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BYU765H UK Bike on eBay UK 3 up Reg No. from Dick Emerys Bike

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JamesH:
Ha ha you guys know my view on US bikes (I have loads of them).

And given the choice between a UK 750K that has sat in a damp shed for 40 years vs. a US bike that sat in a climate controlled indoor storage unit I know which one I'd choose....

James.

philward:
I have often wondered how to identify a UK bike from a US bike? I know the spec difference but if a bike was incomplete (you see engine/frame/forks/basics advertised as projects for example) can you know from a frame number range for example?

Trigger:
Yep, from VIN and engine numbers ;)

AshimotoK0:
I suppose my main point on this particular bike is that it was probably  commisioned to be rebuilt by John Wyatt for Classic Bike for a prize in a competition. I would image that if there was any issues with the bike cutting out in the rain (due to water ingress into the plug caps or recessed ignition) or any  safety related issues due to rechromed wheels or sharp double cut fender then this would have been deemed as irresponsible by the comissioners of the rebuild to ignore design feature changes by the manufacturer, which were introduced to prevent unreliabilty / improve safety. I have been told stories of rechromed rims that were so weak in the spoke nipple area that the nipped pulled through the hole or there had been so much corrosion blasted away on the inside where water had gathered due to long term storage that, after rechroming, it was practically impossible to safely balance the wheel.

You are dead right about some of  the 'sandcastonly' people Pete ...e.g. to replace 'No. 28' carb tops for a cost of well over grand, that were a recall item by Honda due to serious safety issue,  is absolutely ludicrous IMHO.

My own personal take on UK bikes is that you can trace their history via PO's /relatives and they were the actual examples that buzzed around our roads back in their heyday. It's just my usual 'anoraky' 'obsessive'  take on things though and it's all b*llocks really because they were all made in Japan and most UK bikes rusted so badly that over 50% of the rebuild parts are probably either new/NOS or sourced from the US.

My only US import  bike is my CB350K1 (never sold in the UK), which was initially untitled but on picking it up the import company found they had  the title document. Given  the title docs & modern day tools like Google Earth/maps I was able to get an image of the house in Idaho  where the original owner lived.

Saisei:

--- Quote from: Trigger on July 22, 2015, 09:59:02 PM ---Never had Wyatt down as a top restorer ;D ;D

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