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Early 70’s CB250
Andych:
Thanks Ash
Yes, the plan is to maintain it to the highest standards etc...and the beauty of forums like this is the knowledge in here to know what needs fixing / modifying or weak points to ensure I build a reliable bike to have some fun with...
Bryanj:
You are correct Ash, it todays world a nice one will be looked after well and be a good thing but we all remember the lemons from our working days and as they say hindsite is the only perfect science!!
Andych:
Still havent been able to get up to where the bike is to collect it.. apparently I am not supposed to be driving long distances at the moment.. something to do with the Pain killers or some such rubbish...
So I have been slowly planning how I will go about this sorting this bike.. which is a bit tough as I dont know the build date / Vin number or condition other than the pics I have posted but... I had in my mind a nice rebuild...certainly not a nut and bolt restoration... and then someone posts a pic on FB of an absolutely gorgeous CL350 in a Candy Red with a wicked high mount exhaust and it gets me thinking.. hmmm how would it look with a CL style high mount exhaust.. retro road / trail tyres and high rise CL style bars?
Hmm maybe it is the drugs...lol But the 70's CL350's are a lovely looking bike.. and I am not sure there is too much difference.. visually anyway.. I wouldnt be worried about lower first gear etc.. just how it looks.
Andych:
I have finally been able to organise myself into driving 500 odd km to pick the bike up and another 500km back.. apart from breaking a strap early and having to jury rig the broken bits for 20km until I could buy another couple of straps it was fairly uneventful..Having looked over it when I was picking it up I was a bit confused with what I had actually bought..
When I looked for a VIN Tag there was none.. I am not sure what year Australia started to require VIN tags.. but there definitely isnt one on this bike nor any sign of one being there previously.. and.. I know that a couple of other CB250 G5's all have the G5 in the VIN code.. which matches up with the parts book to some extent.. at least for European Direct bikes.. there is nothing about General Export G5 nomenclature other than G5 and K5 Frame and Engine numbers run the same sequence so the G5 in the VIN would make sense..
From what I can gather... I have bought a CB250 K5.. deduced mainly by the Pilot light block as well as the twin leading shoe drum brake.. It appears the tank is also the same for both for General Export..
This is all in a very quick look once I got home.. so I could also be completely wrong.. not that it maters much at this stage.
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AshimotoK0:
I think your bike is possibly a CB250G (the G5 was disc braked). My understanding is that the the old K series bike with disc was the CB250K5 or CB250B in Germany. Could be wrong but as you say ... just enjoy the restoration. That bike was a very early version of the 'G' engine so will have the early problematic cam chain tensioner issues. I think Common Collective sell a repro of the later modified camchain tensioner.
https://www.common-motor.com/honda-360-engine-transmission
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