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Nurse Julie:

--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on November 28, 2023, 06:48:28 PM ---Its Lord Denbigh ..Rollo Fielding  and it's the Brighton prototype bike. CGU 7H.  I posted that on FB yonks ago.

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The photo is doing the rounds again on FB Ash. I have never seen the photo before. I do think it's a great photo.

AshimotoK0:
Here he is with stripey trousers on his Bomber ..his mate Lord Litchfield is on the left on his Bomber

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Nurse Julie:

--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on November 28, 2023, 07:08:51 PM ---Here he is with stripey trousers on his Bomber ..his mate Lord Litchfield is on the left on his Bomber

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Thats another great photo Ash.

K2-K6:
Tippett location just round the corner from me, with the original Honda importers location within about 2 miles from there. Often pass both historic sites travelling locally.

A couple of hundred metres from Tippetts is the John Cooper racing factory, in which the world of single seater racing was changed in direction to rear engined cars.

Jack Brabham also near there, but a couple of miles in opposite direction, the connection too with Colin Sealey managing Brabham F1 team for a while, and building a few Honda engined bikes  :)

AshimotoK0:
Dick Emery bought his CB750K0 new from Tippets And other Hondas he owned. Cheeky bugger was in Panto in Cleethorpes so went into Freddie Friths in Grimsby to test ride the 750 and then bought one from Tippets.

In the photo the bike still has high bars and presumably the solid brake line/prototype Master cyl.  and original carbs. Chris Rushton will correct me if I am wrong but the bike went to Honda's Service Centre at Wollaton Rd Nottingham and had UK bars and production carbs and master cylinder fitted plus C50 style front indicator lenses/lighting  to bring the bike to UK  safety standards.

Years later Chris bought the original master Cyl. and solid brake line and a WEEK  before the bike was auctioned off and made £161k inc. fees I bought two of the original carbs off that very bike at Newark for £30 (modified CL77 carbs it transpired). Chris and myself offered the brake line parts and carbs to the new owner at the David Silver  CB750 50th Anniversary event at his museum but the new owner wasn't interested so I gave Chris the carbs and as far as I know he obtained another two CL carbs and made up the original carb setup.

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