Shed & Buried Ashimoto Style

[Chris400F]

I actually think they are quite a pretty bike and probably much maligned because people didn't change the oil at the correct intervals. Included in a load of parts I am getting are the remains of a 250 G5...so you never know I might get smitten !

Is the bike pictured the 'remains' you talked of when you were looking for the Parts List?
Looks pretty complete to me. Are you smitten yet?

I'm sure the previous owner was a really nice guy, but I still can't get my head around how people can spend a not insignificant sum on a new bike or bikes (CX, G5) and then not use them. I guess for them maybe the ownership is the important thing. Which reminds me, I must get out and about on my own bike more!

[MCTID]

Funny you should say that.....none of us are immortal (immoral more like), but one day my lovely Missus was obviously troubled by something or other so I asked her what was wrong.   She said that if I suddenly snuffed it.....what was she going to do with the mountain of bike parts which I have amassed over the last 10 years........where would she start, what parts did I have, what bikes were they for and what were they worth ?

I smiled and said..........'No problem........Roy Hall will sort it all out for you'. The next time I saw Roy, I asked him the question - and got the answer I expected (hoped for but also expected) 'No problem......I'll either buy all the parts, or I'll sell them on for your Missus'. Top Bloke !

I also had a recent conversation with my extremely smart and capable Number One Daughter about Wills and stuff and she explained the differences - and the obligations - of being a 'Trustee' and being an 'Executor' of somebody's Will (she is both for different friends of hers). A bit of an 'eye opener' to say the least, so maybe those of us on the Forum might like to think about just what we have in terms of bikes and parts, and what we would like to happen should we pop our cogs, and maybe to think about who we would like to handle things after we have gone......particularly if we go unexpectedly.

When my Mum died in 1989, I cleared the house she had lived in for 10 years. She had kept EVERY Bill, Invoice and Receipt since she had moved into the house, along with masses of clothes she'd bought in Charity Shops - but had never worn !

[Nurse Julie]

What a morbid, but totally worthwhile thread this has turned in to. Why are you not all out riding your bikes on such a glorious day instead of worrying what will happens to them when your pushing up the daisy's?

[Woodside]

I had the same conversation with my other half....so I jotted a list of the bikes and the value of them.....didnt realise she could add up so quick. ...she always poked fun of my hobby in a fairly joking way ..I've always told her it keeps me occupied and it's a better investment than any isa. ....and when I flogged the 400 and bought her the diamond shed been on about for ages she's now very much on side...
I've got now only  13 of the buggers left

[Nurse Julie]

Was that your old CB400/4 on teabay the other day?

[Woodside]

Probably not I sold that at the beginning of the year...
I didn't sell it specifically to buy bling it all kinda just happened and fell into place. ..I do remind her every so often that the ring was once a motorbike....
But she never gives me any grief anyway with the coming and goings of bikes..but she often tells me it's an addiction...

[Nurse Julie]

http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,11519.0.html

I saw this one the other day and thought it was your old one, it looked very familiar

[Woodside]

No not me..I think the 400 sold on car and classic..never hit evil b
I tend to always give it a couple of weeks on c and c
Its free and I like that

[Nurse Julie]

I saw this one for sale on fleabay this week and was convinced it was your old one being sold on again because of the low mileage

[Woodside]

Oh yeah think mine was 10400 miles
Not my old one...to shiny and mine had original pipes on

[Woodside]

If that was mine the guys lost a few bob on it too

[Nurse Julie]

😃😃😃  Has been known for people to lose money on bikes, even Classic Hondas

[AshimotoK0]

What a morbid, but totally worthwhile thread this has turned in to. Why are you not all out riding your bikes on such a glorious day instead of worrying what will happens to them when your pushing up the daisy's?

Spose you are right Julie so on  that note  I will just shut up then ... and as far as I am concerned this thread is closed.

My last contribution is this old chestnut that always makes me chuckle ! and may lighten the mood. 

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