All this stuff about New Bikes got me jealous (almost). Having sold on the 74 CB500 Four I bought to run around on this summer which turned out to have an engine problem - think Ringo drumming on a stack of tin cans, I sold it on E Bay to a very nice bloke in Pontefract. He had a splendid old Kawasaki Z650 and a lovely Triumph Stag, so I was very happy it went to a good home and no doubt he'll make a nice restoration of it. Hopefully, he'll join this great Forum so we might see the bike in the future. I hope so.
After unloading it from the trailer we started it up and it ran like a sewing machine....."I thought you said it has an engine problem" ! he said...."It does....I have been dead straight that it probably needs a new Cam Chain and Tensioners". I could have cried !!!!! It ran perfectly.....but the deal was done so I moved on.
I'm now the proud owner of a 2007 CB600F.......one mature owner (who kept it in his bedroom) with 1200 miles on it. Lovely bike and just what I wanted after my Hernia Op two weeks ago. Nice and light, easy to shift around in my garden/ garage and with brilliant steering when on the move. A bit buzzy compared to what I'm used to, but bags of ooomph and very happy with the little steed (especially the low mileage as it's like it just left the Honda Showroom).
My Hernia Op went well so just behaving myself while I get better, then I'll hopefully start on some of my other bike projects again, and catch up on all the jobs around the house that the Hernia has stopped me from doing in the last year. I might even get my 1970 Bonneville on the road after importing it as a wreck in 2008 ! Watch this space.
Thanks to those of you who enquired over my health recently......much appreciated. There are some real stars on this Forum.....you know who you are, and I hope I have been as good a friend to you as you have been to me.
