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CB350/400 / NLA carb parts

« on: April 19, 2026, 05:44:51 PM »

US site has been overwhelmed by some sort of AI bot attack.

Glenn took it down and is investigating some sort of Cloudfare setup.

Steve

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New Member Introductions / Re: Hello from the US

« on: April 15, 2026, 09:09:29 PM »

Quote from: scottly on April 15, 2026, 08:21:19 PM

Looks like I need more posts to stop the verification questions. For some reason April isn't the current month, nor March or June?

It’s a stupid question. I never remember to update the answer.

Any AI would know the answer to that question. Hence the obscure answer

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New Member Introductions / Re: Hello from the US

« on: April 15, 2026, 11:18:05 AM »

Scott’s a moderator on the US site so watch what you all say

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CB650 / Re: Honda CB650 - interesting old article from 1998.

« on: April 10, 2026, 11:14:12 AM »

Yea, Neil Murray was Bike Pusher on here.
I met him once or twice in the early naughties and he seemed a reasonable guy.

Unfortunately, when he came on here he was rude and judgemental.

Shame really. The curse of “social media”.

He died in 2021.

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CB350/400 / Re: Infra Red image of 400-4 header pipes

« on: March 21, 2026, 12:58:59 PM »

I seem to remember the same advice for my VFR800. After the mild steel heatshield had rusted through and disintegrated.

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CB750 / Re: What engine oil

« on: March 13, 2026, 08:12:26 PM »

Watercress Line at Alresford Station.

“If it’s good enough for the Flying Scotsman…”

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Misc / Open / Re: DONATIONS

« on: March 08, 2026, 11:55:29 AM »

Thank you everyone for your donations and your messages of support.

Special thanks to Julie and Diego for renewing their sponsorship of the site.

Steve

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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model

« on: March 06, 2026, 07:03:16 PM »

Quote from: LeCromb on March 06, 2026, 03:33:00 PM

…my other bike is a GPZ900R... )

Is that with a small r or a big R?

Wasn’t that the world’s first 150mph production bike?

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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model

« on: March 02, 2026, 10:47:52 AM »

Quote from: LeCromb on March 01, 2026, 01:35:12 PM

Hi SteveD, thanks, I should have thought about that, but not really used to the Forum format. Do you have an active Facebook group as well?

Not really of the Facebook generation I’m afraid. In fact, no social media presence at all

The forum is old fashioned but if you use a smartphone and Tapatalk, is quite easy to use.

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New Member Introductions / Re: Newbie from North Cheshire, 1976 CB550F UK model

« on: March 01, 2026, 01:22:51 PM »

Welcome and sorry about the verification system.
It’s there to stop spammers who register and post crap.

It should shut up after you have 5 posts.

In the meantime I’ll try to work out why it doesn’t know the month.

Steve

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CB500/550 / Re: Rear wheel spacer dimensions

« on: February 19, 2026, 11:08:46 AM »

Ted - my wife and I went to see the Aussie Floyd at Nottingham last November.

There were quite a few “kids” (those in their 30s - like my kids).

To continue the thread hijack, my kids bought me the Wish You Were Here vinyl for my birthday in January. I had to break the 80s hifi out of the attic to play it.

The record deck (affectionately known as “The Rega”) is now connected to my wireless Sonos system and gets used regularly.

Sadly the old A&R Cambridge suffered 20+ years in the loft and sounded ok but cosmetically was destroyed (presumably by the heat cycles)

I must also (sadly) report that neither the Tannoys nor the Dynaudio speakers can match the sound of the Sonos