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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #90 on: February 22, 2018, 11:49:25 AM »
Must say,
  I was recently chatting about my Black Bomber ( with this Winter, that's all I seem to do! ) and others I know of to a chap in a Pub. " Black Bomber lives in a heated garage. Black Bomber Will only come out when it's dry etc" ( well, I get caught out occasionally..)
  I felt I was sensing strange looks next to my table and sure enough, I was. The chaps next to me seemed er, 'interested' so I leaned across to them when my mate was getting me a jar and asked them if they were into bikes to put my mind at ease. They aren't but certainly into Cyber security of some sort! 😳 (Only happens to me!) I showed them a picture of my Black Bomber and they visibly relaxed. God, what a world we live in now...
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #91 on: February 22, 2018, 10:14:11 PM »
Were you wearing that cap with the suspicious looking leaf on it?
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #92 on: March 04, 2018, 06:45:43 PM »
I couldn't possibly comment.... ;)

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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #93 on: March 09, 2018, 02:21:42 PM »
Found this "Flat rate time chart" dated 07,1967 for Black Bomber.




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« Reply #94 on: March 09, 2018, 02:42:07 PM »
Great to see that Honda Parts Diagram with the Parts list opening on the adjacent page so you can view both at the same time.  So simple........it's almost childish !

I used to make sure the Manuals I put together for Compressors (years ago in a far away galaxy) were the same. It took some juggling to get it right....but right they were...when I had finished.

When I started to get involved with 1960's Triumph Twins.........guess what I did........took photocopies of the Manuals/ Parts Lists just so I could rearrange them to show the Assembly Diagram adjacent to the Parts List for that assembly.......not one single assembly was like that in the Triumph Manuals, which helped to form my long held opinion that any Company that didn't give a monkeys about their Dealers and Customers really didn't deserve to stay in business.

Maybe I should have posted this on the 'What get's me angry' thread........LOL.....but if I'd also commented on Triumphs bizarre use of barmy Part Numbers and constantly changing thread forms/ types at odd times over the years, I'd just end up in Hospital !!!!!!
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #95 on: March 09, 2018, 05:16:03 PM »
I second the above. Triumph parts books and numbering systems are pants.
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #96 on: January 21, 2019, 12:52:57 PM »
Were you wearing that cap with the suspicious looking leaf on it?

I used to have a mate, who was in a 'patch' club, with one of those dodgy leaves painted on his crash helmet. During a traffic stop, a copper pointed to said leaf, and asked 'into that stuff, are you?' Fearing an oncoming strip search at the roadside he convinced the cop that he was from Canada, and that it was a maple leaf!  :)
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #97 on: January 28, 2019, 01:42:08 PM »
The Fat Frog chap has turned up with a super rare restored (but unfinished) CB450D. The dealer kit which was the predecessor of the CL450, produced to shift unsold Black Bombers.

Good luck with finding the right badge for the side panel, I guess someone like piki could make one using the other as a guide.

Nice, but understandably not cheap.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB450-D-CB-450-D-Super-Sport-Black-Bomber-Rarer-than-RARE/223331551838
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #98 on: January 28, 2019, 02:26:51 PM »
I like that one! But way out of my price range.

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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #99 on: January 28, 2019, 03:12:21 PM »
The Fat Frog chap has turned up with a super rare restored (but unfinished) CB450D. The dealer kit which was the predecessor of the CL450, produced to shift unsold Black Bombers.

Good luck with finding the right badge for the side panel, I guess someone like piki could make one using the other as a guide.

Nice, but understandably not cheap.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB450-D-CB-450-D-Super-Sport-Black-Bomber-Rarer-than-RARE/223331551838

A lot of money for a bike without the correct D kit seat and front guard.
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #100 on: January 28, 2019, 04:13:51 PM »
And over done the bling. The side covers should be painted not polished (nit picking sod).
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #101 on: February 13, 2019, 06:38:10 PM »
I was just looking at the pics I took at the Goodwood Revival, interested in the finer details of the CB450 I took several photos of what I now know, from page one of this thread, is James' Black Bomber.

Nice early Honda, in Sussex... why didn't I twig?  :)

James we go to the Revival every year, so we must meet up for a pint, though I suggest you don't get in a bubbly drinking session with the Mrs and her pal Angie, as it  doesn't always end well...




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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #102 on: February 13, 2019, 07:47:01 PM »
I was just looking at the pics I took at the Goodwood Revival, interested in the finer details of the CB450 I took several photos of what I now know, from page one of this thread, is James' Black Bomber.

Nice early Honda, in Sussex... why didn't I twig?  :)

James we go to the Revival every year, so we must meet up for a pint, though I suggest you don't get in a bubbly drinking session with the Mrs and her pal Angie, as it  doesn't always end well...


yeah sound good Dave would love that.

The bike was there with my mate Andy for the part two revivals (he’s part of the BSA club but a secret Honda lover ha ha).

He’s been restoring a ‘67 Bomber and finished his in the Autumn - so had my bike on loan as a reference (his bike came in boxes).

I’ve actually got very few photos of the bike as it’s still with Andy. Did you take any pics?

Mine will be up for sale soon..as are pretty much all of my bikes..

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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #103 on: March 08, 2019, 08:11:03 AM »
Stunningly original James ... Just the right model ('67 flip front seat, Seiki Clock) for a 'D' kit conversion  ;D ;D
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Re: The (Original) Black Bomber thread
« Reply #104 on: March 08, 2019, 09:10:25 AM »
Lovely bike James. Put me on the jealous list!
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