SOHC.co.uk Forums > CB500/550

USA scrap yards

<< < (7/16) > >>

Laverdaroo:

--- Quote from: royhall on June 18, 2022, 09:56:33 AM ---A good 750 points cover for me please Roo. O and a box full of big black bugs.

--- End quote ---

Ha haa, see what I can do Roy ;) ;D

Laverdaroo:
Had a proper hoot today at MIDS Salvage today. Jay, the owner used to be a rider for HRC in the 70’s and later went on to test for Suzuki in the tyre dept which stopped his career when a test front shredded at Laguna seca and he broke his neck. He was with Kevin Swantz at the time……….he limps about a bit now but as a result he invested in a building and 1500 bikes to break. I was there all day in the end and had a right giggle with them all.

Being a wet state, my hunting wasn’t as successful as expected but I think I got what I wanted. I was leaving and spotted a Tamiya model box on a shelf in the office and my jaw dropped. His late dad bought it at a garage sale of a guy who was stationed in Japan in the 70’s. His dad bought it in 1989 and paid $200 for it. It’s completely unopened with the plastic wrapper intact. It was made in 1971 I asked was he ever going to build it and he said he was probably going to sell it. He promised me first dibs

He then took me into his collection shed where he had every Honda model made in mint condition all done by his late dad. There were every model of the turbo CX’s, everything you could think of. Rotary Suzukis, H3’s, he even had some NR bits from the 80’s test bikes that he rode. What a guy.

As a result of his dad doing all these resto’s he has a massive stock of NOS parts that are all listed, he mentioned that if we need anything then get a list of part numbers sorted and he’ll check his stock. He regularly ships to the UK and he wraps them up and labels them as gifts to keep the costs to a min.

Might be worth sorting a joint list of bits folk need???


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Laverdaroo:



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Laverdaroo:



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Laverdaroo:
Yeah, maybe should have held back a bit



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page