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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2023, 04:20:23 PM »
Long and low - they always have the makings of a good cafe racer with bikini fairing and also a rear mudguard rather than a chopped off back-end (a la old Moto Guzzis La Mans..and other similar things).

it would be even more of a pig to manoeuvre with clipons, so maybe just low bars.
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« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2023, 04:25:46 PM »
Nb - it's still sporting its original rear shocks....FVQ!

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« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2023, 04:36:24 PM »
Nb - it's still sporting its original rear shocks....FVQ!

They were shagged when I sold it ::)
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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2023, 04:41:07 PM »
Be warned Roo, that's a serious money pit. So many things need replacing and the frame looks dodgy in places.
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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2023, 04:50:40 PM »
I have a spare frame, forks n carbs and a full engine in boxes at home, otherwise I wouldn’t be liking. Anyway, the chap who has it asked me how to turn the engine over by hand do I think he’s not that clued up tbh

Anyway I’ll eat up heat…… like I said, dunno yet


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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2023, 04:55:55 PM »
Always fancied a CB900FC, the one with the gold wheels, quality bike. 
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« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2023, 04:58:22 PM »
The 9’s are great looking, like you say, gold wheels though


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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2023, 05:11:07 PM »
I'm always torn between the silver paint and the blue, but on balance I think silver wins. Wasn't the 'c'  the ten -speed one?
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« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2023, 05:32:01 PM »
I wouldn’t know tbh


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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2023, 06:35:37 PM »
I'm always torn between the silver paint and the blue, but on balance I think silver wins. Wasn't the 'c'  the ten -speed one?

I liked the red one and the black one best. Given a choice I'd buy a red one.

Got the model wrong, it's the CB900F2 that I like best.
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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #25 on: April 26, 2023, 07:25:33 PM »
Black - especially with period 4/1 pipe and cut down rear mudguard (sorry othifer)
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Re: A rusty hulk - so sad!!
« Reply #26 on: April 26, 2023, 07:32:32 PM »
that's not a rusty hulk..



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