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Offline RobinB

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Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« on: March 26, 2026, 03:42:51 PM »
Hi all. I’m Robin from Lincolnshire.

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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2026, 04:02:24 PM »
Welcome. That's a neat machine. 👍
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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2026, 04:02:46 PM »
Welcome Robin, tidy looking Brat.
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

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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2026, 04:19:33 PM »
Welcome to the forum Robin.
Very nice looking bike and a very tidy line of the silencer.
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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2026, 04:38:48 PM »
Welcome. Tidy Brat that, with lots of thought when put together.
One day I'll have the time to restore it, not just talk and dream....

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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2026, 05:28:44 PM »
Welcome to the forum Robin.
I'm also in Lincs and here's Millie, my 550 mongrel 😁

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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

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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2026, 09:21:14 AM »
Are you still riding the mongrel Julie and does Trig still ride his £1000 bike?
How are the CD250U's doing?
1977 Rickman Honda CR750
1999 Honda VFR 800FX
1955 750 Dresda Triton
1978 Moto Morini 350 Sport
1978 Honda CB400/4 'The Flying Banana'
1982 Laverda 120 Jota
2020 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650
1990 Honda VFR400R NC30

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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2026, 12:05:19 PM »
Hi Robin and welcome to the forum. Nice bike indeed, admiring the rear shocks as well as other nice features. What am I seeing behind the cylinders? Not quite making it out in the photo.
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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2026, 06:49:00 PM »
Looks like a K3 pretending to be an F2. Wrong rear brake lever is a dead giveaway. Looks ok though.
Kids in a the back seat cause accidents.
Accidents in the back seat cause kids.

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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2026, 09:16:41 PM »
Are you still riding the mongrel Julie and does Trig still ride his £1000 bike?
How are the CD250U's doing?
Hi Dave
Oh yes, still riding Millie, I was out on her last week, she's still so much fun to blat around on.
We still have the 2 CD250u's, they are going great. I've still got the 500K1 but not got her out for a ride yet this year. Graham sold his £1000 mongrel, he's still got the CB750 K6 which is his regular rider in the summer.
He also had 2 Transalp 650's, the one we toured around Europe on last summer, which I sold last week, and he has another one that we'll be riding down to Switzerland on in June this year. Graham also has a Deauville he bought as a winter hack, it does the job well around here on our muddy lanes.
And those are the only bikes we have left now, I've sold everything else we had here.
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
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Re: Newbie 550f cafe/brat
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2026, 11:44:04 PM »
Welcome here Robin, nice looking steed!  ;D
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