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Oddjob:
Is that a piece of garden hose used as petrol pipe? Plus it’s so kinked I doubt petrol could flow down it.

Lot of chrome tarnishing evident, it should sell but not for as much as you expect I think.

Trigger:
To get top money, it needs to be a top restoration for Bonham's, with a full file on what has been done and the level of detail. He is a link to a top restored 750 >> http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23571.0.html

GLRoberts99:
Thanks folks, great feedback.

A bit of background to answer some of the questions. It has been taken back to every single component and rebuilt from the ground up. I was never aiming for a concours restoration, and wanted to reuse as many of the original parts as possible.

I decided not to powder coat the frame as it looks unnatural to me, and so I left the frame as-painted and had the worst parts touched up.

The engine was vapour blasted but not to a shiny condition as I wanted a dull condition to show off the chrome parts. The internals were all dimensionally checked and rebuilt with new shells, bearings, rings, pistons, seals etc.

The carbs were stripped, ultrasonically cleaned and rebuilt, but not vapour blasted (same reason).

Fair comment about the kick start position and the carb clamps which I put on the wrong way. I use clear petrol hose when doing a rebuild so I can see flow, and will have the petrol pipe changed before sale. The paint is all new and is excellent, so I guess the photos don't do it justice. The colour was matched with a patch under the tank that hadn't been sun faded, and a new batch mixed. The stripes are painted on i.e. not decals.

No-one's mentioned there is no Oil tank dipstick - any suggestions, as DSS and CMSNL have none?

But back to my original question, what's a reasonable reserve estimate for the bike?

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I guess the reserve price is not an easy calculation especially at the back end of the year - it also depends on how much you have paid for the bike initially and subsequently your restoration costs.

If it's a case of moving it on so you can fund another project I have an odd but (I think) realistic way of looking at it.
Add up all your restoration costs and halve the figure then add that to what you paid for it - that would be my reserve price.

I would have thought Bonhams would give you some guidance on the right level of reserve if you ask them.

Sesman:
Having absolutely no insight whatsoever to the UK versus the rest of the word position, I’m still unclear as to the argument surrounding the UK versus ‘import’ cost/value argument.

It’s my understanding that all Honda’s of this marque are Japanese Exports with some simply arriving in the UK via other countries…the USA for example. Judging by some of the UK bikes I’ve seen the imports have survived much better. Yes they may have subtle styling differences, but they are essentially the same product!

Surely the bikes should be evaluated on appearance and quality alone, not the countries through which they have travelled. Mines a Japanese export that’s finally arrived in the UK via the USA and thank goodness it did, judging by some of the rusted heaps I’ve seen toted as ‘genuine’ UK barn find.

Genuinely, some insight to the concept would be appreciated.

Mischievously yours
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