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Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« on: January 05, 2021, 02:28:04 PM »
Just taken delivery of my 77 F2. Just having a little weep and then will resume the autopsy.

In the mean time, does anybody recognise this. Its deffo not a F2 seat?

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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2021, 03:20:33 PM »
No idea about the seat Phil but someone will know I'm sure.
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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2021, 03:33:10 PM »
See if you can read the number near the rust patch, inbetween the rubber cushions. Then look it up on the attached   :)

If it's 369 it is CB250/360G5 ..like this :-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333738810093

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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2021, 03:37:12 PM »
That link above is the best reference for Honda codes I have ever found  :)
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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2021, 03:41:22 PM »
Sesman .. do you know my mate Woody's shop in Haleys Terrace?
He's got a Vincent 1000cc in there my mate ...  Roger is always trying to get him to sell it to him.
It used to be one of Alan Mountains Honda shops.
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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2021, 03:59:04 PM »
I do indeed. Was peering through his window last weekend...didn’t see the Vinny, though.

Spent many a wasted hour at Alan Mountains. Little did I know I’d be living in his basement a few years later when it was converted to flats!

My brother completed a 400Four build donated by Alan’s widow a couple of years back who lives opposite...small world! Turned a bitsa Basket case to good runner.

Yep, it’s a 369. Know anybody who would like one, it’s no good to me. Or swap for some CB550 F2 parts.

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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2021, 05:24:53 PM »
I do indeed. Was peering through his window last weekend...didn’t see the Vinny, though.

Spent many a wasted hour at Alan Mountains. Little did I know I’d be living in his basement a few years later when it was converted to flats!

My brother completed a 400Four build donated by Alan’s widow a couple of years back who lives opposite...small world! Turned a bitsa Basket case to good runner.

Yep, it’s a 369. Know anybody who would like one, it’s no good to me. Or swap for some CB550 F2 parts.

Phil

I have known Woody since we were students together plus my other student mate Chris Brack once owned a bike shop in Viking Road, which he took over from a guy called Mick, who moved on to start the York Suzuki Centre. My really early UK 750 (from 1st batch of 20)  came from Mountains, plus my 1st CB400F I owned XDN 128R came from him. He sold tons of commuter bikes and was one of their top early dealers, visiting Japan a lot I believe.

Photo of Mountains  main shop below...I think the guy in the doorway is now Woody's mechanic .. another Dave.

I would bung that seat on eBay if it's half decent. Surprisingly, the G5 model is now very popular and parts sell really well.



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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2021, 05:36:28 PM »
Yes that’s the shop alright. The high kerb on exit claimed many a new bike owner :-\

I think you mean Mick Butterfield?

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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2021, 05:39:57 PM »
Hang on a minute. Was that a Red F1 .something familiar about that registration. I bought a Red 400 4 in about 1978,79.

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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2021, 06:23:22 PM »
Hang on a minute. Was that a Red F1 .something familiar about that registration. I bought a Red 400 4 in about 1978,79.

Sorry .. it was Varnish  Blue .. it originally was supplied new by Mountains but I bought it from Mick Buttfield at about 1 year old when he was in Viking Road. It's still out there somewhere according to the DVLA.
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Re: Newbie 550 F2 refurb
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2021, 03:51:47 PM »
I had a Red 400/4 I bought from Mountains in about 1976/77.  I can't recall the reg number, although being York I'm pretty sure it began with OVY.
Now where did I put that 10mm socket?

 

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