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« on: September 30, 2023, 04:17:49 PM »
Those marks on the case near the engine mount look almost identical to mine, which as Trigger points out he quite correctly assessed them as casting marks, the engine was fine once rebuilt. I bought a spare crank and cases at the time which I didn't need, I still have them if they are of any use to you. Panicked of Peterborough!
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« on: August 03, 2023, 05:27:41 PM »
Enjoy the Hawks while you can, they're being limited to 20 mph from the 17th September!
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« on: July 27, 2023, 11:20:48 AM »
I don't think you should have posted all of that text in italics, Ash.
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« on: November 18, 2022, 04:41:29 PM »
Congratulations and well done on passing the IAM test, it isn't easy and I don't much like to admit it but I FAILED my first attempt! I took mine about 4 years ago after a 10+ year layoff from riding so I thought that taking the training and test seemed like a good idea. My feeble excuse is that the frost in the morning put me off. I too took the test in November but it was properly cold with a ground frost, the examiner offered me the option of cancelling but I went ahead. I think too much of my brain capacity was taken up by worrying about the bike sliding away from me, I ended up breaking a 30 mph limit out of Grantham on the B1174, a very long road and I obviously missed the 30 sign and ended up convincing myself it must be a 40 limit so I rode at 35, splitting the difference in a forlorn hope until I spotted the 40 sign, shit. Took the test again the next spring and passed this time, a nice sunny warm ride which was actually really enjoyable. I have to say the difference in the examiners riding style was interesting, the first chap was a retired police rider and was sometimes so far back he was hard to spot in the mirrors. The second guy was a serving officer and he was tight up on my tail for most of the ride.
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« on: October 28, 2022, 05:31:43 PM »
Looking great Ted, rapid progress! Good that you've found a better powder coater.
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« on: October 13, 2022, 06:39:52 PM »
UK original bike, that has been round the clock in need of some little weekend work 
Has a 750K1 air box.
wrong colour.
Looks like garden hose as oil pipes.
Don't know why it has a bolt in the middle of the caliper.
Wrong exhaust clamps that look as they should be on a old english bike.
Needs a lot of parts that are no longer available and if you find them they will not be cheap, which would be the biggest challenge.
To sum up: Would need a shed load of money spent on it and someone who has a ton of experience with a early UK CB750's so, it needs to be cheap to start with 
Cheers Trigger, I'll look out for something a bit simpler! Will be interesting to see if it reaches the guide price of 4 to 6K. I was thinking of bidding up to 3.7K whilst not really expecting to win.
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« on: October 13, 2022, 05:19:08 PM »
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« on: September 17, 2022, 09:46:25 AM »
You need to wear a pair of those shoes like Slade used to wear Ted, maybe you've got some in the loft.
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« on: September 15, 2022, 08:51:37 PM »
Sent you a pm Phil.
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« on: September 15, 2022, 10:07:58 AM »
I have taken a deposit on my 400 so if all goes well it should be sold in a couple of weeks or so. Had a post sale ride yesterday and had that feeling of regret we've all been through where the bike seems to be running better than she ever has! So if it does fall through at least I won't be sorry. Anyway, I'm looking for my next project and I need the space in the garage. I've seen a couple of 500's on here, Bryan's looked good but as ever Ted beat me to that one! So I'm reaching out to see what else is tucked away by members here, pretty open at the moment but 500 or 750 or ? with some to a lot of restoring wanted. I won't commit to buying until the 400 has gone so at the moment I am at the window shopping phase. So if you have, or know of something, please get in touch.
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« on: September 02, 2022, 06:38:44 PM »
For sale, my Honda 400 Four. It's time to make space in the garage for another project. Also I'm in between cataract operations so I can't ride safely for a while. Now I don't expect any interest from all of the avid restorers on this site but I know it'll get spotted on the usual auction site so I thought I should post it on here. I'm going to advertise it for £5995 so should anyone happen to be searching on this site then I'd take £5500. It has been the subject of a restore thread so there is all the info about it on the thread. Here are some pics in any case. It's done 1500 fun miles since the rebuild so it's well run in! https://photos.app.goo.gl/3rARH6X3aa499hS4A
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« on: August 18, 2022, 07:00:31 PM »
Went to see Ted today, (MccabeThiele), managed to get a front wheel puncture 35 miles into the trip. Green flag saved the day and eventually got there 3 hours late and a 160 mile round trip, (had to do one part of the journey twice!). [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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« on: August 15, 2022, 04:36:54 PM »
Lovely background Julie
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« on: August 07, 2022, 08:14:42 PM »
I may have some of these gaskets Ted, I’ll have a look.
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« on: August 06, 2022, 04:43:28 PM »
I recently had great service from JEM engineering in Peterborough so I thought I should recommend them. My main stand was bent in such a way that it was narrower than originally, so the stop didn't reach the rubber on the underside of the silencer. I took the bike over and the guy said bring it in tomorrow, I gave him the stand and he quickly bent it back into shape, for which he charged me nothing. Not only that but he put me in touch with a local powder coater, a business that only started up 3 months ago, I couldn't find a local one back during the rebuild. Another really helpful chap who did it within a couple of days for £15. His company's name is Daleks powdercoating.
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