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Offline George Lefeurve

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Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« on: October 04, 2025, 08:43:54 PM »
Well.. I'll introduce myself, although I'll keep my head down just in case.. I've been a Kawasaki man most of my life  ;D
 
However, I did ride a Honda 50 for a while back in the day.. Haha. I'm talking way back too.. the 60s, yes I'm that ancient! Those days were sprinkled with various makes of bike, BSA's and Triumphs mainly, a flirtation with Lambretta scooters, I crossed over and became a MOD, and from then on a mélange of small Kwackers, trials as we used to call them, and then onto the bigger stuff.. 900's - 1000's - 1100's. My last big Z being a KZ1100 Ltd which I reluctantly sold a few years back.

So what brings me to this watering hole in my sunset years, you may ask. No point in beating about the bush, I'm in the process of buying a beautiful 1980 CB650 Custom, and I'm absolutely thrilled. Can't wait to get to know her, riding and tinkering. Although I'm very handy on the tools, this new bike is going to be a steep learning curve for me, so no doubt I'll be on here picking brains a fair bit.

Many thanks for hearing me out.. cheers for now..

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2025, 08:56:05 PM »
Welcome to the forum George.
LINK TO MY EBAY PAGE. As many of you know already, I give discount and do post at cost to forum members if you PM me direct.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/julies9731/m.html?item=165142672569&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562

LINK TO MY CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP / ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD...NOW COMPLETE
http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,14049.msg112691/topicseen.html#new

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2025, 09:18:57 PM »
Welcome to the forum George, you'll enjoy it here, lots of advice just a question away.
Post a photo when you can of the bike, we like a photo👍.
Dave
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Offline George Lefeurve

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2025, 09:50:29 PM »
Welcome to the forum George.

Many thanks Julie, its nice to be here..

Offline George Lefeurve

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2025, 09:54:55 PM »
Welcome to the forum George, you'll enjoy it here, lots of advice just a question away.
Post a photo when you can of the bike, we like a photo👍.
Dave

Many thanks Dave.. you can be sure I'll be questioning, and will most definitely post some photos when I get organised..

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2025, 11:16:31 PM »
Welcome to the forum George, I'm a George myself lol!  ;D
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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2025, 12:17:15 AM »
650 custom, one of last and uncommon fours, some parts are difficult to get especially bodywork, change oil and filter every 1500 miles and it will last a long time

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2025, 08:06:22 AM »
Welcome to the forum, lots af very helpful people on here to help and bring some light to a problem.
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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2025, 02:02:42 PM »
Welcome to the Forum George, I started my 2 wheel adventures on a NSU Quickly, then a raft of Scooters, best one was my Maico Letta 250cc Scooter, soon followed by Ariels, Triumph, then a couple of 250 Hondas from the 1960's.



Honda CB400NA Superdream (current money puddle)
Honda CB500 K1 (second money pit)
https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,28541.0.html
Honda CB400 four super sport (first money pit)
Link to my full restoration http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,23291.0.html
This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,151576.msg1731556.html#msg1731556

Offline George Lefeurve

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2025, 03:03:18 PM »
Many thanks to everybody that's made me welcome. Its good to know I'm amongst like minded people..

I must ask though.. I continually get stopped posting because I keep getting the verification question wrong. Question : What month is this ? my answer October! WRONG!! I have to keep refreshing the page to get another question. Are we talking trick questions here, or some Honda event that I'm obviously unaware of ? The only question I get right is Where were the SOHC/4 motorcycles made?: Just finding it a bit frustrating and somewhat unnecessary.. thank you..

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2025, 03:05:08 PM »
Sorry George. All my fault.

<5 posts requires validation to stop spammers.

I also always forget to change the answer in the database.

Just post once more and you’ll be done with it.

Steve


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Offline George Lefeurve

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2025, 03:20:48 PM »
Sorry George. All my fault.

<5 posts requires validation to stop spammers.

I also always forget to change the answer in the database.

Just post once more and you’ll be done with it.

Steve

Thanks for that Steve.. I thought I was going mad.. and I could have sworn we're in October < ;DHaha..

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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2025, 03:57:19 PM »
Just changed it.
The answer was July


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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2025, 06:30:03 PM »
Welcome, and maybe see you around West Cornwall too.
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Re: Hello from Falmouth - Cornwall..
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2025, 06:45:17 PM »
Welcome aboard!
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