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SOHC.co.uk Forums => Other Bikes => Topic started by: AshimotoK0 on December 03, 2016, 04:16:05 PM
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Pulled these from delapidated sheds yesterday 'darn sarf' before council clearance move in Monday to remove remains of bomber CB450 CB72 & another 250 G5, bomber engines galore etc etc. that I sadly left behind as I only had a very limited time and space.
The CX has done a minuscule mileage of 305 miles and the G5 less than 2K. Bomber left outside but faired better than shed stuff ...just took the tank seat and headlamp /clocks off another 15k miler bomber rotting in the sheds. Also got 2 off 1969 x CB250K0's 4k and 6k milers , which was my main reason for buying all of the stuff .... one in bits but stored in a garage . Also got Bomber engine, CB72 engine plus loads of bomber CB450K0/CB72/77 frames etc etc (some had been garage stored) . So sad about that CX ..... I have original bill of sale and V5, handbook, shop manual etc plus a host of old style log books for some of the frames & CB250's
So sad to see this and so short a window of opportunity to grab it all before the clearance gang come in, Monday I imagine . Wish I could have met the old chap in his 80's who collected all of these Honda's. He must have been a big Black Bomber fan .. there were at least two more engines rotting in the shed and two more in a 'coal-house' type outer building ...all of which I left.
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I reckon you'll have them all up and running, and M.O.T'd and on the road by Xmas! Nice stash to find though Ash, reckon you'll break them or try sorting some of them for resto?
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I reckon you'll have them all up and running, and M.O.T'd and on the road by Xmas! Nice stash to find though Ash, reckon you'll break them or try sorting some of them for resto?
Not sure yet .. had to pay a 'reasonable amount' when you factor in a 480 mile trip twice plus time off etc. I was mainly after the CB250K0 bike/parts I got the week before from a lockup garage. I got a nice CB72 engine but no frame so I asked if the seller if he had a frame.. He said there was an odd frame or two back in the garden of the house.. opened the gate and fook me there was stuff all over the place ..including a 4.5 k mile CB250K0 left outside which had faired a bit better than the shed stuff
Here's what I left but a nabbed the Bomber tank and clocks/headlamp off the rotting bomber at the 11th hour plus I had already had the seat off it before the pic was taken.
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Hi Ash,
If you decide to part with the CX, please give me a PM, I can hide it in my cousins shed on Anlaby high road.
All the best,
Ian
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Did the CB450's still have the tool kits in the nice leather roll case ?
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Hi ash don't suppose any of the cb72's were reg 512 pf. ..
My dad's old bike...
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Did the CB450's still have the tool kits in the nice leather roll case ?
Not sure mate ...lugging that b*stard out of a rotted shed with the floor disintegrated to nothing 250 miles away from me proved a long day .. plus we were on a tight deadline to get it out of there. It's still in the van buried by other parts i got ... Where was the toolkit located on the CX Graham?
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Blimey, that geezer's a right Steptoe. To let bikes deteriorate to that extent is criminal.
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Blimey, that geezer's a right Steptoe. To let bikes deteriorate to that extent is criminal.
He was evidently one of the nicest guys you could meet on all accounts .. He was in his '80s when he passed away recently ... It can happen to all of us ..old age gets the better of your or depression sets in etc... It certainly is a sobering thought. I liken it to the members dad on here who's dad left a lot of bikes and parts in the 'Surrey Garden' that DS bought....another lovely old guy on all accounts.
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Fairy nuff.
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Did the CB450's still have the tool kits in the nice leather roll case ?
Not sure mate ...lugging that b*stard out of a rotted shed with the floor disintegrated to nothing 250 miles away from me proved a long day .. plus we were on a tight deadline to get it out of there. It's still in the van buried by other parts i got ... Where was the toolkit located on the CX Graham?
The CX tool kit is under the seat at the rear in the tail light but, I ask about the CB450 tool kit not the CX mate.
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Did the CB450's still have the tool kits in the nice leather roll case ?
Not sure mate ...lugging that b*stard out of a rotted shed with the floor disintegrated to nothing 250 miles away from me proved a long day .. plus we were on a tight deadline to get it out of there. It's still in the van buried by other parts i got ... Where was the toolkit located on the CX Graham?
The CX tool kit is under the seat at the rear in the tail light but, I ask about the CB450 tool kit not the CX mate.
Hmm very much doubt it Graham.
