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Steverinomeiste wrote:My experience mentioned above was with motorclassicshops.

Good to know. I'll grab a pair of the union rims now so they might arrive before September

Been married for 19 years and have an 11 year old daughter :)

The secret is to build a cute bike and make it really really clean. The entire engine was broken down and bead blasted. Fresh powder on the cylinders, all new white paint (was red) etc.

This was to be my wife's first bike. Instead I ...

Thanks for the input. As I expected rechroming the rims will be very expensive, as they have to strip, polish, and then re-plate.

I'll keep poking around and see what's out there for 16" chrome 36 hole rims drilled for drum brakes. Should be some older small cc bikes out there with the right size ...

Seeing as my C95 restoration is likely to live its life indoors and not get ridden much anytime soon (I have 5 other bikes in various states of running/project), I've decided the old rims and spokes need to be replaced. Chrome is bubbling, spokes are crusty.

I'm going to look into having the rims ...

I chased my threads with the M10x1.00 die which seemed to match it properly. Hope I didn't create a problem I didn't have before :)

My M10x1.25 pitch bolts didn't seem to fit the bottom mounts of the shock, so I'm presuming they're 1.00 as well. Sadly the bottom bolts are discontinued.

Brafasco up ...

Should have mentioned I'm in Canada which makes a $0.37 nut $15 once you ship it :)

Also I'm looking for the acorn nuts for the top shock mounts, which even Bolt Depot doesn't have in 10x1.00.

Will try to order the part from Honda on Monday - they always surprise me with what they have available ...

Biggest problem I'm having is sourcing M10 x 1.00 pitch nuts and bolts for the rear suspension. Will likely have to order them.

I'm hesitant to put the old wheels on as the chrome is bubbling. I had cheap Duro tires slapped on it years ago when I bought the bike. Been holding off on ordering ...

Oh and the rigid is getting a custom springer front end. The stock forks are just there to hold it up. 1.5 inches of suspension travel isn't quite enough to get me out of my garage let alone down the road

Married, but long enough that I get away with this :)

I bought the bike while I was in the middle of finishing my XS650 cafe (a year later the XS was on the road). In there I also bought my SR500!

So I'm juggling the following projects:

BMW R75/6 needs a bunch of tuning - it got new spokes/tires ...

I am still working on it! I run DO THE TON.com (cafe racer forum) and we do an annual event at the Barber Vintage Festival each October that requires a ton of organizing and effort, taking me away from my many projects.

In recent weeks I've found a few hours to spend on the C95 and have gotten a ...

Appreciate the links - just went through your build (have looked at it before but not for some time). Some helpful bits in there for me (like put the levers on before the wiring in the bars ;) )

I knuckled down and got the shocks apart. I had been given a set of 305 Dream shocks to use with the ...

Well on the topic of how to remove the nut and retaining ring, I re-read the how-to in this thread and noted the bit about slotting the top of the rod to make it easier. So I'll give that a shot

http://www.fourwheelforum.com/showthread.php?t=975

I'm continuing my C95 project, and am assembling things now.

I had the plastic covers of a pair of 305 Dream shocks painted white with the frame etc. and was going to disassemble my C95 shocks, have the steel lower shrouds rechromed and then put them all together.

Issue 1 is I'm having a devil of ...

Just to chime in here - the kickstarter mechanism inside the case can lock the transmission up if it's rotated too far in one direction. I noticed this when assembling my engine and might be the cause of your situation.

Well, I broke one of the oil rings putting them on the pistons (I think it was fatigued already as it shouldn't have broken) so a new set is on order along with a few other rubber bits for the tank etc. Decided the stacks of rubber washers I had used before wasn't good enough and splurged on the ...