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A nice photo too Ash. There must be stuff like this lying around that is deemed insignificant but good if it can be found.I often travel past Marc Bolan's tree which is near here, he's never forgotten with permanently replenished shrine there.That Paris photo has Jean Pierre Beltoise, formally a motorcycle racer, subsequently formula 1 driver on the front of the bike. So searchable by his name rather than Honda as such, hidden in plain site as it were. There's a few of it with him and some french singers also from the same photo session that come up as well. Details in the photo are good and you can probably see "your" carbs in some.
So is that a Sandcast in that photo, as it has the smooth oil filter housing?Edit...or one of the prototypes?
Quote from: Nurse Julie on October 11, 2018, 02:45:05 PMSo is that a Sandcast in that photo, as it has the smooth oil filter housing?Edit...or one of the prototypes?Others know the show schedule of the bikes but it looks like the gold one of four that was sent out to the bike shows prior to production launch. That one appears to me to be one and the same sold recently and pictured earlier on in this thread at the anniversary day. It's got the same alt cover etc that marks out the pre-production run engine.
Now this may be because I’m old and have too much time on my hands, despite the Commando but this particular topic has got me thinking. Always dangerous using seized machinery. At first, I agreed with Julie, although not quite as passionately but it is/was a piece of history. However, what is the degree of restoration? I couldn’t make the day but wish I'd put the effort in now, just to see this bike in the flesh. Has it been completely resprayed or have some parts been polished within an inch of their lives? Either way, I wouldn’t turn my nose up at it and it looks impressive. As ‘Hairygit’ says, he may have stored the original parts and it is the frame/engine/VRM that are most important. Whenever I modify a bike, I always keep the original parts to ‘put it back’ if I want to. What bothers me most is that the owner didn’t want the original parts Ash offered him. Was it because he thought Ash wanted to ‘sting’ him, as he’d paid so much for the bike and must be rich? Why wouldn’t you want to get it back to original? He’s clearly no mug if he has that much to invest in the bike and has to have more than a passing interest, doesn’t he? If Ash is still reading this, I’d like to know what the owner said. Also, Ash is not a hoarder. No squirrel in his right mind would have parted with those bits other than to the original bike. A Yorkist as well. Hear all, see all, say nowt, etc!
May I ask what was the tell that they were the carbs from the prototype...Was it just somebody's word...or was that something that set them apart from the early 28 top jobs?I vouch ash is one of the gooduns....