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People keep telling me that I should have got the other stuff but it was literally an 11th hour deal and my major concern was for the poor guy selling it ... his dad passed away less than a month ago .. it was a delicate situation and him and his dad (from people who knew him) are (were) lovely guys. You could see it was very traumatic for him and I really felt for him.... This could happen to any of us in later life God forbid.. Certainly focus's the mind ... Why do we collect so many bikes ?... I have said it before on here it's bloody disease .. no point in denying it ....Ask UK Pete ..... I am becoming an obsessive hoarder myself .. my plan is to sell some stuff and pay for pro's to gee my projects up a bit in 2017 ... and I will admit now ...Which I suspect you all knew anyway .... I don't see myself ever riding my 750K0... My passion is for my smaller bikes.
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I've been to quite a few funerals recently, most of them hoarders of some sort - we do seem to attract each other - and the message came over loud and clear that it can be very traumatic for those left behind having to dispose of all this stuff. Like many of us on here, I have too many toys, so why I am I even asking you, Ash to consider me if you are letting the CX go? - yes, a definite disease (anoraknophobia?)
Ian
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nice one ash, more treasure, does cathy know ,lol
pete
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I actually think they are quite a pretty bike and probably much maligned because people didn't change the oil at the correct intervals. Included in a load of parts I am getting are the remains of a 250 G5...so you never know I might get smitten !
Is the bike pictured the 'remains' you talked of when you were looking for the Parts List?
Looks pretty complete to me. Are you smitten yet?
I'm sure the previous owner was a really nice guy, but I still can't get my head around how people can spend a not insignificant sum on a new bike or bikes (CX, G5) and then not use them. I guess for them maybe the ownership is the important thing. Which reminds me, I must get out and about on my own bike more!
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Funny you should say that.....none of us are immortal (immoral more like), but one day my lovely Missus was obviously troubled by something or other so I asked her what was wrong. She said that if I suddenly snuffed it.....what was she going to do with the mountain of bike parts which I have amassed over the last 10 years........where would she start, what parts did I have, what bikes were they for and what were they worth ?
I smiled and said..........'No problem........Roy Hall will sort it all out for you'. The next time I saw Roy, I asked him the question - and got the answer I expected (hoped for but also expected) 'No problem......I'll either buy all the parts, or I'll sell them on for your Missus'. Top Bloke !
I also had a recent conversation with my extremely smart and capable Number One Daughter about Wills and stuff and she explained the differences - and the obligations - of being a 'Trustee' and being an 'Executor' of somebody's Will (she is both for different friends of hers). A bit of an 'eye opener' to say the least, so maybe those of us on the Forum might like to think about just what we have in terms of bikes and parts, and what we would like to happen should we pop our cogs, and maybe to think about who we would like to handle things after we have gone......particularly if we go unexpectedly.
When my Mum died in 1989, I cleared the house she had lived in for 10 years. She had kept EVERY Bill, Invoice and Receipt since she had moved into the house, along with masses of clothes she'd bought in Charity Shops - but had never worn !
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What a morbid, but totally worthwhile thread this has turned in to. Why are you not all out riding your bikes on such a glorious day instead of worrying what will happens to them when your pushing up the daisy's?
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I had the same conversation with my other half....so I jotted a list of the bikes and the value of them.....didnt realise she could add up so quick. ...she always poked fun of my hobby in a fairly joking way ..I've always told her it keeps me occupied and it's a better investment than any isa. ....and when I flogged the 400 and bought her the diamond shed been on about for ages she's now very much on side...
I've got now only 13 of the buggers left
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Was that your old CB400/4 on teabay the other day?
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Probably not I sold that at the beginning of the year...
I didn't sell it specifically to buy bling it all kinda just happened and fell into place. ..I do remind her every so often that the ring was once a motorbike....
But she never gives me any grief anyway with the coming and goings of bikes..but she often tells me it's an addiction...
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http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,11519.0.html
I saw this one the other day and thought it was your old one, it looked very familiar
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No not me..I think the 400 sold on car and classic..never hit evil b
I tend to always give it a couple of weeks on c and c
Its free and I like that
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I saw this one for sale on fleabay this week and was convinced it was your old one being sold on again because of the low mileage
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Oh yeah think mine was 10400 miles
Not my old one...to shiny and mine had original pipes on
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If that was mine the guys lost a few bob on it too
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😃😃😃 Has been known for people to lose money on bikes, even Classic Hondas
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What a morbid, but totally worthwhile thread this has turned in to. Why are you not all out riding your bikes on such a glorious day instead of worrying what will happens to them when your pushing up the daisy's?
Spose you are right Julie so on that note I will just shut up then ... and as far as I am concerned this thread is closed.
My last contribution is this old chestnut that always makes me chuckle ! and may lighten the mood. ;D ;D ;D
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