Video of a CB750 test ride

Hope mine goes as well, although mine is a 550, and his is a 750....very nice it is to!

Oh, by the way, got it home OK on Royal Wedding Day (29th April), sorted the leaky fork seal on Monday 2nd May, just waiting for a horn switch to get it ready for an MOT. Been using the S10 for work these last two day's, sun is out but it is chilly, everyones praying for rain!

Well just look at the date!

Don't know what happened but I just stopped blogging, it feels like ages ago! Anyway, I'm back, with a new bike project!



It's a 1979 CB550 Supersport, or at least that's what it say's on the Ebay advert. Bid on it and lost it last Sunday, I went up to 655.00 and a mysterious other bidder won at 675.00. But then the winner did not want it (so the seller said) and contacted me, I went and saw it yesterday, made my original offer of 400.00, and it was accepted!



It's a bit rougher than it looks, with a high mileage, 60K engine, and a rusty frame. Hopefully I can do it as a running project. Why did I buy it, well partly as a reaction to the fact that I manoeuvred myself into not being able to go to the Super Tenere national meet, which is in Yorkshire this weekend, and partly because I still harbour this idea of attending classic bike shows, and the Super Tenere does not fit that mold.



I am saying at the moment that I will fix up this Honda (at least it's running, unlike the military CB250 I bought, and sold at a profit last year), and, once it's MOT'd and taxed, run it for a bit, and see it I like it/can live with it. The Super Tenere has 69BHP and run's like a train, the CB has 50BHP and is an unknown.....I shall probably sell one or the other later this year, although second hand bike prices are a bit depressed.



Anyway as usual have to dash, should be doing something else, radio stuff, and then there is the Royal Wedding, and the bike to go and collect......although it is Sorned, not MOT'd or insured, and I should be getting the trailer out......

Day out to the sea side.

Took the bike and Julie down to Bournemouth on Sunday, Dan was at cadet camp and Tash off with Simon so on our own, decided not to have Sunday lunch at home, Julies idea to go out on the bike. Went to Hobbycraft and garden centre first, then headed for the beach. It was very busy at the pier, quieter as we walked down towards Poole.



Had a nice lunch at Harry Ramsdens famous fish and chip shop on the seafront, walked along the beach and then checked out the pleasure gardens.



Dans away at cadet camp, last week he came home form sports leadership training with the beginnings of an idea to go back to college, and get a part time job.



Been doing a lot of radio stuff, training mostly. Also busy at work with the big launch at IBC........

Sorry, been gone for ages'''''''

No excuses, except been pretty busy.

Doug let me ride his 1930's Velocette today....and I ache already, only went out for 10 minutes.

Plan is to book the Velo and another of Doug's bikes in to Popham Airfield bike show on August 22nd, should be fun!

Classic Motorbike Video...

Popped down to the car park in Ludgershall to see the guys going to the Wilts Steam Rally at Oare on Sunday, and this is what I found....

Hey I'm back.....

Got lots to tell you about, but meanwhile here's a decent pic of a Honda Africa Twin...

Dilema??

I think I need a new project to give me something to think about, I keep looking at other bikes! Now that the S10 has been equipped and used for the Bala trip I don't have any reason to pull it apart (except that it now vibrates at 50mph plus). What to do?

Above pic is me on the campsite at Bala on the Super Tenere, it did 40mpg (is that good or bad) loaded up and did not cause me any problems at all, 70mph with ease on the motorway, 40-50mph elsewhere. So why change it? Well there is the vibration that I mentioned earlier, and those exhaust downpipes and the head problem will bite me eventually. What's it used for? A few miles to work and back, hardly justifies the power of the bike, took it to Andy's last time, no real reason for that, it was OK on the motorway but not my favourite place. Dan goes on the back to Cadets from time to time, Julie's been on it once..

This Silver RE Trials lives in London, reserve price is 1,250.00 pounds.

This Silver RE Trials lives in Essex, currently at 560.00 pounds, 9 days to go. These are both 350's, will they be powerful enough? And can I cope with kick-starting again?

This Black RE is a bit unusual, quite old (1989), obviously a bit of a "bitsa", could easily be a trail bike version, new tyres, handlebars. Would really also need new front wheel and exhaust to make a trial bike, so not really so good an option. Currently at 210.00 pounds with days to go, in Stourbridge, 100 miles away (Birmingham).

This one bothers me, could be made into a nice trials bike, was on at 100.00 pounds, now at 455.00 pounds (just shot up to 700.00 pounds plus, well out of my reach!) finishes today at 1.55pm. It's a lot of money to spend on a rough non runner, but the others shown on this page will go a lot higher. Ebay has a lot to answer for!