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Motorbike Show ITV restoring a a Phil Read Replica CB750F2

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AshimotoK0:
Quite enjoyed last night's programme. He certainly digs out some old legends (Alf Hagon last night). My mate Rog will have liked the J.A.P engined bike at Alf's as he bought one a few weeks back.

Perhaps he should have bid on something like this for the donor though. Supposedly has good forks & wheels, which is what they needed plus swinging arm.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB750F2-1977-Barn-find-/152190058262?hash=item236f3bff16:g:rewAAOSwmtJXWyAd

Moorey:
It's TV. What they chop up to get the end result doesn't seem to matter or the cost. At the end of the day the TV company picks up the tab.

MarkCR750:
Yes it was quite good, almost competent!, he's getting better is old Henry, I suppose it was a shame to strip a reasonably good F2 but there's plenty about and precious few PR's, he seems to lead relatively nice restorations given the time constraints so I think it will end up a good one, cosmetically at least.

royhall:
When he went to the powder coaters with the frame, the bracket that mounts the rear brake reservoir was rusted off (a common F2 issue) and we all watched whilst they powder coated over the mess without replacing it. On the last show there was a close up of the frame and magically a new perfect bracket had appeared. The power of TV,  wish we had those super powers it would be a big help. Probably had to fit a pre booked slot at the coaters for a half day filming so the frame got done twice.

Liked the Quarter Master drag bike story though. Except for the daft restoration it's a good show.

I have a friend who used to think Top Gear was real. He was really excited about the Veyron beating the light aircraft until I pointed out that they didn't have 200 film crews strategically placed along the route. The film crew follows in a Range Rover so any car they are in is as fast as that. And it took over 2 weeks to film, but due to the quality of the editing it looks genuine. Very entertaining, but not real.

Yoshi823:
I don't like that pr@t Cole, especially after he said "This....is.....a spanner!!"  Technical  :-\

But taking an overgrown garden heap such as that PRR & thinking you've got a bargain at £2,000 would be a big mistake for many.

But £4,000 for labour to restore the heap into something better to look at is not good spending of anyone's hard earned money. If that's the going rate then i'm in the wrong job.

Shame then that from what I could see, there were quite a few things that wern't correct, like both of the handlebar clamps were round the wrong way & the rear sprocket was bigger than standard.

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