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CB 750s not selling?
ziggy stardust:
It all depends on condition really, would be nice to have a good U.K. bike but U.S. ones as we know are usually in better condition with low mileage and quite possibly original, nonrestored U.K. well used ones can end up as mongrels.
Trigger:
--- Quote from: ziggy stardust on August 11, 2017, 03:00:22 PM ---It all depends on condition really, would be nice to have a good U.K. bike but U.S. ones as we know are usually in better condition with low mileage and quite possibly original, nonrestored U.K. well used ones can end up as mongrels.
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I have found that most USA 750 engines with only 10.000 miles are in the same condition inside as a UK with 50.000 miles.
All rubber seals are brittle and the seat foam has dried out that much it has turned to dust with USA units.
I would rather go for a fully checked out engine, because these are not cheap to rebuild.
ziggy stardust:
That's interesting Trigger regarding the engine, something I'll have to ponder on when the time comes. I'm no stranger to re building engines but the 750 lump is too big for me to handle now mainly due to lack of space.
I know what you mean about dried out seat foam, I once removed a cover from a U.S. bike and it as you said it just crumbled away and a few unrecognizable little critters escaped into the garage.
royhall:
--- Quote from: Trigger on August 11, 2017, 03:39:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: ziggy stardust on August 11, 2017, 03:00:22 PM ---It all depends on condition really, would be nice to have a good U.K. bike but U.S. ones as we know are usually in better condition with low mileage and quite possibly original, nonrestored U.K. well used ones can end up as mongrels.
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I have found that most USA 750 engines with only 10.000 miles are in the same condition inside as a UK with 50.000 miles.
All rubber seals are brittle and the seat foam has dried out that much it has turned to dust with USA units.
I would rather go for a fully checked out engine, because these are not cheap to rebuild.
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I am pretty sure that most USA imports (unless you import them yourself) are clocked quite dramatically, and your observations of internal engine condition appears to bear that out...... I have looked at a number of imports with less than 10k on the clock, that look like 10k the second time around. Some of them are so wound back it's obvious........... My own 350F (avatar) has covered less than 9k and many will remember the condition of that when I started.
Seabeowner:
First think I look at is the clocks. Do they match, do they have the same degree of fade, are they fitted with all the rubber mounts, are they even connected!? Tell some of the story. My experience was good and have three imports (500/550). Recently reinforced by a letter from the original US owner of one (with pics and docs) guaranteeing the <5k miles. (I had a title). But where the air is thin it can damage seat foam/rubber bits more than our thick stuff.
Regarding restored bikes, Trigger and others build to high quality, but I am often disappointed by the sound of some home restos.
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