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New member from Eastbourne
« on: October 09, 2014, 04:58:17 PM »
Hi

New member to the forum.

Currently own: 38 Rudge, 69 Triumph TR6 and 70 T120, 63 BSA RGS, 99 ST1100 and 93 Triumph Sprint.

Had a new Blue CB 750K2 in 73 and looking to find another one now.

Current member of the  VMCC, Rudge and local BSA clubs
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2014, 05:07:52 PM »
Welcome - I'm just along the road in Brighton / Hove. Nice collection you have there...

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2014, 05:21:42 PM »
Welcome.

I love those 885 Triumphs. Given your chosen username, I assume that you ride that in preference to the Pan?

I had a Trident Sprint 900 and a Daytona 900 along the way. Currently just a Tiger 800 and the 500/4.

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2014, 05:25:03 PM »
Meant to ask do you know Andy Remnant up in Horsted Keynes - he has an A10 RGS rep and think he's in the same clubs as you..?

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2014, 05:50:49 PM »
Hi sprinta, welcome aboard
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2014, 06:19:40 PM »
Yes welcome from me too. This is the site to be for CB750 advice  and a bunch of good friends.
If you are restoring /fixing  one start here with my dropbox link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/anpzqn2r55f1o9k/CB750%20Mega%20Parts%20Service%20and%20More.pdf?dl=0

Cheers .. AshD
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2014, 06:20:47 PM »
Welcome to SOHC forum.   James, you forgot to list the Boeing 747 ;)

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2014, 06:23:55 PM »

Welcome to SOHC forum.   James, you forgot to list the Boeing 747 ;)
and you forgot to list the Rolls Royce :-)

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2014, 07:03:09 PM »
OOH YOU ARE AWFULL BUT I LIKE YOU BOTH
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2014, 10:06:05 PM »
How it going Sprinta

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2014, 10:12:03 PM »
Welcome nice varied selection of bikes (just noticed how many James has greedy git)
The early T300 Triumphs are the best my dads Trophy 1200 is coming up to 90k and has never played up and goes like stink being the full power model.My Triumph on the other hand has been crap from day one.

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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2014, 09:20:40 AM »
Thanks to all of you who have welcomed me to the forum.

The Pan actually gets more use than the Sprint nowadays which I have had from new, got it from Paul Smarts shop in Edenbridge when it was still there.   Has such a lovely torquey engine and a pleasure to ride still with the early 1200's even more so.

I actually traded my old CB 750K2 in for a new first generation Kawasaki Z1000 at the same place some years previously before he became a Triumph dealer.

Had a Tiger 1050 just recently but could not get used to the on/off action of the fuel injection so got rid of it

Don't know Andy Remnant by name he may belong to the Kent or Surrey section?

Good to see that there are a number of 'local' forum members.

As indicated, I am currently looking to find another CB 750K2 which I am actively engaged without much success so if any of you know somebody who has one for sale or can advise the best place to find one it would be appreciated.

Attached photos of my original new CB 750K2 and then a couple of years later when the exhaust had been replaced because the original had rotted, nothing apparently has changed on that score.
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2014, 10:15:53 AM »
Hi ye, Great site here for info.
Just checked DVLA and your old bike is still on the road,tax runs out on Feb 2015.
Just don't get up hopes of finding it, it's a nightmare.
I have some British iron as well.
Good luck getting another 750
Rich
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2014, 01:21:26 PM »
Jamesh Sussex will probable be able to sort you out he has about 3 of each model, he is the second post in this thread,
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Re: New member from Eastbourne
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2014, 03:09:11 PM »
Welcome to the madhouse!
Love the 500 and 550 have a 500 called Lazarus under restoration

 

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