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1975 CB750 P2 Police Bike
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Spitfire on December 10, 2021, 06:55:59 PM ---This reminds me of the day when I was coming home from Chester on my CB750KO and I saw a police bike in front of me so I slowed up and he waved me over so we pulled up to the side of the road.
He wasn't a policeman but a mechanic doing a road test on a bike that he had repaired (Norton) and asked if I would come back to the garage so he could have a look at my bike as they were pretty rare back then.
What followed was a high speed dash to his base in Bromborough with me tagging along behind him at highly illegal speeds, the bike caused quite a stir at the garage with them all complaining about their bikes.
Cheers
Dennis
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I bet they were pretty amazed when they got a close up view of your K0 Dennis
JamesH:
Big pile of CB750P parts dropped at the blasters to be blasted and primed, prior to refinishing with 2-pack (2k) semi-gloss white.
Managed to take the NOS rear top box to my local Automotive paint merchant who did a spectrograph colour mate - Fiat Bianco 224 seems to be the closest OEM White - so that’s what I’ll be going with.
Will be a few weeks hiatus over the festive period, so next update will likely be 2/3rd week in January..
andy120t:
Fab project - I'm enjoying the updates.
Does anyone else watch the reruns of CHiPs on TV? (Channel 96/ Forces TV on my TV). There are usually some great shots of classic bikes and cars in the background or as part of the plot. I was channel flicking last night and it popped up with an advert showing a grey-haired Ponch and a slightly tubbier Jon.... then it told me it was CHiPs 99 and they ride BMW 1100's rather than classi Kawasakis. Nothing is sacred!
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: JamesH on December 17, 2021, 02:54:43 PM ---Big pile of CB750P parts dropped at the blasters to be blasted and primed, prior to refinishing with 2-pack (2k) semi-gloss white.
Managed to take the NOS rear top box to my local Automotive paint merchant who did a spectrograph colour mate - Fiat Bianco 224 seems to be the closest OEM White - so that’s what I’ll be going with.
Will be a few weeks hiatus over the festive period, so next update will likely be 2/3rd week in January..
Knowing the speed you work at James I guess the third week of January is when we shall see the completed bike :)
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Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: andy120t on December 18, 2021, 05:31:30 AM ---Fab project - I'm enjoying the updates.
Does anyone else watch the reruns of CHiPs on TV? (Channel 96/ Forces TV on my TV). There are usually some great shots of classic bikes and cars in the background or as part of the plot. I was channel flicking last night and it popped up with an advert showing a grey-haired Ponch and a slightly tubbier Jon.... then it told me it was CHiPs 99 and they ride BMW 1100's rather than classi Kawasakis. Nothing is sacred!
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CHiPs was essential Saturday evening viewing for me as well Andy (as it was also for Alan by the sound of it :)). I was 17 and riding a CB160 and could only dream of a big Kawasaki and going to California but living at home in a rented house and having no money it was going to stay just a dream. 25 years later I was riding a Harley on the same roads in California and dating a girl from Santa Monica! None of it lasted very long but it was a great adventure at the time.
The two main 'stars' of CHiPs actually didn't get along very well. Erik Estrada wanted to be in the movies. Anyone who followed speedway at the time will be aware that Bruce Penhall won the world title at Wembley in 1980 and won it again in 1981 in Long Beach. He had secured a part in CHiPs sas John's younger brother. The scriptwriters wrote the world final into the story. When he won the title he retired there and then to concentrate on his acting. The riding, chase and crash sequences of CHiPs were all filmed on the Glendale freeway that was under construction at the time.
I think I watched too much TV and needed to get out more ::)
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