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Bit of eye candy for Ken (Oddjob) .. to stop him being grumpy.
Laverdaroo:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on January 28, 2022, 05:07:10 PM ---That soothes my brain. Thanks.
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;D ;D
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
That 250? square headlight twin top line second from the left I can't remember the model number (Dream) I had one in 1965 ish VRM was 2462 YG - takes me back.
andy120t:
That would make a nice set of coasters ( no East Yorkshire coast pun intended).
Seriously though, what a great collection! It puts my handful of non- runners .. sorry, projects... to shame. My favourite colour is the blue and white 350.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Laverdaroo on January 28, 2022, 04:57:49 PM ---Well, if I'm perfectly honest........I'd pay money to go look at that lot Ash, what a bloody fantastic collection of bikes, you absolute star. :o :o ;)
I have no idea what you started with or when, obviously you've been a biker for years but what a collection to hang onto and spend so much love and time on. If they were basket cases then it makes it all the better. GOOD MAN (thumbs up emoji, dont have one on the pc :D)
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Sadly those are library pics or copied from Brochures ... although I do have most parts fully restored like paintwork, chroming, NOS exhausts etc... bit of a lifetimes work really .. it started in 2008 when I was incredibly down in dumps, mainly due to work related issues and only had a 400/4, which I had had since 1985 (the 4th one i had owned). The doctor suggested I resurrect a previous hobby and focus my obsessions on it, to take my mind off work worries. I took her great advice but somehow it all got a bit out of hand. I suppose I really swapped one disease for another :-[ :-[
A lot of those bikes just came my way for little money just being in the right place at the right time ... namely the CB72, CB450 Bomber, S90 and two of the CB250K0's. The money pits have been the early UK CB750K0 (no surprises there) and more surprisingly the little 1968 red CD125 sloper. The CB500K0 and CB175K5 came from that great egg on here JamesH bless him.
My 1st bike was a C200 90cc and never had a wish to own one again (girls at school laughed at it :-[ :-[) but my 2nd bike was a CD175A sloper and I always wanted to own one again ... the bike in the brochure pic. was a Honda UK press model OLA 4E (reviewed in Motorcycle in 1967) and mine is that actual bike.
I don't have a CB93 it's a '61 CB92 or maybe you are confusing it with the '68/'69 JDM CB250SS (pic with boy and girl and baby buggy). I don't have a CB160, as I owned one briefly as a student and thought it a bit dated even then and not really my cup of tea.
I kept the the 500K0 Candy Green (Menno did a brilliant job ) but I was undecided on the colour so I also got a NOS tank (thanks to a member here) in Candy Custom Gold and some used side panels so it can be swapped (OK Ken it should be Starlight).
For the oldies on here 'O.K. Ken' was a Chicken shack Album ;D ;D
Oddjob:
It should always be Starlight Gold, Candy Gold is just SOOOOO common.
If you ever want to sell the Jade Green Tank and side panels Ash let me have first offer will you.
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