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4966
« on: August 15, 2015, 08:00:15 AM »
....back in the 70's I used to ride my 400F from 'alifax to Leeds / visit my g/f (= wife now) in St James Hospital, nurses home. Used to park it underneath a fire escape... one night got back to it and some effing low-life had cut the brake hose. Not a nice experience riding 20+ miles back on the M62; thence all the bloody hills abouts 'alifax...
To this day I'd like to meet the git, and simply ask, "Why?" Arsehole.
S
Same happened to me with my CD175 sloper. Once visited Durham with G/F (now wife), which I always thought as a nice quiet place. After owning the bike for two years and leaving it outside in the back streets of Hull, Newcastle and Sunderland nobody touched it,. On returning to the bike some lowlife in Durham had taken the side cover off, ripped out the battery and chucked it in the hedge. sadly, you would never leave a bike out in a back street all night any more and expect it to be there the next day.
4967
« on: August 14, 2015, 02:56:01 PM »
4968
« on: August 14, 2015, 02:11:18 PM »
Just contacted Menno Dek myself with requirements for my CB250 tanks and man what lightening fast, professional, honest and informative reply.
Sounds just my kind of guy. Pity we have to go overseas to find such people. Not in any way knocking Andrew Parnaby though.. he did a cracking job on my 750K0 paintwork
Ash
4969
« on: August 14, 2015, 09:21:11 AM »
4970
« on: August 14, 2015, 09:17:12 AM »
In my case......I NEVER tell my Missus any lies.........for the same reason that I don't play cards for money - my face gives everything away......so when I told her that I had 'accidentally' bought this bike, she had no reason not to believe me. Honest......and no.......I won't lend her out to any Forum members!
My missus tagged along for the ride when I went to Leicestershire to pick up 400 quids worth of chroming. I told her not to come inside with me as she suffers from bad asthma and I gave her the tale that there would be nasty fumes in there, which could trigger an attack but another reason was so that she didn't see me handing over the readies   . I got inside and had a bit of crack with the owner and apologized to the missus when I got outside about it taking so long. I got "Don't worry about it I got a bit bored waiting so I went online on my phone and booked us a cruise" So that one backfired on me.
4971
« on: August 13, 2015, 11:37:13 PM »
I got this back from DS ( I know that the K2 had 4 'panels' imprint at the rear as there was one of those seats on my K0 when I bought it but I still maintain it looks a good price). Perhaps he can offer two versions, pretty sure Morretti will have the 4-panel imprint tool.
"Hi Ash,
Someone has flagged to me the that an SOHC forum member has stated that the pattern on our CB750K2 seat is wrong. Attached are photos of the seat that
Honda were supplying for the CB750K2 for the past 25 years, up until they were no longer available last year and our seat.
I cannot see the difference myself…
Best Regards
David"
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4972
« on: August 13, 2015, 10:23:38 AM »
Hi Ian, take your point but our old mate 'bikepusher' sells NOS complete systems, when he gets them, for 1500 GBP and reckons he could sell them all day long at that.
People are as fanatical about 400/4 resto's as the 750K0 and are willing to pay the silly money. Yamiya told me only a couple of months ago that there were no plans to repro the 400/4 system and they are now doing them. Betcha either themselves or PMC come out with a double-skinned version in due course. Wouldn't surprise me if they didn't track down the original tooling from Sankei.
4973
« on: August 13, 2015, 09:26:29 AM »
Is he trying to pull the wool over your eyes Ash ? The seat has the right pan but, the wrong cover for a K2. Good for a range of USA 750's or UK 750K6 
Just trying to pass on info from his FB page for anyone who's interested, as the pipes in particular looked like a good price to me, plus how much would a decent metal pan and foam cost?. Personally I don't need any of that stuff as I only own the K0 and won't ever buy another 750. However, I maintain he and David at Saisei are helping us along the way with our resto's. Probably only one of the two 'Davids' is making a lot out of it but it's early days for Saisei and we should be championing him on here IMHO. DS had some bikes at Mecum Auction last week plus there were loads more there but hardly anyone there and hence nobody really bidding. Reckon there would have been some incredible bargain there.
