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Sesman:
Did Dell boy emigrate after the H5 watch find?

Sincelerly, god rest his soul. There is great entry in his obituary where his mate recollects an instance when Delbert’s young granddaughter filled the fuel tank with water in an attempt to get it running again.

Seabeowner:

--- Quote from: royhall on December 26, 2021, 09:22:35 AM --- Every bike that is sent via these importers is clocked back to a ridiculous degree. They do it in the States then export them here so they can't be sued.

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There are often tell tale signs. I've bought three from DK, looked over two, but one sight unseen. All have proved about right and the very low mileage example came with a US title. From this I traced the address and mailed him and he sent back a series of photos. He bought is as a return after payment default when it was a few months old, but it was immaculate.

Bryanj:
Its not that easy to "clock" Honda speedos but as i explained to an obnoxious Trading Standards man motorbike speedo cables are not as reliable as car ones and frequently dont get changed for a while when they fail plus the speedo itself is way more fragile and one bike in the showroom had at least 5 new speedos in its 7 year life

royhall:
Or the speedo is not the one originally supplied with the bike.

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Oddjob:

--- Quote from: Sesman on December 26, 2021, 10:46:51 AM ---Yes, it’s from America, though originally from Japan  ;). They all are……

I couldn’t and wouldn’t vouch for mileage on mine, but it came with 17k on the clocks and judging by the state of instruments, carburettors, engine bolts, running gear and engine internals is more than probably genuine. The cams bearings, chains and guides were less than 30% worn. Even the primary drive rubber elasticity was comparable with new. The mains, big ends and barrels were well within factory tolerance and all bearings unmarked. I guess I got lucky, very lucky. I still replaced them all. The engine is effectively brand new….still got to start it though.

Mine was evidentially stored in a garage by a Mr Delbert D Trotter of de Kalb. Illinois since 1982. Remarkably the bike is mentioned in his obituary. The bike came to market as part of his estate clearance. I even have the Deed of Title of that date. He bought it, used it for travel to work for a short time, fell off then stored it.

Still needed of a lot of work to get it to this stage. Just received all the chrome back for refitting…..lovely.

This one might not be the best one out there, but I bet its close. Not that’s it’s particularly important.

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Prestige Phil?

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