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Mr_Sheene:
As I was drifting around Sainsburys today, in the wake of SWMBO, I was startled to see the Brighton Bike in the magazine racks on the cover of Classic Mechanics. I don't usually buy mags these days, as I start to fall asleep before I reach the second paragraph but SOHC 750's and Commandos always seem to get my wallet out.  I haven't read the article yet, which is why I'm still awake but the bike does look very nice. Two things come to mind though. First, why didn't he take up the offer of the original carbs and even though I don't have a fetish for originality, I rather liked it's pre-auction dilapidated appearance?  I haven't been on the site for a few weeks, so this may be 'old hat' to all of you but I just feel that something is 'lost'.

Nurse Julie:
It's in Belgium today

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AshimotoK0:
Well at least it sports the correct slash cut front guard now ... wonder if he's used my suggested trick of temporarily fixing the front number plate brackets with thin rare earth magnets. I would have glued some screw heads on though.

My two carbs original carbs I got off it I gave to a good friend and sandcast guru. My other friend sold him a pair of similar carbs to replicate the missing pair and a search at the guy I bought them off's autojumble boxes, provided a couple of missing original parts. So theoretically he can replicate a proper rack of prototype carbs. Pity about the original master cylinder and rigid brake line though .. the auction buyer passed on those too I believe and they are probably long gone now to pastures new.

Mr_Sheene:
Nice pictures Julie, thanks. I said that it would be 'old hat' to regulars. Question for AshimotoKO, why mot drill the front blade and fix the number plate as they were when I was a boy. I'm still looking for the one I took off my CB250 in 1975, so that I can stick in onto my CB750, when I find the time to finish it. I suspect that my tidy mother threw it away though.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: Mr_Sheene on November 22, 2019, 01:03:22 PM ---Nice pictures Julie, thanks. I said that it would be 'old hat' to regulars. Question for AshimotoKO, why mot drill the front blade and fix the number plate as they were when I was a boy. I'm still looking for the one I took off my CB250 in 1975, so that I can stick in onto my CB750, when I find the time to finish it. I suspect that my tidy mother threw it away though.

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The double-cut front guard is very rare and used ones are ££££ ..even the Yamiya repro is over £1200 landed in the UK. A lot of people consider the UK front guard to be dangerous but still want to show the bike as original ....so my idea was to fit thing rare earth magnets under the brackets and glue some screw heads to the top so that the number plates can be fitted for shows etc. 

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