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Misc / Open / Blue Job polish
« on: April 05, 2026, 02:12:42 PM »
Has anyone tried this Blue Job chrome polish I've been reading about and can it really clear up the discoloration I'm starting to get on my new header pipes?

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Misc / Open / A mystery in reverse.
« on: April 05, 2026, 06:02:03 AM »
Many years ago when I was a dispatch rider in the 1980s I had a flat mate, a girl called Becky, also a dispatch rider. She bought herself an aging Yamaha DT175 to take the strain off her haloed CBX550, (or maybe to preserve the cam chain tensioner?  :-\ ) Well, one morning she started it, went into gear to move off, and....WOW....it went backwards!  :o After a few more reverse starts it behaved itself again.
Until it had an electrical fire ( it seemed) one night that caused a fire so hot in her garage it practically melted both bikes.  ::)
Ok, what on earth might have made it go backwards though?

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Out & About / Rolling Thunder Ride 2026
« on: April 03, 2026, 06:38:32 PM »
I rode all the way from east London to west London and back to central London, a staggering distance for someone of 69!  :o This was to take part in the Rolling Thunder Ride 2026, an ex-forces veteran's rally that is also a protest platform against the treatment of certain Northern Ireland veterans like Soldier F by the current government, I even got to meet the shadow defence secretary in Parliament square. My own regiment, the Royal Green Jackets was quiet well represented too, I met some of them at last years ride and the Ace Cafe at times.
Boy did we make a lot of noise too.  ;D I got interviewed and photographed by a journalist from Reuters, so look out for me! Here's pics.  8)
 

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Misc / Open / Orkney Bananas?
« on: April 03, 2026, 09:35:16 AM »
This was is on the BBC website this morning. Weekly quiz: Why did bananas cause a stir in Orkney?
We've got some people on the Orkneys, maybe they can tell us, has it got anything to do yellow CB400Fs? ;D

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Misc / Open / On copper exhaust gaskets.
« on: March 21, 2026, 09:16:04 PM »
Can anyone tell me if copper exhaust gaskets are an improvement over the originals?

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Humour / Just say no!
« on: February 22, 2026, 05:16:20 PM »
 ;D What if you asked for cigarettes? :o

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CB350/400 / Starter button no go.
« on: January 03, 2026, 12:17:23 AM »
Electrics, my favorite topic  ::) Pressing my starter button is doing nothing, sometimes when this has happened I've hit the button with the kill switch on, turned it back and hey presto...voom voom. Alas, this past week nothing happens whatever I do. Kick start works fine and battery plus all other electrics just fine. I'm not sure if I should tinker with the switch gear or find out (how?) if the starter solenoid is up the creek.  :o  Any suggestions?  8)

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Misc / Open / Bargain of the month
« on: December 02, 2025, 04:19:01 PM »
Want to give your CB400F a rustic character?  Look no further!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335461866460

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Humour / Poor London..
« on: November 28, 2025, 01:40:06 AM »
I mean....really!  ::) :o ;D What have we come to?  :-\

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Misc / Open / Strange spark plug test result
« on: October 04, 2025, 12:06:09 PM »
I'm not firing on my CB400Fs #2 piston. A look at the plug showed a fairy sooty result that was dry, the plug is new. I did the crude test of placing the plug on the cooling fins and hitting the go button to check for a spark. There was a spark but it came off the top of the electriod, not within the gap itself. Any ideas?

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Misc / Open / Ding Dong Diesel.
« on: September 17, 2025, 12:24:36 PM »
Hopefully I'll get my bike back tonight or tomorrow. She certainly needed the rebore and new pistons that's been done ( Thanks Bryan) but I now know why I had run into sudden and smokey trouble in the first place.... I'd just finished topping up with diesel, by mistake of course. A senior moment to see the bluddy least.  ::)
The mechanic noticed a fuel spill hadn't evaporated and looked closer, discovering why things weren't going well after all should have been fixed by now.
Is there a special  prize or title on this site for these things?  ;D

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Humour / Nicked from FB
« on: September 05, 2025, 01:08:02 PM »
I couldn't resist this one!  ;D

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Misc / Open / Van vs bike crash video
« on: August 30, 2025, 02:48:08 AM »
This video of a bike vs van crash on MSN is causing a lot of debate, what's your take on it? I'm in the top commenters as Sea Witch
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/awful-moment-van-rams-biker-off-road-before-fleeing-caught-on-dashcam/ar-AA1Logyu

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Misc / Open / Shall we all take to the air?
« on: August 18, 2025, 09:21:41 PM »
Well wow! What shall we do, trade in our Honda's for choppers? According to this report we probably could!  ;D https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/other/if-you-can-ride-a-motorcycle-you-can-fly-a-helicopter-this-program-proves-it/ar-AA1KDVTL

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Desperately Seeking!! / CB400F2 cyclinder block
« on: August 13, 2025, 03:43:53 PM »
Does anyone on here have a  CB400F2 cyclinder block for sale the only one I can find on the web find is aweful, and yes, I bet I'm looking for treasure!  ::)

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