How to get up to 5 times the value for your bike

[UK Pete]

Simples, strip off all the hard to get original bits and sell them then, do this to it
 http://r.ebay.com/G1RcRU
Standard F2's fetch between 400----2000 pounds , if this sells i am going to rip the two of mine too pieces and do the same LOL
PETE

[Green1]

Bloody hell Pete your sitting on a gold mine. 
Can someone explain to me why people keep removing the front mudguard it must make it handle like crap. 

Mick

[mick]

Not to mention all the spray in your face 

[UK Pete]

Plus its illegal
personally i think the seller is getting all mixed up and thinking any 750 sohc is worth fortunes,
pete

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

If I am right to get a mot wont he have to put a front guard on?
Cheers
Bitsa

[matthewmosse]

Front guard I would think is regarded as part of the structure of yhe forks as it also braces so unless he's replaced that strength I would expect it to fail. Seperate issue is construction and use regs, again, as far as I am aware there should be a front gaurd and there is a minimum coverage area. I don't get the deliberate rat bike look. I don't have phots around I think but my cb550/4 was a true rat bike, mostly totally standard, run on sod all budgett, the missing side pannel was replaced by a cb350 one held on by a zip tie. Rear guard was a steel cheap custom item bits that got rusty were painted. That 750 is mostly just an unfinished bike.

[MarkCR750]

A front mudguard is not necessary for an MOT I asked an examiner last week cos I like the look of my race rep without one, I do have a fork brace fitted though, that said on the k7 the offside mudguard mounts are on rubber grommets so I'm not sure it ever did much bracing, maybe it relies on the front axle and top clamps for rigidity.

[K2-K6]

In the way a front fork structure works, I could never see that the mudgaurd brace can contribute anything realistic to improve it. There was alot of stuff about in the 80's sold to "improve" things by using a brace when most of the fixings in the fork legs had any chance of taking a load path that could make a difference.

I've seen some when not fixed properly (that should be a MOT fail) that have caught on the tire and wrapped themselves round into the bracket and locked the wheel....virtually lethal then.