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Messages - Laverda Dave

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Wow, fantastic that's a great result. A thousand thank you's Ash. Without your help with parts I'd be well and truly stuck.
As for the plating, if you are plating other parts (for the RSA maybe 🤔) I'd be more than happy to wait as I have plenty to be getting on with in the meantime in terms of assembly but please don't give yourself any additional work if it distracts you from your own build👍.
By the way, the airbox you sent previously has come up a treat using the hot air gun to bring the oil up to the surface followed by a long soak in some Auto Glym rubber & vinyl restorer.
Thanks again.
Dave

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If you have a V in your back yard i wanna see it.
If you have been to Kennedy you will know about the "Oh Shit" face when leaving the control room mockup and the last Apollo lying down at Houston is impressive

That's one place on my bucket list Bryan. I have a mate who has over the years collected the signatures of all the Apollo astronauts. He used to go to the conventions.
I occasionally treat myself to watching the full Apollo 11 launch on YouTube, still a fantastic sight 55 years on👍.

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Thanks Ash👍. I have some 1mm aluminium perforated sheet on order from eBay just in case I have to make something. I know it should be steel but I think the top plate will be difficult to fabricate with all the bends involved and Ali is a bit more pliable. Hopefully you may have something in your stash. The build is coming along nicely now with all the sub assemblies finished.

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Desperately Seeking!! / 400/4 Air Filter 'Panching Plates'
« on: Today at 01:12:57 PM »
Yes, this is the fancy name for the two perforated metal plates that sandwich the piece of foam inbetween them. They sit in the bottom of the metal air filter housing/battery box and act as a filter for any gases etc before they run down the breather pipe via the plastic chamber located below the air filter housing.
Does anyone have a pair of the plates they would like to sell please? 
The part numbers are 17354-377-000 & 17355-377-000, They are item numbers 27 & 28 in the parts book. I'm happy to pay if anyone has them. They are now unobtainable from Honda, DSS and CSMNL. I have tried Steve at 400Bits but he only has the bare air filter box itself.
I guess these are two of the parts that end up flying over the shoulder of PO's back in the day when they didn't know where they were supposed to go during a rebuild ::).

This is the problem when you buy a project bike that is 90% complete, the missing 10% are always the parts you struggle to get :-\

Hopefully the Saturn V rocket I'm going to restore next in the back yard is all there although I can already see the 'FIRE' button is missing :o

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Out & About / Re: OUT AND ABOUT 2024
« on: Today at 11:36:14 AM »
I think the F1's were always a nice looking bike especially in that colour (and of course, in yellow). Lovely open roads with some bends in them.

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CB350/400 / Re: Fully restored CB400/4 on eBay
« on: Today at 10:31:50 AM »
Back in the very distant past (2000) I entered my 400/4 into the concours line up at the VJMC show weekend in Kettering.  Before anyone asks, I rode the bike there and back as I had restored it 9 years previously and used it as intended but kept it immaculate. When the judges came round one of them said I had the rear wheel spindle the wrong way round, the nut should be on the right he said. I countered with I put it on the left to make it easier to undo it. My excuse wasn't accepted and I was marked down. No rosette for me just a highly commended sticker (that is still on the bike to this day).
I think the year after the VJMC insisted that any bike entered into the concours event must be started and ridden around the enclosure as there were a lot of rumours that some of the very obscure winning bikes didn't actually have any engine internals!

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CB350/400 / Re: Fully restored CB400/4 on eBay
« on: April 22, 2024, 08:32:39 PM »
Well, it sold for £3,400. Somebody grabbed a bargain 👍

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Misc / Open / Re: Anyone go to Stafford?
« on: April 21, 2024, 10:24:39 PM »
Here's a scary fact about going cashless;
If you have £50 and pay for every purchase with cash then £50 cash will have the same value in terms of spending power no matter how many cash transactions you make.
If however you have £50 in your bank account and you pay for every purchase from that same £50 using cashless payments after 30 cashless payments the monetary value of the original £50 will be worth £5. Why? Because the bank will add a 1.5% surcharge on every card transaction made and in so doing the bank makes shed loads of money on every cashless transaction made.
It is the banks pushing for a cashless society and not the traders. This is the reason for the cash is king campaign.

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The Black Bomber Board / Re: 67` Bomber running problems
« on: April 20, 2024, 10:14:15 PM »
That sounds like a result Mo, well done that man 8).
Shame about the scooters hoovering up all the prizes:(

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Misc / Open / Re: Anyone go to Stafford?
« on: April 20, 2024, 08:24:18 PM »
I usually go on the VFR but didn't need anything this year so decided to give it a miss and buy a ticket for the Bike Shed Show in May instead. 
I can't remember the last time when I went to Stafford in April (or October) and it didn't rain either on the way there or on the way back!

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CB350/400 / Re: Fully restored CB400/4 on eBay
« on: April 20, 2024, 09:54:28 AM »
That would be a good price IF the spares that come with are items such as the original headlight, clocks etc. It would still require a lot of work and money to bring it up to the same condition as the one on eBay. Appears to have the plastic rear mudguard and no front mudguard at all. Not bad as a basis for a cafe racer or suchlike though but you'd want to hear the engine running before shelling out £1200.

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Misc / Open / Re: Car insurance for older vehicles.
« on: April 20, 2024, 09:49:32 AM »
And they sponsor the Kings Lynn Speedway Team so are motorcycle friendly 👍

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CB350/400 / Re: My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
« on: April 19, 2024, 06:00:09 PM »
Thanks for the kind offer Bryan.
I've been kept out of the man cave today as the O/H has a day off. I'll be back to restoration duties on Sunday and will try the spare valve and see how it goes. I may be in contact for bits if this plan fails😁👍.
You don't have a couple of the carb drain clips that fit to the swing arm pinch bolts do you? Happy to pay.
Cheers
Dave

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CB350/400 / Re: Fully restored CB400/4 on eBay
« on: April 19, 2024, 10:16:09 AM »
The speedo has an F1 dial face rather than an F2 on it that has a km/h scale in green, the trip grommet is crumpled  and the stainless steel gauge mounting plates should be secured with cap nut rather than plan nuts.

I noticed the Speedo face Peter but not the lack of cap nuts. When you work with these all day I guess you notice the small but important missing details. He should have sent the clocks to you for your expert repair👍.

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CB350/400 / Re: My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
« on: April 19, 2024, 10:12:18 AM »
They are metal tipped Nigel. I would need a suitable collet to mount them into the lathe. I tried putting them into the chuck of the Dremel but they wobbled!
I have some old genuine valves so I'll clean one up and try one of those.

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