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General => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: jontucker on March 14, 2016, 04:24:06 PM

Title: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: jontucker on March 14, 2016, 04:24:06 PM: Just bought a 1977 cb750 as my first restoration project!
This was the bike I wanted when I first got into bikes around 1977 when I had to settle on a moped (but I was only 16). My older brother had a 400/4 but I always wanted the 750.
I go to pick it up on Friday and can't wait to get started. Bought it unseen on ebay but it does have a current MOT so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I have a Ducati Panigale 1299 as my road bike and a BMW s1000RR track bike and am also blessed with a very understanding wife.
Hopefully the members of the forum will be bale to provide some help when I get stuck!
Regards
Jon Tucker
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: Coppertop1234 on March 14, 2016, 05:22:43 PM: Hi Jon and Welcome
As you may be aware the forum is a fountain of sensible knowledge with friendly members,who help out when we get stuck.
Hope the bike is as expected and look forward to seeing another project progressing.

Cheers

Keith Snr
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: UK Pete on March 14, 2016, 06:15:15 PM: Hi Jon , welcome aboard fella, the 750 is a great bike like any old classic there is plenty of fettling needed
pete
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: Johnwebley on March 14, 2016, 07:38:37 PM: welcome Jon,

this is a great place,

lots of good friends and helpful advice,
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: mike the bike on March 14, 2016, 08:14:18 PM: Hi and welcome Jon.

Re the Burtonwood airbase. Comet had a depot on part of the site and one of the guys there told me that some people refused to work the night shift there on the grounds that it was haunted.

Apparently, during WW2, bombers returning from Germany would have sustained damage from flak and Luftwaffe fighters and some of the dead aircrew didn't look a pretty sight. At Burtonwood, the corpses were made more presentable before being repatriated back to the US.
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: wolfheze on March 14, 2016, 08:54:11 PM: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/53938795.jpg

Burtonwood was also the intended destination of the RB29 that crashed on Dark peak near Glossop
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: MCTID on March 14, 2016, 09:09:07 PM: Welcome to the sohc Forum John................for the benefit on 'Non Lankies and Non Cestrians' on here, this is a bit of useless information about RAF Burtonwood.

At it's height, RAF Burtonwood was home to over a THOUSAND US aircraft.

The USAAF Base at Burtonwood had it's own PX Stores, numerous Bars, Cinemas and even a Bowling Alley.

The UK was affectionately known as 'Americas biggest US Aircraft Carrier' and during the Berlin Airlift Burtonwood was the central warehouse for goods shipped from the US via Liverpool then onward to Berlin by air.
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: philward on March 14, 2016, 10:42:23 PM: Hi Jon
Welcome to this great forum - I'm just down the road in Wigan. You'll find invaluable info from a great bunch of people on here.
Phil
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: Drew400 on March 15, 2016, 05:21:49 PM: Welcome John.

Some good advice on this forum from sensible people.

I used to do motorcycle training/testing at Burtonwood and around the many roundabouts near you (A474 was it?). Don't recall any hauntings but otherwise fond memories of circa 1982.

Cheers, D.
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: ColCB400 4 on March 15, 2016, 08:24:39 PM: Hi Jon,
these forums are full of stuff, Enjoy your build!
Title: Re: New member from Warrington Cheshire
Post by: mick on March 18, 2016, 09:33:13 AM: Hi jon and welcome to the forum , post some photos of your bike when you get it ;) cheers Mick.