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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Honda CB250 or CB360 G5 Wanted
« on: March 28, 2024, 07:33:10 PM »
https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/417308490887179/?ref=browse_tab

There is a cb350  near Hitchin on F-book Marketplace. Is that a similar thing? Looks quite nice to me.

Thanks, not on Facebook but managed to get a look, not for me though.

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Honda CB250 or CB360 G5 Wanted
« on: March 27, 2024, 06:48:26 PM »
Thanks guys!

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Honda CB250 or CB360 G5 Wanted
« on: March 27, 2024, 08:48:09 AM »
Hi guys, on reading your advice regarding the bikes I was looking for, maybe I should be looking at the 350 as I seems to be, without trying to offend anyone, the one with a more robust engine. As I have my reasons for wanting one of the ones I mentioned, and also looking for a lighter bike, getting a 350 would suit my purpose. Of the 350 series I think my preference would be the later roundish tank model.
I have been offered a CL350 which is lovely but I think I prefer the Cb version.

Cheers

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Honda CB250 or CB360 G5 Wanted
« on: March 25, 2024, 08:34:44 AM »
Thanks for all your help, much appreciated. I will just keep looking and hopefully something will drop into my lap.

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Honda CB250 or CB360 G5 Wanted
« on: March 24, 2024, 10:34:08 PM »
Hi Bryan,
I haven't, however I have checked them out in the past and most require a fair bit of work and to be honest I  think over the years I have restored more than my fair share of bikes and just reached tilt point where I don't want to do much work any more . I don't mind doing regular maintenance but don't want to loads of work to get a bike back to a good standard, and I feel I  have spent too much time working on them and not riding.

Here is a video  of one of my bikes the day before going to it's new owner, the chap in question has actually bought 4 of my bikes, as I say I would like one where I don't need to do anything  but ride it and routine maintenance .

https://youtu.be/lEu05FB0Mb0?si=TXNhxa7oS_XvTkCv

Thanks for your help.
Robert

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Desperately Seeking!! / Honda CB250 or CB360 G5 Wanted
« on: March 24, 2024, 08:38:58 PM »
Hi,
I am looking for a CB250 or CB360 G5, if anyone has one or knows of one for sale please get in touch.

Thank You
Robert

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CB350/400 / Re: Brake hose union holder, fitting of.
« on: July 07, 2023, 02:45:07 PM »
PS thats not rust, its patina.

You lucky man, 'Patina'  can add hundreds to the value of a bike!

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Misc / Open / Re: Insurance quotes
« on: June 16, 2023, 11:09:36 AM »
£465 is three times what I paid on my Triumph Trident 660 (£151), and I have no voluntary excess.

Agreed, £465 is totally ridiculous, who are you with for your Triumph?

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Misc / Open / Re: Insurance quotes
« on: June 16, 2023, 10:42:15 AM »
Now, I am sure you are all aware of the the "voluntary excess" type, let's say, 'money making exercise', that goes on when trying to insure a bike.

 I have just recently bought a modern bike, a 2017 BMW F800r, having a classics policy with RH I will just add it to that at a not too unreasonable price, but I thought I would shop around to see prices elsewhere. Nine times out of ten when you look at the quote it has added some sort of varying scale of voluntary excess, as I always take no voluntary excess when getting a quote for my car or bike, I take it off and the price may just rise by a few pounds.

 Yesterday I got a quote from BeMoto for £465 for a single bike which was bad enough, and with a total excess of £500, made up of £300 compulsory and £200 voluntary, when informed I did not want the voluntary, the young lady sounded a bit shocked and said she would have to go and speak to someone, she then came back and asked me to confirm I did not want voluntary excess, I confirmed and she then said ok, 'without voluntary the price is now £465!', the exact same as with the £200 voluntary, I asked her why it was the same and she couldn't explain it, granted it is not the young lady's fault but it's totally ridiculous.

