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Laverda Dave:
Did you keep those carbs Ash or did you leave them to dissolve back into the ground!
Amazing to see how people allow personal possessions that cost a lot of money back in the day to sit and rot. I was always taught to save up for things I wanted and when I got them to look after them. This thinking especially applied to my coach trimming tools, they were my living and eventually the same applied to my drawing pens etc when I became a design engineer. I could never leave bits of engines out in the elements or sitting in sheds without some level of protection be it grease or in sealed containers.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on July 14, 2024, 01:44:53 PM ---Did you keep those carbs Ash or did you leave them to dissolve back into the ground!
Amazing to see how people allow personal possessions that cost a lot of money back in the day to sit and rot. I was always taught to save up for things I wanted and when I got them to look after them. This thinking especially applied to my coach trimming tools, they were my living and eventually the same applied to my drawing pens etc when I became a design engineer. I could never leave bits of engines out in the elements or sitting in sheds without some level of protection be it grease or in sealed containers.

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I seem to remember they did actually yield some decent bits like brassware, piston slides  and some rubber parts etc . After all only 600 odd miles from what I could gather. Mick Taylor (kettle738) actually got the engine that the carbs were from, which the guy had kept inside of his house and from memory it was just covered in fluff and dust with no plugs in it. I think Mick sold it to a bloke in Lincolnshire. We found a receipt from the late 1970's from 'The House of Wheels' in London (was it Leyton?) and the guy had bought a lot of stuff off a crashed 400 they had. ... I found the kickstart off it that was pristine and fetched a fair few bob  :D and 'Varnish Blue' side panels, which are now on my own 400.

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