During the lock down.....

[AshimotoK0]

Yes thanks Ian .. great read ... I made myself a cuppa 1st before reading it.

My mate in Japan Chris had a GB250 before got his ( CB350G ..... like a CB350K4 but with disc front end).

Googled GB250 and it came up with another one of youre writeups

Cheers for posting ... keep 'em coming.

[Orcade-Ian]

Thanks Ash,
Yes, Pete - a great mate from Southport had the GB 250 and coincidentally sold it to Andy the MOT man I mentioned in the article and he still has it.  I have a rough dog CBX 250 RSE (only needs an ‘A’ in front!) with the same motor - can’t decide what to do with that one - might just break it as the frame was changed and not recorded, so has a V5c with the wrong frame number and even the MOT man didn’t pick up on it.  Now I know, I’m stuck with it!
Oxford Classic have a GB 250 in if anyone desperately needs one.

Next article might have a few more pots,

Ian

[Orcade-Ian]

Just looked back at my reply to Laverda Dave -  how the hell does this predictive text come up with Dresden instead of DRESDA - sorry Dave and apologies to Mr Degens,
Ian

[SteveD CB500K0]

We knew what you meant.


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[cooleronthecoast]

Just looked back at my reply to Laverda Dave -  how the hell does this predictive text come up with Dresden instead of DRESDA - sorry Dave and apologies to Mr Degens,
Ian

I have a mate called Dave and when I send him a text the bloody predictive text thingy always changes his name to Daventry. 

[Orcade-Ian]

What annoys me the most is that on this iPad there are 3 options and the one I type is on the left and the shite they want to replace my text with, is slap bang in the middle!
And why when I want to type in a phone number to give to someone and I change to numeric for the area code, as soon as I put a space in to separate, the bloody thing reverts to alpha!
Grrrrrrrr!

Ian

[florence]

Getting my carbs ready for the CB350K. The original ones had developed a hole in the float chamber and needed new rubbers etc.

I happened to have these and a refurb kit, and as an added bonus they have a home made manifold for CB350K so should be interesting in these times where it is almost impossible to order bits.  Make do and mend.

[Laverda Dave]

I'm actually amazed how easy it is at the moment to order parts. Most companies appear to be open for internet and telephone orders. I ordered a couple of cylinder base dowls for the Triton at 4pm and they fell through the letterbox at 8:30am the next day!

[AshimotoK0]

I have been watching these videos by Allen Millyard. Truly awesome home engineering and he has such a mild mannered and down to earth way of describing everything. The crack when the parts are pressed apart sounds scary though. Certaily lifted my spirits watching these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW2YFNDjN_o

[Laverda Dave]

+1 with those video's Ash, they have ben a lifesaver over the past few days. A really nice guy as well, I've met him at a couple of shows and he's always willing to chat.

[Orcade-Ian]

Thanks for those Ash,
Very impressive attention to detail - amazing what can be done in a fairly small but well equipped workshop in the right hands!

Ian

[Rob62]

There is quite a lot of decent content on youtube to keep you entertained (especially if you like me are becoming increasingly fed up of the constant politicising of the current crisis on the tv)
Some channels worth a look at are “classic octane”, not for the purist but loads of sohc content.... “44teeth”,  comical bike journalism with loads of interesting content. “Bike nostalgic” lots of cool movies of classic bikes ridden around japan with all the great scenery...perfect for background tv while you’re browsing the internet.....

[Orcade-Ian]

Just when you thought it was safe.......

Here‘s another of my web site ramblings in the early days of my obsession with touring on 2 wheels.  Even the update at the end is nearly 20 years out of date!  Where does the time go?

http://www.stallard-engineering.co.uk/stories/Bikes/Japanese/earlydaystouring.htm

Ian

[AshimotoK0]

I found this article in my Dropbox files and had a read again.
Great writeup bya bloke called Greg (Kettle738's  mate).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6iae3ih4g2e0d7/Greg%20Holliday%20Artcle.pdf?dl=0

[AshimotoK0]

Not sure how many remember the Tim Hunkin series back in the late 80’s titled ‘The Secret Life Of’...... where he explained the history and function of various machines, some cringeworthy, almost Python like cartoon bits with lots of interesting facts and archive footage.

Here’s one about the Motor Car - there are lots of others if you dig around

https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/0202-The_Car.html

Ian

He's back

https://makezine.com/2021/02/26/secret-life-of-machines-tim-hunkin-is-back-with-new-web-series/