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« on: April 26, 2019, 06:07:09 PM »
I know that I'm no expert or I wouldn't have been so easily conned when I bought my bike on e-bay but it does make me feel guilty about seeing these bikes and thinking 'well at least I didn't pay that much'. Also, still bearing in mind my ignorance, how can you tell that it's got the wrong oil tank. I can't even see the damned thing, let alone identify it.
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« on: April 17, 2019, 01:18:02 PM »
I like these bikes and all the observations. They make me feel better about mine. Learning all the time. It's a nice day, I think I'll get mine out and polish the frame.
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« on: April 17, 2019, 01:08:28 PM »
It's easy to be brave with someone else's engine. What's it worth with a blown motor? Provided that the crankcase survives, can you get the bits to fix it? Only you know the condition of your engine but do you know the history and state of the internals? Do it, if you feel the engine is up to it but do it bit at a time. Softly, softly catchy monkey if you know what I mean. Am I still allowed to say that?
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« on: March 15, 2019, 11:36:56 AM »
The K8 in the attachment is beautiful but much more than a paint job and aftermarket exhaust. Look at the rest of the bike and the machinery in the background. It shows serious intent and ability.
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« on: March 14, 2019, 12:23:25 PM »
Unless you know what work was done and by whom, you run a serious risk with any engine. Some overestimate their abilities but many are just plain crooked. I'm being clever after the event. Julie can testify how close I came to catastrophe and some of the damage must have been done by the seller showing me how easily it started. Funny how it didn't start when I got it home! Cynical caution saved me and 'Trigger' fixed it but the advice from well meaning friends was 'run it and give it time to bed in'. If I had it would have 'blown' and the seller would be in a position to say that he didn't know how I'd treated it. Not his problem! Caveat Emptor.
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« on: March 03, 2019, 11:16:08 AM »
I know that I am suspicious by nature but why is a bike that literally flew off the showroom floors when introduced, advertised as being 68/69 but not registered until 1970? In the case of my Commando, it's because people were buying CB750's etc. Having said that, in the few dealing that I've had with 2WS they've always been 'straight'. Experience also tells me to be suspicious of someone else's restoration, especially if you don't know them or you may be phoning 'Trigger'.
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« on: February 22, 2019, 11:16:24 AM »
Apart from not having the dollies, the crates, the short axle stands and having given away my son's weightlifting kit when he left home, I've got everything I need except that much clear flat space. It's probably a good idea in Australia, where your nearest help is an hours drive away but I live in Brentwood and need someone to blame when it doesn't go to plan. I'll wait for my friend Bill to come over.
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« on: February 11, 2019, 04:25:08 PM »
It must be a good buy, the seller has 100% feedback. So did my seller and I'm still regretting it 3 years later. It doesn't guarantee anything. At least a buyer won't be under any illusions about this 'Classic'; they won't have any sense either, even I'm too bright to buy this one. One for the optimists. A bloke that I know, in his seventies, decided not to renew his house insurance, as he hadn't needed it in fifty years. Three weeks later, his 'Classic' back-fired through the carbs and burned his garage down with all the contents. He was lucky to get out alive it happened sooo fassssst.
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« on: October 21, 2018, 11:49:16 AM »
There is no need for Ash or anyone else to vouch for his character, as there was no implied criticism of Ash nor even the new owner of the Brighton Bike. I simply wondered why the new owner would refuse the chance of obtaining anything that was originally fitted to the bike. I'd have bitten Ash's hand off, as I like originality. I'm not so fussed with Patina Purity. Sometimes people read into situations what they fear and not what is intended, which is why I wrote, 'Was it because he thought Ash wanted to ‘sting’ him'. I've been reading this site for long enough to have worked out Ash is genuine. The bit at the end is because I moved to Burnley when I was eleven and went on intensive training courses about that lot over The Pennines, where I learnt the rhyme. When I start the re-build of my March 1970 bike, you'll see why I like original parts. I don't have many!
