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Bit of eye candy for Ken (Oddjob) .. to stop him being grumpy.
Johnwebley:
My mistake Ash,
I got the number wrong, CB92,
The red,square headlight 125 twin,
Early 60s.
It's the front brake and fork that makes it distinctive
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AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Johnwebley on January 28, 2022, 07:18:10 PM ---My mistake Ash,
I got the number wrong, CB92,
The red,square headlight 125 twin,
Early 60s.
It's the front brake and fork that makes it distinctive
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Yea CB92 .. Even in the mid 70's they were rare and sought after and I could never find one at an affordable price.
I remember seeing one in a crabby back street bike shop in Sunderland, mainly Brit bike dealers in the mid 1970's. Owner may have been called Crozier. The shop was always closed and he was always in the local boozer. Me and my mate Chris from York waited outside the pub at afternoon kicking out time to try and buy the Benly but he simply told us to bugger off .
Parts, particularly for the 1961 model are real rocking-horse poo and if anyone has spares it's as if they are sitting on the Crown Jewels..... which is a real shame and I hate that attitude. plus people are gobbling up the parts to make replica's based on imported CA95's I made sure when I got mine completely in bits that I got all of the hard to find bits and so far so good. The guy off Car SOS TV programme, who does the upholstery, just did my race-style seat with suedy stuff ..is s called alcantara or something. He's just got the standard seat to recover for me ... a real flimsy affair on the '61.
Mine came originally from John DiFazio in Frome, who is famed for his front hub centre steering. He was a Honda seller in the very early 1960's
Johnwebley:
Interesting link to Hereford,
The local dealer, Mead & Tompkinson sold Hondas,I bought my first car ,a N600,From them,
They sold bikes as well,
The owner used to race in the world 24hrs endurance racing, initially with a Velo,then a B44/50 Victor, I think in 1970 they won the championship,
Later on they needed more power, so he built a famous special, initially using a 3cylinder. Laverda, then a Kawasaki 1000,called it Nessie, with Difazio hub centre front end.
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K2-K6:
The seat looks stunning Ash.
Oddly "Alcantara" is a brand name for synthetic suede material..... drveloped by a Japanese chemist in the 1970s and originally produced by Toray industries before being marketed as we know it by the name now used.
Intriguing link to the bike's home country.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Johnwebley on January 28, 2022, 08:54:57 PM ---Interesting link to Hereford,
The local dealer, Mead & Tompkinson sold Hondas,I bought my first car ,a N600,From them,
They sold bikes as well,
The owner used to race in the world 24hrs endurance racing, initially with a Velo,then a B44/50 Victor, I think in 1970 they won the championship,
Later on they needed more power, so he built a famous special, initially using a 3cylinder. Laverda, then a Kawasaki 1000,called it Nessie, with Difazio hub centre front end.
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I think his Honda's were supplied by Len Meredith's in Bristol John ... starting in 1962 (mine was built 1961 but registered in 1962)
I think I read somewhere they sent the bikes to Difazio's on the train!
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