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Maybe a momentary lack of sanity???

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Oddjob:
Tidy that, I like it. Like the colour scheme as well, suits it.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Nice looking bike you have there Mike - I like the cross drilled front disc - the lightness has appeal - I find my 400 is a harder pull onto the centre stand than I imagined it would be.

Matt_Harrington:
That is a very nice looking bike and I suspect easy to handle. 80mpg at current fuel prices has to be a bonus!!
Matt

TrickyMicky:
An update on the GB250. Have enjoyed using it round the East Anglian countryside,  to an old git like me the handling and cornering are superb, but, as feared the head gasket became even more incontinent than the driver. So, with the h help of the CMSNL parts diagrams, I managed to obtain all the gaskets, 'O' rings etc. that were needed.  Bike was installed on the ramp, tank and seat removed. Ah, the joys of working on a single cylinder engine. (Oh Yeah!!).  I got as far as removing the cambox cover, looked inside, and thought BLEEDIN' 'ELL!  Hyvo chain from crank to central idler shaft, twin camshafts gear driven from this.  4 valves inclined for the penthouse roofed combustion chamber meant that the camshaft operated rockers, which in turn operated other rockers located at right angles so they could depress the valves correctly.  I do not have full workshop facilities or hi tech mechanical knowledge, and as Clint Eastwood would say, "A man's gotta know his limitations".  So I hereby confess that for the first time in my life I contacted a very nice man who came and collected the bike in his van and went away to perform the deed.  I received a call on Friday telling me that the job was done, and he would return it when all the ice had disappeared. He then told me that to remove the head, the carburettor has to be moved rearwards, entailing the airbox also being moved, but to do this the rear mudguard has to be removed, which cannot be done with the rear wheel in place!!!!!  If I had attempted this task I don't think I would have been riding it this summer.  I happily crossed the mans' palm with silver and await delivery.  If I solemnly promise to never, ever, grumble again about grazing knuckles trying to removed a 400/4 airbox, am I Forgiven?  I hereby vow never to ever by another  Honda manufactured after 1977. Regards, Mike.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
That's a lot of work to get the cylinder head off - my neighbour took his 06 plated Merc B class to the local specialist this morning as the battery warning light had illuminated saying "VISIT WORKSHOP".
I looked under the hood yesterday - you can't even see the alternator or drive belt as its effectively under the front floor.

Alternator has cooked the battery so needs both - you have to part drop the engine /gearbox unit to reach the alternator - estimate is £700 to fix it!

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