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Misc / Open / Cricket Thread
« on: December 07, 2010, 01:38:47 PM »
I need you all to nip over to: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=3049.0 and beat up our Aussie mates.

I started this thread many years ago and seem to have been humiliated every 2 years ever since!

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Misc / Open / Who Remembers Comerfords?
« on: November 15, 2010, 05:42:49 PM »
When checking the prices of bikes back in the 70′s, Comerfords ad was always the first stop.

In 1970, they had a regular

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Misc / Open / YouTuba in a boat. In Switzerland. Playing William Tell.
« on: October 29, 2010, 08:43:51 AM »
Some of you may have heard me going on about my son Chris and his tuba quartet.

They have just returned from a tour of Switzerland and took this video for a bit of fun.

Shame about the cheap camera/video/sound quality but hey...

YouTuba in Switzerland...in a boat?!

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Site Feedback / FAQ / How to... / Site Unavailable message
« on: September 12, 2010, 10:33:26 AM »
Anyone else getting this message? Mostly since yesterday (Saturday)



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Other Bikes / CB900FZ DOHC smoking and spitting...
« on: June 21, 2010, 05:41:31 PM »
My blue FZ was running perfectly before I ran out of petrol the other day. I knocked on the door of the nearest cottage and a little old lady said "My late husband had a Triumph" (I was wearing my Triumph jacket) "we went all over Europe on it in the 30's"...

She gave me (wouldn't accept any payment) a gallon of unleaded from her lawnmower can and I started it up and rode it home. I added more fuel from my lawnmower can.

One week later it has proved impossible to start. Not even firing.

Removed all the plugs. All black and wet so cleaned them all and it struggled into life on 3 cylinders.
Number 1 chimes in every now and then but smokes heavily and backfires through the exhaust.

Any ideas?

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Try here as well.
A few UK/EU suppliers or online suppliers that will ship here.

Where can I get parts for my SOHC?

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This is from Bryan Jones:

Paul Jackson Huddersfield near Junction 23 M62

01422 378100

Don't be in a rush at it takes time to find the correct piece of cast iron pipe to make the liner from and he can do it with the complete wheel, just take tyre off!

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Misc / Open / eBay Fees Going Up Again...
« on: March 03, 2010, 11:34:22 AM »
Bastards

Talk about abusing the market. When will they get referred to the monopolies commission?

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/2010_motors_fees/

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Member 4 Sales / Hondaman's CB750 Book is Here at Last!
« on: February 08, 2010, 09:18:02 AM »
Mark Paris (Hondaman) is a stalwart of .net (www.sohc4.net) and has spent the last 4 years writing his own book on the CB750. It is a "coffee table" book and includes pictures submitted by members of .net over the years. Mark is hugely experienced (almost as much as Bryan...  ;)) and has put that experience and his time into this book - urged on by the members of course!

As with any "print to order" book, it is not cheap. Less than an OEM pipe for your CB, but still not cheap.

Here's what he has to say:

Well, this thing is finally done...  :P
Labor of love! It only took 4 years and as many bikes to get all the pictures. The quality resembles a fancy "coffee table" book, and I'm real happy with the way that came out, especially with the pictures.

Sometime in the near future, I'll offer a DVD from here, too, of all the pictures from the book (and a lot more that didn't make the cut), because some of you have asked for that. That way, if you're pondering a repair of some sort, you can just browse the pictures without all that annoying text in between them...  Grin

I'll be keeping copies on hand, both so I can send them out and make a $1 donation for each one to the site (for all of us and our moderators and web-spinners). And, for those of you who are wanting a signed copy (?) from me...they should become available about Feb. 15th, because I just ordered them today.

If you want to get one directly instead, here's the "direct buy" link from www.Lulu.com:
http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fSearchFamily=2&fSearch=&fSubmitSearch=Go&fSearchSource=a&fSearchData%5Btitle%5D=My+CB750+book&fSearchData%5Bauthor%5D=&showingSubPanels=advancedSearchPanel_title_creator
You can also search there, by title, for "My CB750 book" and it will bring it up. They print it on demand and ship it, taking about 3-5 days.

When Amazon and Barnes and Nobles get it posted, I'll put their links here, too.

When I eventually get my website up (with all the other pieces and parts for the SOHC4 bikes) I'll post that link here, too.

