Many thanks for the info. The purpose of me playing with the CL is to keep my ancient grey matter functioning. It will not be a concours restoration, just something that will, hopefully, look quite tidy and respectable. Most mens' garages/man caves here in the UK are probably not much bigger than garden sheds. Certainly not big enough to put a car in!!! I had great fun(?) replacing the centre stand, using approx. 25 coins of the realm to elongate the spring allied to some well chosen phrases. Rather than removing the thing again, my aim is to fit the CB mounts and utilise the silencer mounting hole as a fixing point for a home-made bump stop for the stand, complete with rubber foot. As an aside, and a demonstration of my frugality, here in the UK it is possible to purchase Honda Cloud Silver paint in aerosol form, for approx £25 Sterling per can. A well known chain of motorspares stores sells the same size can of their own brand "Wheel Silver", @ £7 per can, which, after a few beers on a dark night is a fairly close match. Guess which colour it's gonna be!! It's not going to be a rush job. As an example, I also own a 1976 CB400F, which has been in my possession for 33 years, and yesterday I finally got round to attaching its first ever rear luggage rack. You just cannot rush these things you know! Stay safe and stay upright everyone. Mike.
and certainly appreciate the humor