4974
« on: August 13, 2015, 09:17:49 AM »
the tooling cost to double skin a specific 4-1 is likely to be around £30,000
divide this by sales of (perhaps) a 100 and the cost of a double skinned system against single skinned (and a bit of discolouration) is increased by £300!
I am lucky enough to have a new set of originals but if not I would have gladly paid the extra 300 GBP for double skinned. I can't understand why Yamiya never went for double skinned, as they did on the 750 pipes they repro. Ash
4975
« on: August 12, 2015, 11:41:02 PM »
"After a year of trial and error we can now present our new metal based authentic looking seat which includes the rubbers and owners manual lid for a mere £69 + Vat (if app). We have managed to keep them at this low price through mass production so order a second one for a friend, or a bike you might buy at:
https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/CB750K2-FOUR-1972/part_105077/
We have yet again run out of the muffler kits (Because the factory have a very high reject rate and production is slow), as a consequence we have a limited number of factory seconds which are outstanding value.To find fault, you have to look fairly closely. See or order them at :
https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/CB750K2-FO%E2%80%A6/part_207170/
Turn that £2k bike into a £5k bike!"
4976
« on: August 12, 2015, 11:19:45 PM »
Hi Ash you have probably sorted this now but here's my bit , use the correct bearings as specified by Honda, why spend a fortune restoring / rebuilding your motor using the wrong bits, also use molybdenum disulfide grease when assembling plain bearings.
Yes cheers Chris, I have all the right code shells now. Sadly, the poor guy who accurately measured my crank journals for me, where I work, passed away on suddenly on Monday. Sounds like you are another pro guy on here with a wealth of knowledge to give us. It's all just a hobby for me. Ash
4977
« on: August 12, 2015, 12:07:22 PM »
I reckon you would blow holes if you try to mig weld it, even on a low current. I would consider Rich's offer of a replacement if it was me. You will forever be wondering if more holes will develop if you weld/braze it plus it could ruin a very expensive paint job if it does.
Ash
4978
« on: August 11, 2015, 02:15:32 PM »
Excellent  rebuild thread Bodd. I love your practical approach to everything and the detailed photos etc. Better reading than most Magazine rebuilds on the 400/4 I have read. Not a standard resto but who cares.. it's your passion and do what suits you, I say. When I rebuilt my 400/4 in '86 with no internet I never dreamed we would get the brilliant rebuild guides/parts supply and love of that model that we have got now. I used to go into breakers/dealers asking for parts and they looked at me as if I was daft.... bit like if you went in now asking for CB250/400 'Dream' parts .. sorry can't stand that model as it was the supposed Honda 'replacement' for the 400/4.
4979
« on: August 10, 2015, 07:53:57 PM »
What's the front mudguard on the 400/4 from? It's certainly not original.
Looks a bit dodgy to me .... so in keeping with the rest of the programme ....
Looks like a CB250 K0->K3 to me, with the stays inside the mudguard. Centre brace not the same though so must be a bodge up. His old mate George Cole passed away recently.
4980
« on: August 10, 2015, 04:21:59 PM »
Yes, I remember Cowies on Hylton Road in Sunderland and BR in definitely a Sunderland reg. I believe my old 400/4 is around Carlisle somewhere, it was on ebay a couple of years age does it still exist TFT 354S ?
I'll post some pics of the project along the way and hopefully get some responses.
All the best
Steve
Yes that's the road .. There was also a shop full of old bikes back of the Poly somewhere, owned by a guy called Crozier but he was never there, he was always in the boozer down the road. Your old bike is MOT'd till 3rd August 2016 and on SORN BTW. Westgate Road in Newcastle was a haven for bikes, don't know if it still is. Harry Woods was the 5-Star Main Honda dealer back then Ash
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