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« on: September 02, 2007, 05:35:08 PM »
Hi Fatal,
F1 bars are extinct, tried to get a new pair for mine as the chrome is a bit dodgy but even CMSNL did not have them, will have to do what I used to do, buy some bars drill them and thread the wires through, or send the old ones off for rechroming.
Cheers
Den
1652
« on: August 31, 2007, 04:39:15 PM »
Would have to be She Who Must Be Obeyed, however I don't think she is very keen on the idea despite having spent a lot of her early years going to Rallys and race meetings on the back of a bike.
Cheers
Den
1653
« on: August 31, 2007, 02:59:10 PM »
Watch out for an old greying biker on a black CB750F1 wobbling about the highways and byways of the NW of England, MOT passed, insured, and taxed, just need to get a pair of boots now.
Cheers
Den
1654
« on: August 31, 2007, 11:35:35 AM »
Hi Dave,
Got it booked in today (Friday) at a local bike shop (Warpspeed), it's the closest to me, just had to nip out and buy some leggings as it's raining, first time out on it and it rains, still haven't got any boots though, all the other gear and trainers ! Got the insurance sorted yesterday (Carol Nash), should get the tax next week, and we are away.
For Aintree the boss is a bit worried in case there are no other wimmin there, so she may follow me in the car with the grandsons for a day out. Think it's a bit of an excuse really as she hasn't been on the back of a bike for years, and is a bit nervous as I haven't ridden a bike since 1998.
Cheers
Den
1655
« on: August 30, 2007, 02:39:46 PM »
Nice Pics,
Shame my bike isn't ready yet, just got back (yesterday) from a hol in Ibiza, but bought a new crash hat today and giving the bike it's last check over before the MOT, so hopefully I'll soon be mobile.
Cheers
Den
1656
« on: August 29, 2007, 06:58:36 PM »
Don't forget that later hubs are 4mm narrower than the early CB750 hubs.
Cheers
Den
1657
« on: August 19, 2007, 11:24:46 AM »
Not so sure about that, it worked fine last time until I started the bike up, there is a connection to the starter circuit to stop you starting it up in gear may be a problem there, will see.
1658
« on: August 18, 2007, 08:29:09 PM »
Now I am impressed ! CN policy have to give tham a ring.
Just got to stop it sounding like a bag of nails on tickover and I'll be away. Couldn't take it outside to work on it today (rain) so I took out the "duff" neutral switch, tested it on the bench, worked fine, put it back on the bike and again it worked, very odd.
1659
« on: August 18, 2007, 02:46:42 PM »
Breakdown service  ?
1660
« on: August 18, 2007, 02:45:42 PM »
Your on !
1661
« on: August 18, 2007, 12:39:43 PM »
If I have the bike and gear sorted and it's not raining you could see me there, I managed to find Elite Engineering which is around there somewhere so there is every chance. These days I tend to rely a lot on my sat nav to get places, have to fit a mount on the bars or something. Just chasing down electrical problems at the moment and am determined to fix my neutral switch, it went U/S in 1978, replaced it but it was still no good, so I taped over the light. Thought I had it cracked when I found a chaffed wire under the motor and it worked great right up to the point when I started up the bike, now it's on all the time. The other snag is a dragging clutch, had to use the back brake to free it off, it works but there is a decided clunk when I put it into first and finding neutral is near impossible, time will tell, but it's not exactly brain surgery to replace the plates.
Cheers
Den
1662
« on: August 17, 2007, 02:27:22 PM »
OK guys,
The last stage of the rebuild went faster than I thought, the bike is nearly ready but I'm not, who do you recommend insurance wise, this will save me a lot of phone calls ! I'm 55 and the bike is 1976.
I haven't even got a helmet yet, my 15 year old lid in the loft is probably past its sell by date now, so I'll have to start looking, and strangely enough all my biking gear has shrunk, especially around the waist, can't see how that happened !
Cheers
Den
1663
« on: August 16, 2007, 10:43:27 AM »
Don't worry Dave, the photos hide all the dodgy bits ! Plus it's more important how they go rather than how they look.
Cheers
Den
1664
« on: August 15, 2007, 08:05:55 PM »
Well I got the new battery yesterday, I had to go to the dentist this morning so I was going to spend an afternoon checking out everything electrical then fire her up tomorrow, however our 12 year old grandson (Dean) arrived and he got very excited about starting her up, as he helped me put the frame on the engine I went along. Took a long time to get the oil pressure light off, I put one litre of oil in the tank and one litre in the cam cover, it took a long time for the oil light to go out, so long that I started to suspect the oil pressure switch, but a look into the cam cover showed no sign of oil spraying around so I carried on. The oil light eventually went out, then I waited a few more minutes turning her over until I could see oil spraying about in the cam cover. Plugs in and she fired up on the second push of the button. I was amazed, Dean was over the moon, he's seen the bike progress from a bare frame to the finished article. The only real snag was the ignition switch, it gave up the ghost while we were getting the oil pressure up, rather than disappoint Dean I put a jumper wire in the cable block and carried on. I later changed out the switch for the one on my F2 which works great. Got to fit the tacho and speedo cables, change out some bulbs, fit the new registration plate, check out the horn as it isn't working and she should be ready for the road. YIPPEE Den    
1665
« on: August 14, 2007, 04:46:21 PM »
Nope all done the hard way, paint stripper, drill with a wire brush, and lots of rattle cans from Halfords, we had just switched shifts at work from 8 hour to 12 hours so I was working 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off so I needed something to stop me getting bored.
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