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« on: June 03, 2012, 11:42:20 PM »
Galea, wot! just like this one? LOL. From the photo, numbers look the same. Will hunt it out of the boxes of parts tomorrow and let you know. Is it the full light unit or just the lense? Archie 
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« on: June 03, 2012, 12:21:57 AM »
So, looks to be the same H2ERIC, give me a shout and there yours.
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« on: June 01, 2012, 10:51:22 PM »
H2ERIC, I have a pair of F2 headlight brackets and although the brackets are a different part number ( CMSNL ), I wonder if the actual indicator stalk is the same. Anyone know, or can you recognise it from the photo.
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« on: May 15, 2012, 11:16:47 PM »
Dazm, is it the ones indicated as "2" in the parts microfiche?
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« on: April 18, 2012, 12:03:57 AM »
Could be interested mick if they are servicable. Give me a price for both mate. Got a lot to get rid of if you or anyone else are looking for F2 parts, wheels, brakes, tank, seat etc. I want to build a cafe racer so I am keeping the frame and engine and a couple of other parts but basically everything else is going.
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« on: April 17, 2012, 12:14:40 AM »
Have now stripped the engine completely. It's been rebuilt in its short life (16000 miles on the clock), registered in Sept. 1979 and the last tax disc July 1981. The LH cam carrier has bronze bushes fitted which I have been told was never a factory fit, four of the rockers have been dressed with a stone and there's no chrome on them. There's a chip in one of the barrels, a lovely half moon impression on the top of one of the pistons (guess it was a valve head) and the cranks on its last legs. Here's a photo of the oil pump filtre. That ain't right, is it? LOL. Anyway, I am looking for a crank or is there some way to reclaim the original?
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« on: February 09, 2012, 10:26:48 PM »
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« on: February 09, 2012, 09:59:46 PM »
There's two petitions on the go Tomb, one for 25 and one for 30 and like you, I thought the rule used to be for 25 years. There's more signed up already for the 30 but there's nothing to stop anyone signing up for both. So I did.
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« on: February 09, 2012, 09:51:53 PM »
There is an E-petition on the go just now to restore the 30 year old vehicle road tax exemption. If the number of people who sign the petition reaches a certain number (100,000 I was told), it must be raised in Parliament. The jist of it is that at one time, any vehicle (car or motorcycle) over 30 years old did not pay any road tax. This was frozen 10 years ago so any vehicle to be tax free has now to be pre 1972 and as the petition states, history did not stop in 2002. If the Government unfroze this exemption, all bikes would be tax free when they are 30 years old. Right now, that would be all machines registered in 1982 or older and it would be ongoing each year. Copy this link into your search engine to sign up. It only takes a couple of minutes. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/183
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« on: February 09, 2012, 07:59:48 PM »
Still pondering on what to do. The bike looks to be all there, apart from the rear plastic mudguard, so it seems a shame not to return it to standard which is what I normally like to do. The bike club I am in are suggesting that I build a special, a cafe racer or the like. The VF500 I got out of the same shed was fully restored to standard and has had quite a few admiring looks and comments because it is standard I.E. "that can't be an '84, its brand new mate" Here's a couple of photo's.
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« on: February 09, 2012, 06:23:51 PM »
CB750 F2 as found in a shed after 28 years (in the shed that is, not 28 years looking for one in a shed. LOL )
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« on: February 09, 2012, 12:28:22 PM »
Pete, tried to upload pictures.
Reduced them to 250KB and clicked on " insert image" then added them in "attachments" at the bottom left, machine chuntered away for a minute or two then came up with an error message.
What am I doing wrong?
Archie
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« on: February 06, 2012, 10:00:14 PM »
Not a runner Pete. Scared to try and start it without a bit of investigation.
The guy I got it off said the last time he was on it, his left boot was covered in oil so he stuck it in a van, took it home and bought another bike (the VF500). Seems a bit drastic to me, like buying a new car cos the ash tray's full. LOL. Engine turns over with the kickstart though. Am just finishing off restoring my '95 ZZR600 then I'll start the CB750 restoration.
The bike's got a bit of bling on it, ribbed alloy clutch and alternator covers, a clear plastic points cover, a seeley silencer and finned rocker caps so someone loved it at some point. It's also had a rear end shunt in its short life. The rear number plate bracket is bent and the plastic rear mudguard is missing but apart from that, looks to be original.
Anyone got a rear plastic mudguard? Got a brand new rear number plate bracket off fleabay for a tenner.
Think its worth trying to fire it up?
Archie
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« on: February 06, 2012, 09:11:03 PM »
What exactly do I have?
Frame No. CB750G - 1005503
Engine No. B750GE - 1004749
The only ref I can find that coincides with these numbers is the CSMNL site that quotes it as a CB750 F2 Supersport (England) but everywhere else I look quotes the F2 as frame number from 210001 and engine number from 2600004.
Is there such a model as an F3.
The bike is a 'T' registration which ran from 1st Aug 78 to 31st July 79 and was first registered on 18th June 79. The tax disc on the bike ran out on 30th Sept 81 so it appears to have been on the road for only about 2 years. It's only got 16000 on the clock.
Any ideas?
Archmill
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« on: February 06, 2012, 12:38:31 PM »
Certainly is a small world Steve, it was Jim Moore who came to the house to do the photo shoot and interview for the VF500. I am now in good comms with Alan Seeley of Practical Sportsbikes and have done a couple of articles for him in the mag, one on reproducing obsolete stickers, one on how to re-furb a rear shock and one on how to make a laser wheel aligning tool which should be in the next issue out on the 19th of this month. Yi haw! famous at last. LOL
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