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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: AshimotoK0 on September 21, 2024, 10:23:25 AM
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I found this Seotember 1972 500-4 Review in a copy of Motorcyclist Illustrated
Will scan properly when I am next at work
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Thanks for posting this.
Chris Harraway seems to have a 'way with words'.
Very entertaining read.
Looking forward to the full scan.
Regards
Skoti.
P.S.
Avoid warm Fosters!
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Thanks for posting this.
Chris Harraway seems to have a 'way with words'.
Very entertaining read.
Looking forward to the full scan.
Regards
Skoti.
P.S.
Avoid warm Fosters!
Full article is here ... just not a proper scan https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=31471.0;attach=84355
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That’s a very good read - really gives an insight as to how the 750 and 500 were compared back then.
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Interesting report Ash.
Obviously a chap of considerable wealth and worldly experience to reference "Avocado pear" in 1972 ;D
I do like the exhaust note description too "It's a smooth sound that conjures dark velvet in the mind" I like exhausts of such quality :)
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How refreshing to read such an erudite article from a motoring journalist that eschews the usual cliches.
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LGP 31K no longer on DVLA ...wonder what happened to it
Was a proper UK spec machine by the looks of it (no grab rail, LpH configuration on the lighting switch)
UPDATE ! .. is on DVLA after all! :-[ :-[
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gosh, went off the road at only 9 years old
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Geezz... I've stopped reading after the first few lines. Those GTX fumes must have gone to his head... ;D
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Social class dear boy, one is either born to it, or perhaps not ;D
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If a registered keeper or an authorised vehicle dismantlers notify DVLA that a vehicle has been scrapped or exported outside the UK then a VRM search will reveal no trace on a search. If the search comes up such as LGP 31 K as not currently taxed or tested then the vehicle is still on the database so could be in shed, barn, museum or elsewhere possibly before they introduced SORN system so there might be no current keeper.. It's not certain that it no longer exists. I don't know the DVLA housekeeping database rules. I've checked quite a few if my previous Minis - only one comes up as on the database. Likewise all my old bikes except 102 ETF have gone.
My last Mini LOV 378F is still in existence as is my old Bond Equipe EWE176C. I last saw the Bond in a lock up garage being restored almost 30 years ago. As I no longer have access to PNC I have no idea where in the UK they might be.
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I scrapped a ford years ago and it still showed until i eventually sent in the, old, v5. This was before sorn and destruction certificates.
Probably 12 to 15 yrs between physically gone and dvla gone
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I scrapped a ford years ago and it still showed until i eventually sent in the, old, v5. This was before sorn and destruction certificates.
Probably 12 to 15 yrs between physically gone and dvla gone
It might be that none of those vehicles of mine exist as the dates of last V5 issue are decades ago.
I have also noticed that once you do a cherished transfer the original VRM seems to disappear, they show as vehicle could not be found.
I owned a BMW Mini Cooper Auto that I traded in at a local car supermarket in June 2013 - RA03HFL .
It's shown as SORN never been taxed or tested since I traded it in - often wondered what has happened to it.
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Great article Ash - a good read!
Ted, I find that the DVLA site is poor for updating and a bit of a faff if you want more than one lot of info. I've been using checkcardetails.co.uk for a while now and it has all info 'under one roof'. When I take our car for MOT, I usually go for a wander and a coffee before returning but the DVLA info lags behind the 'checkcardetails' site, sometimes for many hours - can't imagine how? Sorry to hi-jack again Ash!
Ian
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A friend had his old car tested at mot station recently, passed and then set off to a day out ... technical breakdown and ultimately needing recovery, his assistance service checked for current mot etc and came back with "not tested" on DVLA site, did recover at hundreds pounds in cost and told him if he could prove status at that point they would reimburse. Took nearly 3 months to get his money returned.
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Does anyone remember 'Motorcyclist Illustrated' magazine .. I don't personally but the chap selling these describes it as 'The Thinking Man's magazine' ::)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143473544841?hash=item2167b08e89:g:2VAAAOSwYKBd93vJ
I got a few copies a largish job lot of magazines.
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Oddly enough I do remember the title even though by the early seventies I was an avid reader of "Tripple C" (Car & Car Conversions) & Clive Trickey books. My budget did not extend to every issue though.
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1972, I was at primary school and more interested in reading Richmal Crompton.
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I used to read it most months, quality tests with no bullcrap
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1972, I was at primary school and more interested in reading Richmal Crompton.
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I thought for a moment that was the author of 'Spick & Span' magazine not Just William. 8) 8) 8)
I used to deliver a copies on my paper round in the 1960's plus Health & Efficiency that used to be in a sealed brown envelope. https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_7024929169
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Hi Ash,
Yes, being an 'Old 'Un' I used to buy motorcyclist illustrated now and then (plus triple C Ted). There was one writer I liked - think his name was Cyril Quantrill - 'Quantrill Comments' was the regular column. Was the outer cover header a sort of pinky red colour?
Ian
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Didn't a bloke named LJK Setright also contibute to Tripple C periodically (no pun intended)?
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I used to read his column in Motorcycle Mechanics (as it was known in the day)
His style was detailed and science/engineering based (A bit like read Nigel's posts :)) )
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I used to read his column in Motorcycle Mechanics (as it was known in the day)
His style was detailed and science/engineering based (A bit like read Nigel's posts :)) )
;D very perceptive Steve. I too read LJKS in both bike and car magazines and liked his searching views of these.
I was recalling the same today, searching for any current trace or reference to him which lead to a book of motorcycle reviews, amongst those bikes are a Triumph twin and Vincent Black Shadow (of which my father owned too) and later the 750 SOHC Honda as well !
I'd just found a copy and ordered that, second hand, when I came back here to see your reference.
A big reader of Triple C too, Ted. Some very, very good technical writing in there, but probably a little later than your own interest of Mini Cooper etc.
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Does anyone remember 'Motorcyclist Illustrated' magazine .. I don't personally but the chap selling these describes it as 'The Thinking Man's magazine' ::)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/143473544841?hash=item2167b08e89:g:2VAAAOSwYKBd93vJ
I got a few copies a largish job lot of magazines.
I remember Illustrated fondly, rivaled Motorcycle Sport,
Both quality reads,
And I enjoyed C&CC,
All the souped up Imps,Mini,and Ford's,
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