Seeley Honda #SH7-672

[hairygit]

Ha, yes and I haven't seen a 900ss in his garage either!, no taste the Cole fellow.

That simply shows he has good sense.... After all, he has a C50 in his shed as well, and that will piss rings round any Italian crap for reliability, longevity, parts availability, and most importantly, street cred!

[Zunspec]

Speaking of the 900SS, I had this in my care to re-commission and MOT



https://flic.kr/p/ddfCkA

[Erling]

Hallo Zunspec. From me a wish long out!
If you talk to Mr Seeley again might you say hallo from a very happy Dane?
Haven't seen him since I bought frame 789 on my way home from the Silverstone GP '78.
Had intended to pass him on my way home from I.o.M. '79 but a petrol strike made me decide to go straight for the Dover ferry!
Indeed I was on a dream trip to John 'o Groets in glorious sunshine but feared to be stranded somewhere without fuel.
Year before we had been to Lands End from I.o.M.
Wife had decided we had to go because our youth time hero of the sixties"Mike the Bike" made a return to racing after 11 years!
Mike won on a Ducati! Phil Read eventually broke the engine of his Honda at least smoke came out as he passed us.
Erling.

[MarkCR750]

Speaking of the 900SS, I had this in my care to re-commission and MOT



https://flic.kr/p/ddfCkA

Very nice indeed, but oh so fragile the bevel.

[MarkCR750]

Ha, yes and I haven't seen a 900ss in his garage either!, no taste the Cole fellow.

That simply shows he has good sense.... After all, he has a C50 in his shed as well, and that will piss rings round any Italian crap for reliability, longevity, parts availability, and most importantly, street cred!

How dare you question Italian reliability Hairygit, I'll have you know I have covered a whole 400 miles and not a single break down.....so far 😄

[Zunspec]

Very nice indeed, but oh so fragile the bevel.
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Hi Mark/hairygit,

Unfortunately I only got to ride it to the MOT shop and from there back to the owner.  All on 12 year old tyres so I could not give it a good blast  .  I do know that the first owner road it to several events in Europe, when I first got it the pannier bracketry was still attached.  He even did a bit of club racing on it I was told.  So it was obviously moderately reliable.

Cheers  Geoff

[Green1]

Nice to see someone else getting it in the neck for going italian for a change 

[westfieldandy]

Hi,

I dont post much on here, but had to throw something on here,

Yes I also am a seeley honda owner,  mine is no 792 i think from memory.   It does'nt get out much, due to my racing and development of my cr750, but now maybe it'll get out, as I have now been working on my business working on old classics etc

www.good-bits.co.uk

I have owned the pike for years now, and always was a fan of the seeley from when i was a lad,  I think you have a really good example of the marque here, as when you look on the register and see the pics of others so many of them are modded too much, but this one really shines,

I have had the exhausts remade like you, but never managed to get it to run nice on them.  I reckon its because the wrong cylinders are linked together. it should be 1&3 and 2&4.    so a bridge pipe between the two silencers just after y piece might help.

thats what i think, but not had time to test my theory yet.

andy

[Zunspec]

Hello Andy,

Regarding the Seeley exhaust set-up, the sound from mine has (to my ears) an odd harmonic to it.  It's as if the engine is not firing as it should but then I am more used to the sound of 4-1 systems. Is it the result of the way the cylinders are paired up, not something that occured to me.  At 6000+ rpm and a WOT it sounds absolutly wicked mind  .

If you have followed this post post from the beginning you know that this Seeley is almost pure period Seeley apart from the silencers and brake lines.  It was "factory" built and as I had the ear of the man himself recently I asked how many of the 300 odd frames he actually assembled in house.  The answer was "not very many" as contrary to my previous belief that Honda supplied the necessary parts Colin had to buy a complete doner bike and transfer the parts just as all other builders had to.

Your CR750 is gorgeous, is it raced with CRMC? . That 836cc big bore kit on your website also looks mighty tempting but I am spending far too much on my own race bike (Seeley T500 replica) to afford it at the moment 

Cheers  Geoff

[Zunspec]

Hi,

The feature on my Seeley Honda 750 was published in the October Classic Bike magazine. A good write up from Gez Kane.  Colin Seeley confirms that only 6 bikes were "factory" built by CSRD so it makes my bike a pretty rare example.

Classic Bike feature Oct 2016 by zunspec, on Flickr

Here is a link to my flickr album page.  Select a photo then If you go to the bottom right of the page you will see an arrow pointing down.  Click on this and then "view all sizes", you then have a choice of photo sizes, Large is OK to read (you don't actually have to download the photo) https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunspec/albums/72157671221523016

Cheers  Geoff

[Zunspec]

I have been offered a Cycle X 850cc piston kit from someone who bought one from the USA but really wanted std. pistons.  My apologies for asking but the "search" facility returns zero posts, even if I just put in Honda lol    I guess a glitch there somewhere.

The kit is destined for a std. F1 engine but I am interested in the pro's and con's of the cast 850 pistons vice a forged 836cc kit (Wiseco etc.).  If I do go big bore it would be sensible to add a cam and also flow the head etc.  I don't want to go so far that I need stronger rods but upgrade to valve springs/retainers and barrel studs would be OK.  This is not for racing, a stronger road engine is the goal.

Thank for any insights

Cheers  Geoff

[Zunspec]

Colin Seeley was kind enough to sign a copy of the Classic Bike magazine feature for me.  A nice addition to the bike history, I think he liked the article too.



Cheers  Geoff

[Zunspec]

I received a letter confirming the authenticity of my bike from Colin Seeley today.  A great addition to the bikes history and well worth the donation to the Joan Seeley Pain Relief Trust.  Thank you Colin 



Cheers  Geoff

[Nurse Julie]

I know nothing about the Seeley Honda's but what a lovely piece of history. I bet your really proud of that, as will any future owner.

[Zunspec]

Thanks Julie,

The provenance of this bike is pretty special so very nice to have it's originality confirmed by the man himself.

Cheers  Geoff