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Found out today who has 1010371 1st UK batch .. Also imported bike Pre-UK Batch

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AshimotoK0:
Was talking to the guy from York today at Stafford who restored the 1st official UK CB750 now owned by Mick on here UUT XXXH

He told me he also still owns 1010371, which he built up from a lot of NOS and restored parts. Story is that Queens Park Motors in Salford (where Ken ... Oddjob was a mechanic) broke the bike for parts out of the crate  and he got the frame when he bought loads of NOS stock when they closed. He also told me that he has it stored under a cover and mice have nibbled and p*ssed over loads of parts of it and caused a load of damage.....so it's not just you Obbjob who suffers rodent damage ;D

He also told me that Alan Mountains in York (where mine from 1st batch came from new) also imported a 750 from Europe before the official UK 1st batch and it was registered in York before any of the 1st UK batch  was registered. Evidently Mountains never threw anything away so when they did a recall on the imported bike and changed the rear wheel  cush drive rubbers, they kept them and the guy I talked to acquired them and put them into the UUT when he restored it to retain originality, as it too had been recalled and had the supeseded parts fitted.

steff750:
 ;) that is the only thing i miss from shows is talking to the people who can recall how it all started

AshimotoK0:
Great info Ken (Oddjob) to back up the guys story ... not that i doubted it anyway as I have spoken to him before and the quality and detail of his resto of the 1st official registered UK 750, carried out probably pre-eBay days when finding parts was much harder speaks volumes to me.

I ofter wonder if Lord Lichfield owned an early CB750  .. I know he was riding around london around early '71 ona CB750 because of the attached article which I 'researched'. I also know he owned a monkey bike a few reg no's up from Dick Emery's CB750 early bike BYU762H as I nicked the attached shot from a video of his estate. Lord Litchfield and his  mate Lord Denbigh owned Bombers (Lord L's was a red tank  'Ken Ives' special) and of course Lord D bought the Brighton Gold pre-production  bike from Honda UK ...so you can imagine Lord L wanting one too.

Another load of Ashimoto B*ll*cks trivia  :-[ :-[ :-[


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K2-K6:
I think it's really interesting Ash,  there's obviously quite a lot of stuff out there that places bikes and gives background fabric to what was happening at the time.
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Above is something that lord L appears to be linked to,  maybe just as photographer.

https://www.theresident.co.uk/london-culture-events/bill-wyman-stones-chelsea-photography/attachment/chelsea-drugstore-stones-ki/

Story in above link,  the building is still there in Chelsea and used as Mc D now.

AshimotoK0:
Wow ... I own OLA 4E the press bike reviewed  in 'Motorcycle Magazine' in 1967 ... just rebuilding the engine this week.

The one reviewed in MCM was a biked loaned from a policeman because the bike was selling so well Honda UK didn't have one to review but they had one to Loan 'Motor Cycle' magazine ... the next issue of which went to paper weekly style I believe. .

This it as found in Scotland by the PO who did a lot of  the restoration of it before I got it. hoping to 'Show' it fully restored next year .. I even have a NOS 'Nitto' ribbed tyre on the front wheel, as was fitted when new ! A real labour of love as the 1st twin I ever owned and loved it to bits. Note the tatty CB92 exhausts on it ''as found.

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