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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 03, 2022, 03:17:56 PM ---Same price as Fowlers?
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£57.34 including VAT & delivery.
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£51.52 from Fowlers Ted. £48 if you can find a Kwack dealer to order one for you and you pick it up. I got mine to order me 3 so the petrol cost was split 3 ways, 15 miles there and 15 back and went on my 1300 so less than a gallon used.
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By the time I've driven to Borrowash found somewhere to park returning 22 mpg in my 3 litre Jeep it's cheaper to pay postage. Derby itself is not well served by Motor Cycle Dealers like they were in the 1960's.
Rozabikes Tim:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on October 04, 2022, 10:21:52 AM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 04, 2022, 12:07:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on October 03, 2022, 05:51:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 03, 2022, 03:17:56 PM ---Same price as Fowlers?
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£57.34 including VAT & delivery.
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£51.52 from Fowlers Ted. £48 if you can find a Kwack dealer to order one for you and you pick it up. I got mine to order me 3 so the petrol cost was split 3 ways, 15 miles there and 15 back and went on my 1300 so less than a gallon used.
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By the time I've driven to Borrowash found somewhere to park returning 22 mpg in my 3 litre Jeep it's cheaper to pay postage. Derby itself is not well served by Motor Cycle Dealers like they were in the 1960's.
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Ted - Remember Palin's Motors the Honda dealer?
Are Bob Minions still going?
Oddjob:
I got my 500 parts book from a shop in Derby, I'd ridden down with the future missus and I'd bought and asked for so many parts that he asked if I was interested in buying a parts book to make it easier, cost me £5 and I still have it, it's really battered and tatty now and pages have come loose but I'd never swap it. It's even got some prices hand written against part numbers, which make me smile when I see them and compare them to todays prices.
Shop was a main Honda dealer, somewhere close to the city centre IIRC. I may recognise the name if you know it. Palins? maybe
OMG I posted that without reading Tims post. Yep, Palins is correct.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Oddjob on October 04, 2022, 02:50:35 PM ---I got my 500 parts book from a shop in Derby, I'd ridden down with the future missus and I'd bought and asked for so many parts that he asked if I was interested in buying a parts book to make it easier, cost me £5 and I still have it, it's really battered and tatty now and pages have come loose but I'd never swap it. It's even got some prices hand written against part numbers, which make me smile when I see them and compare them to todays prices.
Shop was a main Honda dealer, somewhere close to the city centre IIRC. I may recognise the name if you know it. Palins? maybe
OMG I posted that without reading Tims post. Yep, Palins is correct.
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There may have been two Honda Dealers as Bob Minion was a Honda Dealer for many decades 40 (plus firstly on Park St then London Rd) as was Samways when they were on the corner of Nuns Street & Mill Street before moving onto Ashbourne Road as Pedal Cycle only dealers they closed completely about 3/4 years ago.
I used to look into Samways showroom window looking at the new Honda CX500 for sale.
I have no memory of Palins being Honda though they may have replaced Samways.
Bob Minions is still going I think it's a son of Lionel Minion or Bob's that runs the site - now Royal Enfield & Royal Alloy.
Oddjob:
Palins were definitely a main Honda dealer at one time. Would have been around 1976-7 when I was there, for some reason Osmaston Road keeps nagging me as the address, is that correct?
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