Post by: JamesH on May 20, 2019, 04:22:46 PM
This was the final piece of the jigsaw for my unrestored CB750 F1 with 2k miles.
More to follow..
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Post by: JamesH on May 20, 2019, 05:24:29 PM
Post by: K2-K6 on May 20, 2019, 05:59:06 PM
Nice find though to complete a bike that's essentially so new.
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on May 20, 2019, 07:35:13 PM
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Post by: Moorey on May 20, 2019, 07:38:57 PM
"It deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe
Post by: Spitfire on May 20, 2019, 07:43:02 PM
Cheers
Dennis
Post by: JamesH on May 20, 2019, 07:51:37 PM
If you edit the title of the original post James, it will appear on all new replies (but not on those already posted)Steve I don’t seem to have the right permissions to edit the original post title?
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Post by: JamesH on May 20, 2019, 07:52:13 PM
I never noticed it but that's not surprising.Ha ha love this
"It deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe
Post by: Moorey on May 20, 2019, 08:04:29 PM
Post by: JamesH on May 20, 2019, 08:26:41 PM
No idea how much you paid for it but just after I got my F in 2015 there was a NOS silencer on Ebay That never sold for £300 little did I know then about how rare they were. Hindsight a wonderful thing. :'(Was a little more than that
Post by: Moorey on May 20, 2019, 09:35:26 PM
No idea how much you paid for it but just after I got my F in 2015 there was a NOS silencer on Ebay That never sold for £300 little did I know then about how rare they were. Hindsight a wonderful thing. :'(Was a little more than that
I have kicked myself several times since. :)
Post by: UK Pete on May 21, 2019, 10:11:43 AM
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Post by: AshimotoK0 on May 21, 2019, 11:01:19 AM
I noticed this guy has the collector box/downpipe assy NOS ... Gawd knows if the price is realistic ... I guess that due to the rarity, it probably is :(
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-NOS-OEM-Exhaust-Muffler-Collector-2-4-1975-1976-CB750F-18300-392-000/331544568637?hash=item4d3198a33d:g:nC8AAOSwymxVRO~d
Post by: UK Pete on May 21, 2019, 01:25:26 PM
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Post by: Spitfire on May 21, 2019, 07:54:38 PM
Cheers
Dennis
Post by: hairygit on May 21, 2019, 08:20:03 PM
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Post by: dave400 on May 21, 2019, 08:50:02 PM
I bought 2 full exhaust systems from D.S.S. in 1987, including all clamps, brackets gaskets etc, £148 each plus vat (15%). Put one set on my bike, sold the other on in the mid 90's for £450, thinking I'd done alright out of that. Wish I'd kept the second set now to sell today! The downpipes/collector on their own were £39+ vat at that point.
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I bought a complete system for my 400 from DSS for less than 400 quid about 15 years ago and 500 miles in 1980 something my Honda dealer wanted 1200 quid for a full system....I bought a Motad system back then but it never sounded the same.
Post by: AshimotoK0 on May 22, 2019, 07:53:28 AM
I bought 2 full exhaust systems from D.S.S. in 1987, including all clamps, brackets gaskets etc, £148 each plus vat (15%). Put one set on my bike, sold the other on in the mid 90's for £450, thinking I'd done alright out of that. Wish I'd kept the second set now to sell today! The downpipes/collector on their own were £39+ vat at that point.
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I bought a complete system for my 400 from DSS for less than 400 quid about 15 years ago and 500 miles in 1980 something my Honda dealer wanted 1200 quid for a full system....I bought a Motad system back then but it never sounded the same.
I remember the price for a full 400/4 system in the mid eighties being what Hairy quoted and that's when I bought mine. What happened was that Honda, for some reason, totally slashed their prices on exhausts around that time ..so much so that I thought it was too good to be true (I read it in MCM that they had done this). It was a massive discount at the time, so that would explain the vast difference in price between what Dave was quoted earlier in the 80's. Still cost me more than I paid for the bike though ;D
Post by: K2-K6 on May 22, 2019, 08:49:15 AM
I'd guess that spares prices on some things gave them a serious overstock which just costs money to store. If you store and account for inventory long enough then the cost of selling it can't match what you've payed to store it, pure accounting view just looks at cost versus profit, and says cut the cost! :(
Post by: AshimotoK0 on May 22, 2019, 08:59:15 AM
I know someone who worked for a company that operated landfill sites in that era. One of them near the central UK warehouse and they dumped huge quantity of parts via that route, also sent staff to ensure nothing left the site and was buried while they where there.
I'd guess that spares prices on some things gave them a serious overstock which just costs money to store. If you store and account for inventory long enough then the cost of selling it can't match what you've payed to store it, pure accounting view just looks at cost versus profit, and says cut the cost! :(
I was told by a very reliable source that when the Honda Service Department in Wollaton Rd. Nottingham closed that loads of parts were dumped in a pit that was on site and buried under strict orders that they were not removed off site. Evidently there was a really early CB750 there which they were told was also to be destroyed but it disappeared one night ... this is where my pair of CB750 prototype carbs originated from, so I wonder what the mystery bike was ::) ::) Both the Gold and Green CB750 prototypes were on that site at some point. I gave those carbs to a good friend and CB750 guru and he identified that they were in fact modified CL77 carbs.
Post by: K2-K6 on May 22, 2019, 09:28:25 AM
"Totter's" working the site could smell if it was aluminium, ferrous or copper as it came in the gate, they'd not miss out on recycling that ;D
Post by: ricki brown on November 27, 2019, 07:24:40 PM
That really is rare, I have the one from mine in the loft, I took it off just after I bought the bike in 1976 but did not bin it, like a lot of the standard bits I kept them just in case I ever sold the bike.
Dennis
Dennis, I have just aquired a 1975 CB750 FO and am looking for same muffler as above HM392.
ANY HELP WELCOME
Thanks Ricki Brown
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Post by: JamesH on November 29, 2019, 06:26:14 PM
This might be an option? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F293354051891That really is rare, I have the one from mine in the loft, I took it off just after I bought the bike in 1976 but did not bin it, like a lot of the standard bits I kept them just in case I ever sold the bike.
Dennis
Dennis, I have just aquired a 1975 CB750 FO and am looking for same muffler as above HM392.
ANY HELP WELCOME
Thanks Ricki Brown
stay@laluz.net
Post by: ssf1 on January 05, 2020, 06:31:53 PM
(Someone was wondering in some other thread if this is still available - yes it is / May 2021)