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A Golden Age
andy120t:
...at 1minute 20seconds in, how does Tom manage to pull away without holding the throttle?! Must have a very slow return spring...
adespin:
I was wondering exactly the same thing, and he does it more than once, maybe a rusty throttle cable through rideing to work in the rain every day.
royhall:
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--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on April 05, 2019, 08:08:57 AM ---I paid some rip-off price to get that B&W Emery bike photo without the 'alamy' logo on it .. so if anyone wants a copy PM me.
I spoke to a bloke last year who was the head mechanic at Freddy Frith's (Honda dealer) in Grimsby and he said that Dick Emery popped in when he was in pantomime in Cleethorpes for a test ride on the then new CB750. He then went back to London and bought the one in the picture from Tippetts of Surbiton. Evidently there was a photo of him test riding in Grimsby but the chap can't find it.
He told me that very early on, the 1st time they had to go inside the CB750 engine was when an airbox nut came off and ended up in the engine somehow (this was a recall in one of the Service Bulletins ... so a known problem)
The is old hat below but for newer members it took a lot of tracking down on my part, so here goes again with apologies to those who have seen it before. Dick reviewing the Tamiya CB750 model kit for Meccano Magazine.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/puajxcyc1aarmfp/Meccano%20Magazine.pdf?dl=0
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The whole magazine is a very interesting read, thanks for posting.
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Wow. The Jetex jet engine I had forgotten about them. I never did get mine to do anything but a fierce fart then go out.
K2-K6:
Interesting how enthusiastic Emery wasn't about bikes.
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Presumably youve seen the above illustration of the 750 Ash.
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