I'm guessing the postage at $10 from my house (Priority Mail, "If it fits, it ships" boxes) in the U.S. right now: I'll find out more next week about "book rates" and other cheaper forms of shipping. Please don't actually order one from me before about Thursday (2/18/10), so I can find out the shipping first: then I'll re-edit this post with that info.

The paperback edition will be $83 per copy (which includes the $1 back to this site), from this printing (plus shipping). That price may change in future printings: I'm new at this game. For signed ones (no extra charge...I wouldn't want someone writing in MY book!), tell me how you'd like it prefixed, so please include that info when ordering, somehow.   ???

My Paypal is that same e-mail: mgparis@concentric.net. Checks, money orders, etc., go to: Mark Paris, 8903 W. Florida Ave., Lakewood, CO 80232.

A million thanks to all of you: without your constant encouragement, razzing, nudging, bugging and nagging, not to mention your shared pictures, parts that some of you sent, and other tips and hints to add into the chapters, I would probably have never finished this work!  You're all a part of this book  ;D


After discussing a UK "distribution" to try and reduce shipping costs, Mark has discovered that the company will deliver a "print file" to a local outfit (after commission of course) so that it can be printed locally on local sized (A4) paper.

Please post on here if you are interested.

The cost will be at least

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CB750 / K0s, Classic Bike magazine et al...
« on: November 25, 2009, 12:05:02 PM »
Having swapped messages with AshimotoK0 on sohc4.net recently, I was spurred into updating www.nirvana-motorcycles.com to add our K0 to the gallery section.

This bike was featured in CB July 2009 - some of the pictures were taken by looking over the photographer's shoulder during the shoot (copy the professionals!)

Take a look


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Misc / Open / Anyone near Gorebridge Midlothian?
« on: November 20, 2009, 09:07:26 AM »
There's a 1979 CB900 that I'm interested in - too far to go and I hate buying blind.

Anyone up there who could do me a favour and go look at it for me?

Steve (CB900-less at the moment)

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Misc / Open / Classic Bike T-Shirt (XL) at cost of postage to first bidder!
« on: November 08, 2009, 06:56:04 PM »
My CB900FZ featured in the November 2009 issue of Classic Bike magazine (they loved it!)

In recompense (for the tank of fuel they used - and 250 miles on the clock) they sent me a free t-shirt. Orange with the "Ascent of Man" theme.

It's size XL - which is safe for them seeing as they didn't know my size (they could have asked...)

So if you want it, drop me a PM and you can have it for the postage.

Steve

EDIT:

Just noticed (?) that the back of the t-shirt has the Classic Bike logo with the line "Flat out on old knockers"

MrsD not amused...

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Misc / Open / SOHC 2010 Calendar
« on: November 06, 2009, 07:50:55 AM »
Thinking of doing one of these.

I did one a couple of years ago with the bikes on www.nirvana-motorcycles.com and seeing how our US cousins have singularly failed to get their "coffee table book" project off the ground, I think our more cohesive group might stand a chance.

So I need 12 hi-res pictures of your bikes (SOHC4 only please). Can be "before/after" if you like and I'll split pages.

I'll start with Eamon's blue 1970 CB750K0 and 1979 CB550F2





I could toss in the Dresda and the Seeley if short but want to see what you've got first!

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Announcements / New Registrations (Sept 2009)
« on: September 09, 2009, 10:16:12 PM »
Apologies to all new members but we have been suffering a concerted spam attack since the beginning of the month and have had to set the registration process to "approve by admin"

This means new registrants may have to wait for us to approve their details before being allowed to post.

Sorry about this - we are trying to get the anti-spam registration filters back on line as a recent site software upgrade seems to have rendered them inoperable...   :(

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Other Bikes / Wiring diagram for CB175 (K6)
« on: August 17, 2009, 08:19:09 AM »
Trying to fault-find this with a strange earthing problem.

Park light and rear light don't work - can't find the feed anywhere.
Indicators flash at 2x normal rate and stop if the headlamp unit is screwed back onto the shell.

This bike has an external switch on the headlamp shell for the lights, together with a main beam indicator lamp set into the top of the shell. I'm assuming that this isn't standard (?)

My CB175 was a K4 and it was 1976 so I don't really remember the setup of the light switches...   8)

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