Honda-SOHC

Has anyone got a Main Stand to fit a Honda CB750K4 they can sell to me ?

I need one to finish the build, so I'd appreciate if you'd check your parts stash - we all have one !

I'm located near Blackpool.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Best regards,
Alan.

This popped up on my PC today from Crich Tramway.
Nice to see how 'Enthusiasts' are held in the highest esteem by other Enthusiasts - whether they ride bikes or trams.

QUOTE: A Fitting Farewell for Geoffrey Claydon 🚋
This morning, Crich Tramway Village came together to honour the remarkable life and legacy of Geoffrey Claydon CB LLB M.Inst TA CMILT with a very special final journey.
In a deeply moving tribute, Geoffrey was carried for his ‘last ride’ through the museum from Town End, through Wakebridge then up to Glory Mine on Blackpool 166 followed by Glasgow 22 and Chesterfield 7. Glasgow 812 stood quietly at Town End, while Geoffrey’s favourite trams lined the workshop stretch of the line – a subtle but powerful reflection of a lifetime spent in passionate service to the Tramway Museum Society and the wider heritage railway movement.
Today’s procession was a rare and deeply personal honour, made possible because of Geoffrey’s immeasurable contributions to our museum, and to the very foundations of heritage transport in the UK.
His impact can be seen in every tram that runs at Crich and across the country. His wisdom shaped the laws that protect and empower our sector. And his presence here, over decades of leadership, will never be forgotten.
Thank you, Geoffrey. 💛

I rarely post pics of my bike rides out cos I don't go too far nowadays, but seeing as the George Formby Appreciation Society met in Blackpool this week.....I thought 'Why not'. This is the Blue Plaque outside the great man's former home in Lytham. It's a lovely spot and I believe he spent some happy years looking out over the Ribble Estuary from his beautiful home.

My sister lives across the Estuary....it's just a few miles from me, but to visit I have to travel into Preston, cross the River Ribble and out again to Hesketh Bank (Southport)....about 30 miles each way. DOH !

All this stuff about New Bikes got me jealous (almost). Having sold on the 74 CB500 Four I bought to run around on this summer which turned out to have an engine problem - think Ringo drumming on a stack of tin cans, I sold it on E Bay to a very nice bloke in Pontefract. He had a splendid old Kawasaki Z650 and a lovely Triumph Stag, so I was very happy it went to a good home and no doubt he'll make a nice restoration of it. Hopefully, he'll join this great Forum so we might see the bike in the future. I hope so.

After unloading it from the trailer we started it up and it ran like a sewing machine....."I thought you said it has an engine problem" ! he said...."It does....I have been dead straight that it probably needs a new Cam Chain and Tensioners".   I could have cried !!!!! It ran perfectly.....but the deal was done so I moved on.

I'm now the proud owner of a 2007 CB600F.......one mature owner (who kept it in his bedroom) with 1200 miles on it. Lovely bike and just what I wanted after my Hernia Op two weeks ago. Nice and light, easy to shift around in my garden/ garage and with brilliant steering when on the move. A bit buzzy compared to what I'm used to, but bags of ooomph and very happy with the little steed (especially the low mileage as it's like it just left the Honda Showroom).

My Hernia Op went well so just behaving myself while I get better, then I'll hopefully start on some of my other bike projects again, and catch up on all the jobs around the house that the Hernia has stopped me from doing in the last year. I might even get my 1970 Bonneville on the road after importing it as a wreck in 2008 ! Watch this space.

Thanks to those of you who enquired over my health recently......much appreciated. There are some real stars on this Forum.....you know who you are, and I hope I have been as good a friend to you as you have been to me.

I pinched this from a Triumph Bike Forum.

It's a Petition asking for the law to provide access to all Bus Lanes for Motorcycles. Seems like a good idea to me, especially if you commute on your Motorcycle in Towns or Cities.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614294

From this months Triumph Owners Club Magazine, Nacelle:

Wanted: Honda 500/4 Engine. Any condition.
Contact Bob.
Mobile 07919 064123.
E Mail: bobwoof41@gmail.com.
Location: Lancashire.

This is nothing to do with me, I don't know the bloke but somebody on this Forum may be able to help.

And another thing (pinched off another bike Forum) !

A bloke sitting next to me on the Train pulled out a photo of his Wife and showed it to me saying "This is my Wife....isn't she beautiful" ?

I replied "If you think she's beautiful, you should see my Wife"

He said "Why.....is she a stunner" ?

"No.....she's an Optician" !