CR93 shock bushingsThanks, I followed your advice and it worked out just fine. The inner sleeve is down to about 1 mm thickness, same as the outer sleeve. But this bike is principally for show, it won't get much track time. I believe the 10 mm bolt is original. Although this model follows the general outlines of the CB160, nearly every part on it is different and has a unique part number.
According to my 1964 parts list, that bush is CYR936111-9 and it's listed as Not Sold. Also noted as 52109-222-810 in my other parts list, but that was written in by hand.
The bolt is also a unique part number as you said. This parts list shows the double sided front brake, but the one I restored and raced had the single sided 2LS brake. It was a road bike originally AFAIK and it had the CB160 style battery box. When I picked it up, the restoration was already started but the seat was completely flat as if an elephant had stepped on it. It took me days to panel beat it back into shape. Fortunately I was able to get a yard of faux suede to get a new seat cover made. Teazer,
When was it that you were working on that CR93? What became of that bike? My two are both race versions with single-sided front brake (1963). One seat cover was useable after washing and re-dyeing, but the other was too far gone. Terry Muruyama in Japan (RC166 owner) made a new one for me with near-identical fabric and correct heat seams. --Randall That bike came from Indonesia or Malaysia into Australia which is where I had my sticky mitts on it. The owner used to do a lot of buying and selling and had access to all sorts of interesting bikes and bits from Asia.
I have no idea where it was sold to, but IIRC it went to the UK. That was before I moved to the US, so it was around 88-89 I guess. Alf Briggs was the go to man for parts at the time and had most of the parts I needed to get it rebuilt. Even then it was an exercise in chasing all around the world and that was before the internet so it was expensive international calls and snail mail.
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