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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB350/400 => Topic started by: ted_paper on August 16, 2022, 04:05:23 PM
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Does anyone remember a publication from the early Eighties called "On Your Bike"?
This was a weekly magazine that built up into "a step-by-step guide for every bike owner on how to maintain, repair and improve your bike" over several years probably...
During the recent nice weather, I got around to reading a couple of the issues that I had bought from the local charity shop and was surprised/amazed that it gave full instructions on how to hotwire a bike, including how to remove the seat in order to gain access to the relevant part. And then in an issue a couple of weeks later, it gave instructions on how to break steering locks "if you lost your keys"
No surprise that bikes get stolen.
PS Anyone recognise the bike model? I thought it was a 400/4 from the tank, but not from the side view - sorry about quality of photos :)
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looks like a cb 500 t
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Yup, an overbored 450 bomber
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Does anyone remember a publication from the early Eighties called "On Your Bike"?
This was a weekly magazine that built up into "a step-by-step guide for every bike owner on how to maintain, repair and improve your bike" over several years probably...
During the recent nice weather, I got around to reading a couple of the issues that I had bought from the local charity shop and was surprised/amazed that it gave full instructions on how to hotwire a bike, including how to remove the seat in order to gain access to the relevant part. And then in an issue a couple of weeks later, it gave instructions on how to break steering locks "if you lost your keys"
No surprise that bikes get stolen.
PS Anyone recognise the bike model? I thought it was a 400/4 from the tank, but not from the side view - sorry about quality of photos :)
I bought the whole set via a weekly order at the newsagent. I think it came out every Wednesday and I bought my copy along with MCN. I also used to collect On Two Wheels that was far better when I was 14 but never had enough money to buy it every week. Sadly all got rid of years ago although I still have my original copy of Bike with Pete Davis and his championship winning Laverda Jota on the front cover. Little did I know it would be another 23 years before I could afford to buy (a really ropey) one!