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50th Anniverasry CB400/4 Feature in CBG

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Laverda Dave:
I know DSS buys most of his stock from dealers getting rid of their old or slow moving stock (or he used to, I guess the retro market has picked up a lot since the 80's & 90's and the stock is now in demand by people like us). Where did DSS buy his initial stock from to get started, was it Honda UK although Nigel's post would make that seem impossible if Honda themselves sent it to landfill?

AshimotoK0:
Dave .. AFAIK .. which may be b*llo5ks ... a load of stock froma  Belgium Hinda warehouse was offered to Sondels where he worked. They didnt want it so he saw an opportunity and bought it to sell on to breakers etc.

Laverda Dave:
I would guess that sounds right Ash. I know he buys his stock from all over the world; it must be pretty interesting as I would guess it would be between him and CMSNL as to who can get to the spares stash first and claim it!

Got to hand it to DSS though, without him how many of us would be in a position to have restored one of our old bikes back in the 90's. Just wish he would give a deal to the VJMC and SOHC Forum members though and he would probably benefit from it in the long run as more people would restore more bikes and thus order more parts from him.

Spitfire:
The original tank (red) on my 750F1 leaked in the mid eighties probaly 85 or so, I saw an ad in MCN for Honda parts (David Silver spares) and bought a new CB750F2 tank and seat  never realising that Silvers would one day grow into such an empire.
In those days they were cheap as chips as well.

Cheers

Dennis

AshimotoK0:
Went to Debyshire .. near  Bakewell at BIL's cottage for the weekend ...stopped on the way at  M1 services to get a copy...  'cos nobody seems to stock magazines like that in Bakewell any more since the closing of W.H.Smith there. So picked on up at W.H.S. in Leek on Sunday. Wish I had saved my money... 'cos, as predicted, it was the same old , same old, and less in fact than some of the previous features.

Did you know that D.S.  sells lots of 400F parts ;D  and is his best seller ... not a lot of people know that ... apart from everyone who owns one and 99% of other Honda owners.

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