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50th Anniverasry CB400/4 Feature in CBG
K2-K6:
I'll have to get a look at that issue Dave, should be interesting. It is one of classic representation of production engineering from that era I feel, the 400 Four that is.
Thanks for the scans Ash, read through then as got up too early this morning :)
Mr Curtis gives correctly the name of "wet OR dry" abrasive paper, I note :) A friend working in sales for 3M years ago always corrected the mention of "wet & dry" through gritted teeth, as it can't be both at the same time ;D
Athame57:
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on May 26, 2024, 01:08:59 PM ---
"basically, he wouldn't give you the steam of his own p*ss"
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I dare say I wouldn't actually want it! ;D
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on May 27, 2024, 08:05:16 AM ---Mr Curtis gives correctly the name of "wet OR dry" abrasive paper, I note :) A friend working in sales for 3M years ago always corrected the mention of "wet & dry" through gritted teeth, as it can't be both at the same time ;D
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Gritted teeth ...love it ... presume 80 grade Nigel.
Graham is a top bloke and really good friend of mine. Evidently Classic & Motorcycle Mechanics paid pretty well for his articles ..he also did a CB250K2 restoration that had been owned by John Nutting and had been acquired by Bob Berry but he never did anything with it ..... so Graham restored it for the magazine.
Reading those articles it seems he got a set of tank transfers from Skellerns of Worcester ('HONDA Super Sport' ..... not the stripes) ... I got mine in 1986 from Fowlers and there was definitely a part number them. But all of the 'experts' ... mainly on F.B. ::) suggest I am talking nonsense and they were never available as a separate Honda part. I remember that I copied all of the part numbers I got from Fowlers into my 1986 work diary ...one of these days I will find it in the loft somewhere and prove 'em all wrong. Unless somebody here has the part numbers of course. I must have phoned a dozen main dealers before I found some at Fowlers and then the bloke in the spares dept. (very knowledgeable as I remember) told me it was the last set they had. At the time there were also some genuine Honda stripes to bling up the somewhat bare tank of the CJ250/360. I guess they may have been from the USA model which did have stripes on the later model that we never got here in the UK.
K2-K6:
I wondered if that was a bit subtle in humour Ash.
Decals etc, I know from a friend working on land fill site in 1980s tbat alot of stock, including many of these decals, went to that operation as they cleared warehouse excess from central distribution. A man from Honda accompanied the skip to ensure content was buried, only for site "totter" to pull all the metal out again afterwards :) all sort of casting, tanks, and general components in there regularly.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on May 29, 2024, 07:45:14 AM ---I wondered if that was a bit subtle in humour Ash.
Decals etc, I know from a friend working on land fill site in 1980s that a lot of stock, including many of these decals, went to that operation as they cleared warehouse excess from central distribution. A man from Honda accompanied the skip to ensure content was buried, only for site "totter" to pull all the metal out again afterwards :) all sort of casting, tanks, and general components in there regularly.
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But those dumped parts would have originally all had Honda part numbers I guess Nigel. I have never seen a Honda parts book with those tank decals in..but the part number given to me by a dealer meant I could call all of the big Honda dealers to find some ...and it was deffo the standard Honda part number format. I guess Honda must have been pressurised to provide them for customers who didnt want to buy a new tank.
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