and rob the missing kill switch parts from. Came up with a fix that should hold up - Drilled a very small hole through the base of the kill switch shaft in the groove where the circlip would go. I found a little ball chain in a junk drawer that was just the right size to replace the missing ball bearing and then I used a carb linkage cotter pin on the bottom to hold it all together.
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Nice hack! If that necklace ball turns out to wear too easily(aren't they hollow? maybe not?) you can go to a hobby shop or website for r/c cars and order some "diff balls". Come if various sizes and are hardended.
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Glad you messaged, that coulda been bad :shock: My axle didn’t come with them either, I couldn’t find decent used ones so I ordered new spacers on partzilla. Should be way more CBR1000 parts out there tho, the RC51 axle was rare.
For the steering stops I cut and filed the stock ones off then drilled holes for bolts like you said. My thread has a description and pics on pg 23 and 30. The first ones I did weren’t quite right so I redid them after everything was powder coated
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I know I’m in the minority, having raised my bike rather than lowered it, but I finally found a solution to the too short stock kick stand.
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Kickstand from a 1980 CX500 Custom
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On the left is the stock stand and on the right is the CX. It’s about 1-1/2” longer and the spring and rubber are identical. It needed a little bit of file work on the mount to widening it just a hair and I cut the little hoop off the side, but other than that it bolts right on. Just going to finish cleaning it up and give it some fresh paint.
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Such a nice looking scooter.
If there is one thing I have learned throughout this process it is this: Check your respirator for spiders before you put it on.
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Patriccio wrote:Such a nice looking scooter.
:shock: he's alive!!!! anim-cheers1
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Nice dude! Definitely the right call shaving those things off too! AND a smooth way to add an inch or two!
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Really enjoyed this thread!
So happy to see a front fender. I have never gotten used to a bike without a front fender, though many love the look.

Congrats on lots of attention to detail and fine craftmanship!!!
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