If I had been inexperienced, or not savvy enough to not want voluntary excess, should I have had an accident I would have ended up £200 out of pocket for taking the £200 voluntary excess for absolutely no benefit to me in reduction of premium at all.

 By all means if you have a low excess of say £50 or £100 and you think bringing it up to maybe £250 is fine and you're getting a good bit off your premium, do it, but check how much you are going to pay extra by not taking voluntary excess, possibly just a couple of quid, or in my case, absolutely zero.

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Misc / Open / Re: It's a Sandcast Jim but not if we know it...
« on: June 07, 2023, 09:41:58 AM »
What's a sympathetic restoration?

Sent from my Pixel 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I believe it's where you play classical music in the background whilst restoring it and keep telling the bike, "Now, now, it'll be fine in the end!"

I, of course, could be wrong!

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Misc / Open / Re: Insurance quotes
« on: June 06, 2023, 12:43:57 PM »
I too was with Peter James, but for some reason the premiums hiked up, I spoke to RH insurance and they will cover both classic and modern, like a lot of classic policies there is no NCB but the premiums tend to be more realistic.
Not only that you get to talk to a human type person and the is no charge for amendments, which some companies charge up to £50 just to type in something different, another money making con, excess is £50, and you can retain salvage should you have the unfortunate luck to have an accident.

https://www.rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk/

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CB350/400 / Re: Rear Brake Torque Arm Washers
« on: June 02, 2023, 03:43:36 PM »
Plain or flat, same thing. How tight, well nipped it is how I'd describe it, the split pin will stop it coming off if it's too loose so not so tight that you risk stripping it and not so loose you can remove it with fingers. The step on the bolts prevents you overtightening these nuts.

Thank you!, I just realised it was typed flat instead of spring, nipped up is sensible, thanks once again.

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CB350/400 / Re: Rear Brake Torque Arm Washers
« on: June 02, 2023, 03:12:58 PM »
Everyone I've seen has a flat and a spring washer at the front bolt, plain washer on first, then flat. The flat washer is the same diameter as the step on the bolt, the spring the same as the bolts thread which is normally 8mm.

As for the brake plate end, large, thick rubber washer same diameter as the step, then the torque arm goes on and that should cover the rest of the step if the rubber washer is thick enough, the idea being that the nut and plain washer on the thread should crush the rubber washer slightly so that acts like a spring washer keeping tension on the nut and also acts as an isolator for vibrations.

I was going to make some of those rubber washers but as most of them are already crushed I'd need the thickness of a new one so I could source the correct thickness rubber sheet to make them with Anyone has dimensions of a new one, OD, ID and thickness I'd be obliged.

Thank you Oddjob, much appreciated, could you please clarify something for me, the piece highlighted in your reply ?, should it read 'flat washer first, then spring?', or am I getting mixed up with plain and flat?

Also how tight should it be?, especially the brake plate end as I would imagine that 'too tight' would negate the effect of isolation and tension given by a rubber washer.

Thanks again.

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CB350/400 / Rear Brake Torque Arm Washers
« on: June 02, 2023, 02:47:16 PM »
I was having a general look about in an illustrated parts catalogue and I came across a picture of the Rear Torque Arm and I noticed that parts 676 & 667, (in pic), are noted as 10mm spring washer & 12mm spring washer respectively, on checking mine the two washers are just plain washers, possibly changed by a previous owner, the one at the brake plate end is fine with a thick rubber washer and a plain washer the same dia. as the rubber one.

Could someone please tell me if they both should be spring washers? and if possible how tight the nuts on both ends of the torque arm should be?
It is no problem for me to change to spring washers as I have 10's & 12's.

Thanks.


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CB350/400 / Re: Clutch cable guide
« on: May 04, 2023, 05:06:54 PM »
Yes, possibly, but on the end bolt with the protrusions pointing down as previously suggested, there is no way to adjust the angle due to the protrusions touching the breather box.
It is indeed a strange one.

I am just going to leave my own as it is as I prefer the run of the cable.

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