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« on: October 20, 2018, 07:01:55 PM »
Now this may be because I’m old and have too much time on my hands, despite the Commando but this particular topic has got me thinking. Always dangerous using seized machinery. At first, I agreed with Julie, although not quite as passionately but it is/was a piece of history. However, what is the degree of restoration? I couldn’t make the day but wish I'd put the effort in now, just to see this bike in the flesh. Has it been completely resprayed or have some parts been polished within an inch of their lives? Either way, I wouldn’t turn my nose up at it and it looks impressive. As ‘Hairygit’ says, he may have stored the original parts and it is the frame/engine/VRM that are most important. Whenever I modify a bike, I always keep the original parts to ‘put it back’ if I want to. What bothers me most is that the owner didn’t want the original parts Ash offered him. Was it because he thought Ash wanted to ‘sting’ him, as he’d paid so much for the bike and must be rich? Why wouldn’t you want to get it back to original? He’s clearly no mug if he has that much to invest in the bike and has to have more than a passing interest, doesn’t he? If Ash is still reading this, I’d like to know what the owner said. Also, Ash is not a hoarder. No squirrel in his right mind would have parted with those bits other than to the original bike. A Yorkist as well. Hear all, see all, say nowt, etc!
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« on: September 28, 2018, 10:54:43 AM »
Thanks for that. Learning all the time. I went from Brentwood to Swansea to buy my bike and I think 'not wasting my time' was one of the reasons that tipped me towards buying it, so I understand Graham's irritation and why the bloke locked himself in the kitchen. If only I'd known what lay ahead! We'll get there in the end but the experience coloured my attitude towards e-bay. It only goes to show that experience outweighs the accepted facts - 'book knowledge'.
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« on: September 27, 2018, 11:09:35 PM »
Okay Graham, you've got me confused. Not tricky I know. You say 'It even has the wrong tank badges (correct for a late 1973/74/75) . It is a 1975 bike and according to what little I know, it's the correct badge in the wrong colour; it should be white, shouldn't it? Honda running out of badges doesn't sound quite right in my limited experience. Having been badly savaged by e-bay, I'm very suspicious. I also think it strange that a much loved bike (aren't they always? Have you ever heard a seller say 'it's a dog'?) only has 11k+ on the clock. My Norton can do better than that and it doesn't even run that often.
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« on: July 27, 2018, 10:12:51 PM »
I like the Japanese; they do it their way. If it's Nagoya, as the back of the jacket states, they don't have to go far for parts, Yamiya is round the corner.
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« on: July 27, 2018, 10:03:06 PM »
This is going to sound strange but that's what I do best. I have a bank of carbs in very poor order but all I know is that they're not from a 1969/1970 model, with cable pull to all four carbs. Number 3 is jiggered and number 4 has piece broken off the inlet, which is why I didn't reply earlier. This evening, I went for another look and I can't see any material difference between number 2 and number 4 or number 1 and number 3 for that matter. I rely on the forum, like Trigger, Nurse and James for things like that. The point is that number 2 looks okay! If you live in Bulphan, I live about three hours from you, if you walk, otherwise I'm about fifteen minutes away in Brentwood. If you're interested I will take pictures and send them to you. Message me and I'll set to.
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« on: July 27, 2018, 10:50:03 AM »
Thanks for the information, I've been to the museum before and had to be dragged out via the shop, where I appear to have left a lot of money! The DS web-site says of the museum and presumably the site of lots of CB750's is:- 'The David Silver Honda Collection museum will be open with free entry on the day and refreshments will be available'. My CB750 won't be available for at least another year, so I will go early in the car. My Norton won't go that far. The entry form raises a question for me. It states (1) Honda CB750 - 1969. (2) Honda CB750-K0/K1/K2/K3/K4/K5/K6/K7 & K8 (1970 to 1978). Does that mean that only the legendary 'Sandcast' is a Honda CB750 and that later die-cast engines were a K0? My parts book doesn't think so. I'm confused - situation normal!
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