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General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: cbxman on December 02, 2021, 10:31:15 AM
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Hi Folks,
Having sold my Triumph TR4A Classic Car recently, I was on the look out for a CB750 and jumped straight to the CB750 part of this forum to do some research.
I did introduce myself there and discovered another Triumph car owner ( AndrewS ) with whom I had a chat about all things Triumph and bikes via PM. I didn't realise immediately that this was the same Andrew who had sadly lost his wife last year. However, I then realised that he was the same person who was offering me his bike for sale. I challenged him to keep the bike as I didn’t want him to make a hasty decision, but he was adamant that he wanted to sell and there was no way he wanted to continue with restoring his bike. So I bought it.
As with many people who have some cash left after raising a family, I was on the lookout for one of my dream bikes from my youth. The CBX was one of them and the CB750 was another. In more recent times, I realised that I had never owned a stroker, so I found a nice unrestored Suzuki GT550 J. I am so glad I did - it is a bundle of fun and I love riding it. There have of course been many other bikes....yada...
I am now in the process of bringing this 750 K1 up to serviceable condition.
Cheers,
Jerry
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Welcome, again, Jerry. Its lovely when a bike stays 'in house' as it where. Enjoy.
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Hi Jerry,
Interesting back story - it's a small world sure enough. I too have enjoyed PM's with other members such as gtmdriver & oldchuffer on matters unrelated to bikes.
We are such a diverse yet inclusive group of members here long may it continue.
I suspect as winter sets in we might find things go a bit queiter on bike work - sub zero is not conducive to working in sheds or garages.
I'm toying with inventing human hibernation mode myself. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (lol in my head)
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Nice Story and welcome. That K1 was originally imported by a friend & member on here 'Hondasan' ... I then put UKPete (another member) onto buying it, as he couldn't find a half decent K0 at the time for realistic money and then Andrew bought it from Pete... after Pete got several K0's and a sandcast ...and became a hippy ;D
It's a lovely original bike you should be proud.
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Welcome back Jerry - good luck with the continuation of Andrews build
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Welcome Jerry good look with the build and loads of pictures ;D
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Hi All,
Thank you for the warm welcome.
I have already made progress on the bike, so I might just start a thread on the 750 forum.
Cheers,
Jerry
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PIctures ...yes please :)
I need to look at pictures of other folks high quality restorations and progress.... while I continue to crawl through my build at a snails pace.
Shame is a great incentive for me to do better :)