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Out & About / Re: Leaving for a while
« on: January 25, 2024, 04:31:02 AM »
Yet, if you count crew members in the pics of the boats you can see between 16-20 of them on deck, unless these pics were taken on training exercises of course, before the actual race.

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Out & About / Re: Leaving for a while
« on: January 24, 2024, 11:26:58 PM »
They came fourth in the last leg and lie 10th overall in the total race.

Looking at the crew roster it looks like there are 65 people on board but of course a boat that size couldn’t accommodate that many I’d imagine so it looks like they rotate the crew with some of the crew only doing 1 leg and then going home, whereas Phil seems to have signed on for 3 legs and misses the next leg before joining again for his last leg, leg 8. A few of the crew have signed on for the full race.

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Out & About / Re: Leaving for a while
« on: January 24, 2024, 08:43:53 AM »
Now Now Phil, you'll be getting Roo all excited.

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Looking for some decent fuel pipe....
« on: January 24, 2024, 08:42:52 AM »
All the ones I've worked on were rock hard. Like the HT leads.

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CB350/400 / Re: This piston must need replaced?
« on: January 24, 2024, 08:41:27 AM »
Actually if you can lock the front with a single disc, (which I know you can), it begs the question the benefit of fitting a double disc setup, or am I missing the point?
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I do hope we are talking back in the day and not last week Roo. That would be wrong! 😱

And you would be wrong Tim, he meant last week. They don't call him Flash for nothing. The St Trinians character was based on Roo.

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Desperately Seeking!! / Re: Looking for some decent fuel pipe....
« on: January 24, 2024, 01:58:38 AM »
If it never goes hard we wouldn’t be replacing it 😀

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Out & About / Re: Leaving for a while
« on: January 23, 2024, 12:09:36 PM »
You realise that not one person has asked yet who's winning the race?

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CB500/550 / Re: CB500/550 clutch basket damping rubbers
« on: January 23, 2024, 10:00:16 AM »
All spoken for I'm afraid.

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CB750 / Re: Belly pan
« on: January 23, 2024, 09:48:52 AM »
Could have come in handy in the recent weather, I always felt they look like snow ploughs. And that's from someone who had one fitted on his 1300 but mine was far smaller.

Maybe look for a universal one from a modern bike, the 1300 ones for instance looks quite similar.

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CB350/400 / Re: This piston must need replaced?
« on: January 23, 2024, 09:44:10 AM »
It's interesting to see these comparisons between the old style braking systems and the new but one thing no one has deemed to comment on is that most of these modern bikes have ABS, that trades off braking distances for control, so whilst the braking distances may be roughly the same the modern bike will do this far more safely, in that it isn't all about the riders skill or experience in braking, ABS tends to smooth out that skill curve, even a novice can get some reasonable figures. Whereas a novice on an older braking system without ABS would be hard put to match an experienced rider.

The other main difference is that the modern bike can do far better braking distances when the speed rises, a comparison between the distances at 90mph for example would most likely show the distances are very far apart in results. The modern bike can also do it more repeatedly, it's far better at shedding heat and has generally a greater tyre grip patch due to the much wider tyres.

On a comparison note, when my first 1300 was written off I was just setting off from standstill when someone pulled across me, I didn't spot them immediately as I was looking at the traffic coming from the left in case they jumped the lights, when I did spot the car I immediately did a full emergency stop, the front brake went straight into it's ABS mode with it chattering as it tried to stop the tyre loosing grip, I was able to steer away from the car to some degree and IF the car driver had seen me it's possible the collision would have been avoided or lessened at least but of course she didn't see me. Now if that had been on say my 500-4 the first thing that would have happened is the front tyre would have locked up, the road was wet and it's possible the brake would have not worked for a sec or 2 as well whilst it shed water, I'd have had little control if any and would almost certainly have hit the car much harder as a result and further back, somewhere around the firewall I'd imagine, whereas by being able to steer under ABS I actually got around the front of the car and she plowed me under with her bumper. Saying that it's also possible the the differences in acceleration between the 500 and the 1300 might have meant she could have cleared the junction before I even got there  ;D ;D

It's a shame we can't have the option of retro fitting ABS to the SOHC bikes, it would be interesting to see how the brakes compare in real life tests. Although I am aware that might upset some people, I know of riders who really hate ABS for some reason.

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Project Board / Re: My 750F2 project.
« on: January 22, 2024, 06:44:58 PM »
What colour is the silver, it's a close match to OE.

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Project Board / Re: Engine side cover finishes
« on: January 22, 2024, 06:43:58 PM »
Although the Honda paint is a perfect match it is probably not heat resistant and modern fuel resistant.

You could always lacquer it with petrol resistant lacquer Ash.

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CB350/400 / Re: This piston must need replaced?
« on: January 22, 2024, 06:42:24 PM »
Yes, replace the piston.

FWIW, I overhauled the front brake on my 400 last year.  It had been worked on by the shop that sold it to me, which included a new SS piston/aftermarket seal.  The brake was ABYSMAL and that's generous; the rear brake generated more stopping power!

I went through the brake, removed the (new) SS piston they had installed and replaced it with a (way more expensive) Honda piston, replaced the (new) aftermarket seals with Honda (way more expensive) seals, and replaced the brake lines.  With a new set of pads and some serious attention to breaking them in properly, the front brake was transformed into a very good brake!

Not being funny here Mike but the fact you did so much work on it all at the same time sort of confuses what was causing the poor brake performance, doing one change at a time is far more informative as it highlights what was the problem, it could have been such a simple thing as air in the lines and you changing the lines fixed that problem.

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Project Board / Re: Engine side cover finishes
« on: January 22, 2024, 02:56:47 PM »
yYeah, cos nobody wants silver arm pits!. ;D ;D
A robot does.

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