Honda-SOHC

Thank you kindly gentlemen,

Yeah, it's kinda bitter-sweet having the bike.

I've been keeping track of what I've been doing to it, and taking photos as things move along. I'm sending them to John's widow & his two daughters  -  they seem well pleased with how it's going so far.

The next Shetland Classic Motor Show will be in June 2016, and the plan is that Jayne, the younger daughter will come here to ride the bike to the show with me  -  might be a tear or two shed that day..........

The bike itself is unrestored  -  a 'survivor bike' if you like  -  26k or so miles on it, so it has a lot of life in it yet. I'll be running it now and then (I have others to do justice to  ) and generally keeping it in good shape.

Thanks again for the welcome, chaps.

Hi Folks,

I've been on the U.S. version of the forum for a couple of months  -  didn't realise that this one existed......

I've been in Shetland for 35 years, originally a Brummie  -  served my apprenticeship at BSA Motorcycles (just after the last Ice Age). Spent many years 'on the tools' as a machinist/fitter, latterly in a small shipyard in Lerwick, moved into the training side of engineering & motor vehicle 20 odd years ago.

My tastes in bikes are 'catholic'  -  see my signature, but I inherited the 400/4 this summer. It was the last bike of an old mate from the 60s & 70s who passed away a few years ago. His wife and family decided this year that I should be the one to take care of it, so I brought it up here in July, fixed the bits that needed fixing, and finally got it road legal this month.

I may have some questions.........