Honda-SOHC

I'm running out of space, and also the time to get other projects finished, so am offering a job lot of the parts I picked up before Christmas to anyone who could come to Woking, Surrey, and collect this lot in exchange for cash. There is a head, quite dirty inside, it was stuck to the barrels with some corrosion, but all looks to be recoverable. Probably a full rebuild with new valves and springs I should think. The barrel is useable, just a tiny chip at the bottom of one liner, but only on the chamfer at the bottom. More pictures could be supplied if interested. There are a couple of sets of pistons, but they don't look good. Rocker cover and breather cover. Set of carbs, (tried selling separately on the forum, but no takers), no manifolds. Two starter motor covers, one is quite presentable, the other fairly rusty. A set of yokes, another top yoke, several engine covers, plus some that aren't 500/4. One set of nos rings, I think 3rd oversize. The starter motor needs work, it shorts if connected to a battery. Other bits as in pictures, including three rear chain guards, one has intact holes, and a swinging arm.
£150 the lot if anyone is interested? I may have some boxes available, the grey and red ones I'm keeping.
Cheers, Tony.

Hi all, I have two carb sets that I'm taking to Kempton tomorrow, but if you aren't local, please message me asap and we can sort postage. This is the first set, all complete with manifolds and cables. All I have done is pop one float bowl off to see. These are for restoration obviously, though they seem to open/close nicely.
I think a fair price, or at least a point to start talking, is £140.

Hi all, I will have my usual stall at this Saturday's (20th) Kempton Park autojumble. I usually have mainly British bits, but this Saturday I hope to take as much of the Honda stuff that we cleared out of a house clearance just before Christmas. Anyone who wants to have a rummage is welcome. I've already sold some side panels, a rear light bracket and a rev counter to several guys on here. I have no idea how much of some of this stuff is worth, so am scouring eBay etc to try and gauge prices. I am trying to be fair, but without doing myself a disservice. Most of it is Honda CB500/4, but with a possible smattering of other bits.
I'm on stall 114, back against the race course, and around the middle of the line. My wife's Tesla that I'm borrowing should stand out against all the vans! 
Just a taster, one of several sets of carbs, complete with manifolds and cables.

Thought some of you might find this amusing. Way back in '79, as a 17 year old looking for my first 'proper' bike after my moped, a blue Suzuki AP50; I was reading an article in Motor-Cycle Weekly, (I preferred it to MCN). They featured a 250cc conversion for the 400/4 offered by Hertfordshire tuning company, Jock Kerr racing developments. All my mates were buying RD, XS and various Honda 250's, and I've always liked to be different. Anyway, after trading in my Suzuki at Keith Manning motorcycles in Wokingham, I found myself the proud owner of a Honda 400/4, in red, reg number NDP 85R.
I booked it in with Jock Kerr's for a few week's time, and had to just wait. Naturally one Saturday when mum and dad went shopping, I couldn't resist taking it out for a quick blast up the A30 to Blackbushe airport. I only went about three or four miles, but it scared the life out of me, after a 50cc moped, it seemed like a rocket ship!
Long story short, after they had converted it to a 250, which consisted of sleeving the cylinder and using smaller pistons, which left the combustion chambers mushroom shaped, it wasn't much faster than a 125, if that! It was frankly dog-slow, you had to take it to 11,000 in 5th, lay flat on the tank, and you could just about get 70 on the clock. It wouldn't even pull 6th gear.
If I had my time again, I wouldn't have bothered, but it was kind of cool to be 17 years old riding what looked to be a 400.
And yes, that's me in my avatar back then, you can just about see the 'L' plate on the bottom of the rear mudguard.

Hi all, second item, pair of side panels, in gold, with badges. Gave them a quick clean, they need more fine cleaning, not perfect, a few scrapes, the badge chrome is pitted and the black edging needs tidying up. If you ask me how I would rate them, I would say 7.5/10. There is the remnants of a Revetts sticker on one panel. All the mounting tabs are in one piece. These are a really tidy pair of panels for a bike that's not a show pony.
Postage will be calculated on basis of where, how, speed etc. Or, collect from Woking Surrey, or at Kempton jumble on Saturday 20th of January.
Price £45.
Cheers, Tony.

Hi all, just joined, Tony in Surrey, not currently owning a sohc Honda, but had several 400/4s a few years ago, and briefly a 350/4. I've joined now as I have just come into a job lot of bike bits from a house clearance. The owner of the house had eclectic tastes, cars of the fifties and sixties, Brit bikes, mainly AMC and Ariel, but also Hondas. There appears to be a 500/4 engine plus more bits, including a few side panels in rather good condition, and possibly fork yokes and odds.
At the moment, stuff needs sorting, and it's in a storage facility, so can't be properly sorted until I get it home, but once it is, and I clean it all up, what I have will be available here first. I hate the fees that a certain auction site charge, so am happy to knock things out at reasonable prices.
Of course, there is always the option of keeping the bits and building up a bike, as a 16 year old I rode on the back of a mate's 500/4 with those separate exhaust pipes, and I loved it! However, I have many projects already, and my wife would kill me................
In the first instance, please don't ask exactly what's there, as I need to get it home first, but rest assured, by January I should have it all home, cheers.