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florence:
am I out of touch?  2500 for a non runner with no uk paperwork and useless exhaust system full of holes, no grab rail, wrong rear wheel, smashed rev counter and who knows what wrong with the engine?

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: florence on March 01, 2016, 08:37:46 AM ---am I out of touch?  2500 for a non runner with no uk paperwork and useless exhaust system full of holes, no grab rail, wrong rear wheel, smashed rev counter and who knows what wrong with the engine?

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According to the guru on the 500K0 in York who advised James and then me, the early crankcase bikes are another sandcast waiting to happen. Not sure how true it is but once mine is built up I will get it in a magazine... which the guy in York says is the key to 'opening the floodgates'. Maybe b*llocks, hype,  dunno but I am fast becoming the K0 kid. 500K0,750K0, 2 x CB250K0's and a CB400F (0) if that exists  :D  Always wanted a 500 four anyway so an exciting adventure. Freddie's bike, apart from the mudguards  & seat doesn't look much better than the one I got from 'J' Those exhausts are only fit for the skip, as is the rear rim. Crafty marketing to leave the exhaust on though to make it look the part.  The York guy said that because of a gearbox problem, many of them were scrapped early on. Was that attributable to  the poorly lubricated needle bearing Oddjob/ Bryan do you reckon?

florence:
did those early types come to the UK?

Trigger:
Nope ! You are safe Florence ;)

florence:
good cos I chucked out a siezed engine a few months ago and was a bit worried.

I now realise all the junk I've scrapped in the past should have been bolted together and put on ebay as a 'barn find'  ;) ;D

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