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« on: December 11, 2016, 02:05:27 PM »
Welcome Brian. I joined the forum about 12 months ago and found everyone on here to be free with advice and help, a great bunch.
I love the BSA, a great bike, great colour and styling. I have a Laverda Jota, the exhaust sound of an air cooled triple is addictive! A good book to read is 'Whatever happened to the British motorcycle industry ' by the late, great Bert Hopwood. Its a book that tells warts and all why the British industry failed. Christmas present idea maybe?
2432
« on: December 09, 2016, 04:46:23 PM »
OK k2-K6 I'll give it a try although I can report I had the slides adjusted onto the drill bit like a feeler gauge, just felt a bit of resistance as I pulled the drill out. I will take the carbs off again and have another look, they were ultrasonically cleaned so I guess they would be clear of crud, never assume anything! I've bought a large can of carb cleaner and will give them a blasting with this before refitting and trying again.
I shall report back on progress.
2433
« on: December 07, 2016, 07:31:38 PM »
Welcome Andy. I could never afford a CB250 so made do with a CB160 until a CB200 came along followed by a 400/4  . Looking forward to some resto photos. I had a Triumph Sprint ST from new. Lovely engine, nice handling, great sounding exhaust, unique styling but a terrible finish, thin flaking paint on the wheels and frame, rusty stainless(?) discs, furry bolts and paper thin plastics, and it was always garaged  . It was never as good as the VFR800 I traded it in for or my later Blackbird but it used to attract a few looks and was creamy smooth to ride. If Triumph can sort their quality of finish and drop their prices they could have some winners. As it is though, 12k for a Bonnie Thruxton is a bit rich for a bike made in Thailand.
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« on: December 07, 2016, 07:14:44 PM »
Welcome Russ and hope you enjoy your retirement in the shed restoring the bike. Lots of helpful people on here who are experts. Post lots of photos of the restoration, we need something to keep us going in the dark winter months.
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« on: December 05, 2016, 05:44:58 PM »
I have fitted a replacement rear guard from DSS and apart from some minor cursing during the fitting stage it is of decent quality, the rear light bracket is central anyway.
The guard that came as part of the box of pits is of heavy gauge black fibreglass, ugly!
2436
« on: December 05, 2016, 05:39:26 PM »
Welcome to the forum. 400/4's stay in your blood once you've had one!
Good luck with the restoration.
Dave
2437
« on: November 28, 2016, 08:58:02 PM »
You meet the nicest people on a Honda......
2438
« on: November 28, 2016, 04:51:19 PM »
Thanks Rob. Good reference material. The tank decals were nicer on the RSD, the RSA had the decal running down the centre of the tank. Not sure about wearing one piece leathers when riding one!
2439
« on: November 28, 2016, 11:43:36 AM »
I would by the £50 ones on ebay and take a chance.
2440
« on: November 28, 2016, 11:26:34 AM »
I've owned the bike for 15 years, it's blue one. It was my daily ridden, great fun riding it to work in central London, never caught in traffic being so slim and nippy, they are good for 85mph although a bit flighty at that speed. Great bikes though and a great looking and sounding exhaust. The day I bought the bike in Northampton a nate gave me a lift on his ZZR 600. On the way back home to Ruislip I stayed with him for the whole journey through the backwoods difference was he was using his brakes whereas I didn't touch mine . Chris, the rims are alloy but the spokes are rusty so plan is to keep the original rims following a vapour clean and fit stainless spokes. If I were you I'd drag the bike from your brothers shed if he has one  .
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« on: November 28, 2016, 10:29:03 AM »
I had my old clamps rechromed but it wasn't long before the finish went off. I think it's because the metal a rough casting and it's very difficult to clean up prior to a rechrome. I've bought new ones for project 400.
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« on: November 26, 2016, 11:20:57 PM »
Hi All,
With Project 400/4 nearing completion it's time I started looking for a new project to do.
I have a CB250RS in the garage with 16k on the clock. I haven't used it for about 5 years and it has become 'cosmeticaly challenged'. I don't intend to do anything with the engine but will ultrasonically clean the carb and rebuild the wheels as they are both rusty in the spoke area.
Does anyone know what the finish is called on the metal rear mudguard? It looks to be some form of a powder coat/galvanised original finish but has gone rusty in areas.
The kick-start lever also appears to have a matt anodised type finish, does anyone know what this is.
Honda obviously built these bikes to a strict cost with some of the metal finishing being a bit on the cheap side!
2443
« on: November 23, 2016, 02:14:28 PM »
Float height should be 21mm. The Haynes manual is incorrect as I found out to my cost when the carbs overflowed! Thanks to the helpful people on the forum who know the correct measurement.
Sounds like it's going well though.
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« on: November 23, 2016, 02:11:21 PM »
Thanks for all the replies. I'll put the Showa stickers on the rear of the shocks. Chris, I didn't have the E sticker in my kit but I did have the exhaust silencer sticker and the Honda Motor Co sticker so I guess I have the US sticker pack!
Piki, can you supply the E sticker? Let me know costs etc, if can I order via PayPal?
Apart from the continuing carb problems the bike will be finished over next weekend.
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« on: November 21, 2016, 08:51:39 PM »
It could be Mike but there's no image of the part on his site.
I guess it's a case of supply and demand.
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