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Wonderful story Mick ...which you have told me about before  great that you shared on here, paricularly the photo with the royal seals on it.

Here is a shot of the Lords with the same Bombers  from Lord L's biography book. Again, posted on here before by me but good for comparison with your photo.

Can anyone identify any of the other bikes?

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“Alright friends, you have seen the heavy groups, now you will see morning maniac music. Believe me, yeah. It’s a new dawn.” Grace Slick, Woodstock '69 .. In the year of the Sandcast.

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Fantastic photos, wonderful era.....but that particular group of 'bikers' were probably unlike most at the time.

Incidentally.....tomorrow is a significant day for me and for Ash, our first batch CB750s turn 50 years old, manufactured on the 22nd October 1969.  Yours (Ash) is only a couple of numbers from mine, so they would have been made on the same day.

The specific date was supplied by Honda when Eamon (last owner of mine) was researching the history, it's somewhere in the file and if I can find it, I'll drag it out....but the file is well over a foot thick, Eamon was an unbelievably prolific letter writer and if he wanted to know something, he just persisted until every possible line of enquiry was exhausted.

The letters file is a who's who of 1960s through 1970s motorcycling, loads of famous names, racers, authors, journalists, companies that he wrote to seeking information, and every one retained....many with the envelopes.

Eamon was very well known and highly regarded within motorcycling circles so I suspect he probably elicited replies and information more readily than most would have done, but the main thing was his sheer persistence.

On another note, does anyone reproduce these quality control stickers?

Mick.

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You could try Piki on here for those stickers.  He made the DID stickers for my wheel rims on the CB250RS and did a great job.
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You could try Piki on here for those stickers.  He made the DID stickers for my wheel rims on the CB250RS and did a great job.


I'll do that, I've only ever seen a few tools with their original stickers....unsurprisingly.....so I guess most won't even be aware they were ever there.

Thanks.........Mick.

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Wonderful History lesson there Folks. 'You meet the nicest people on a Honda' !
Now: 2008 CB1300S, CB750K4, 1970 Bonneville. Various other 1960's 650 Triumph T120's/ TR6's/ TR6C's (all in bits...many, many bits unfortunately). Previous: 2007 CB600FA, 1976 CB500 Four. BMW F800ST. GS750E. ZZR1100. CB1300 (2). ZXR1200S. VFR800. CB750 Nighthawk. CX500. XS500 Yam. Suzuki GT500. BSA A10. Various Lambrettas. Zundapp Bella (honest).

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You could try Piki on here for those stickers.  He made the DID stickers for my wheel rims on the CB250RS and did a great job.


I'll do that, I've only ever seen a few tools with their original stickers....unsurprisingly.....so I guess most won't even be aware they were ever there.

Thanks.........Mick.

Never seen tools with those stickets on Mick then look on eBay same week and see these below as part of this kit !

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-GENUINE-HONDA-DEALER-TOOLS-NEW-OLD-STOCK-SPECIAL-TOOLS-CB92-CB72-C72-Era/254394770923

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That is a nice looking set of spanners......are you buying them?

Re the quality control stickers, I had seen them once or twice, but in such poor condition I didn't realise what they were, it was only when I bought this bomber with it's unused tool kit that the penny dropped.....I don't know how long they were present on Honda tools, or even if it was just one supplier that put stickers on their tools, but to an anorak (me) it's interesting stuff.

Mick.


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I vaguely remember seeing them when i used to pdi in the late 70's but i think it was just 1 sticker per tool kit not every tool.

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I know Trigger said he was thinking of retirement but its a bit early for him to be selling his tools :o :)
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I vaguely remember seeing them when i used to pdi in the late 70's but i think it was just 1 sticker per tool kit not every tool.

That would explain why I took just the one photo....my memory says they were on all the spanners, but my memory is not to be trusted and I sold the bomber a few years ago.

Nice thing to have though for your perfect tool kt.

Mick.

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That is a nice looking set of spanners......are you buying them?

Re the quality control stickers, I had seen them once or twice, but in such poor condition I didn't realise what they were, it was only when I bought this bomber with it's unused tool kit that the penny dropped.....I don't know how long they were present on Honda tools, or even if it was just one supplier that put stickers on their tools, but to an anorak (me) it's interesting stuff.

Mick.

No not me Mick .. I was just looking at Benlypage eBay listings and saw it  (actually Ray Davis the VJMC dating guy who sells lot of CB92 stuff)  .. That 'general' dealer took kit  he is asking nearly £1k for !
“Alright friends, you have seen the heavy groups, now you will see morning maniac music. Believe me, yeah. It’s a new dawn.” Grace Slick, Woodstock '69 .. In the year of the Sandcast.

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Nice stuff, but I'd rather have £1,000 in the kitty.

These stickers are around on period pieces, not just Honda it seems.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Yamaha-Tool-Kit-75-83-XS650-77-79-XS750-80-81-XS850-315-28100-10/192362257634?hash=item2cc9af1ce2:g:OvEAAOSwf-VWUnpa

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Interesting thread - I've been putting together an original tool kit for my 750 K1 and I'm almost there - whilst searching I came across this, complete with QC sticker: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Honda-CB350-CB450-CB500-CB72-CB77-CB750K-Wrench-17X19-99001-17190/291084527019?hash=item43c5fd65ab:g:WRoAAOxy0NtTBaTG

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Interesting thread - I've been putting together an original tool kit for my 750 K1 and I'm almost there - whilst searching I came across this, complete with QC sticker: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Honda-CB350-CB450-CB500-CB72-CB77-CB750K-Wrench-17X19-99001-17190/291084527019?hash=item43c5fd65ab:g:WRoAAOxy0NtTBaTG


Andrew - what are you missing to complete the set?

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Interesting thread - I've been putting together an original tool kit for my 750 K1 and I'm almost there - whilst searching I came across this, complete with QC sticker: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-Honda-CB350-CB450-CB500-CB72-CB77-CB750K-Wrench-17X19-99001-17190/291084527019?hash=item43c5fd65ab:g:WRoAAOxy0NtTBaTG
Andrew - what are you missing to complete the set?

Hi James,
I've got most things now, including the correct pliers and the red handle screwdriver - the original tools I'm missing are the 2 feeler gauges, the points file and a No2 Screwdriver bit.

Cheers, Andrew

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