More 1st Bike advice

HONDA CB 500cc 1973

I can't make up my mind, is this horrible or OK and is the price
right. Seat looks low enough for a gurl.

I'll have that fairing for my Bandit mind!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-CB-500_...oryZ9806QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

'Hog

 

'Hog says...

It's fucking awful. The swingarm's not in keeping with the rest of it,
the seat looks wrong with that tank, the tank looks wrong with
everything, the Marzocchis will be rock hard[1] and the drain-Piper
exhaust will have killed the power. About the only things I like are the
Lester alloys and the Rickman half fairing.

What is going thrugh people's minds when they set out to create
something like this, apart from copious quantities of LSD?

[1] They always were, no matter what bike or what rider.

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Lozzo
Track pixie
GSX-R1000 K1
I haven't lost my mind, it's
backed up to a floppy disc
that's around here somewhere.

 

I think it looks rather good - I like the 1970s cafe racer style. The
seat is a bit crappy, though.

Those Marzocchi shocks were dreadful things. But there's a pair of
stock-looking shocks with it, and a brand new Motad exhaust if the Piper
turns out to be as crapas expected.

I'd say it's definitely worth a punt, assuming it is as sorted as the
auction page says it is. And my guess is that it will be - note the
diary and records....

Go for it.

 

And if the engine goes tits up finding spares to fit the re bore would
be a PITA
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http://Borg.no-ip.com

XJ900 Trike GS850 Trike

Some people are like slinkys....
no real use but it makes you smile when they fall down stairs!

 

message

I am somewhere between you and Loz!

'Hog

 

Just bung a set of 550 barrels & pistons on.

 

Just bung a set of 550 barrels & pistons on.[/QUOTE]



There not that easy to find in GOOD condition.

Its a pet bike not a ride every day bike IMO
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http://Borg.no-ip.com

XJ900 Trike GS850 Trike

Some people are like slinkys....
no real use but it makes you smile when they fall down stairs!

 

Uggh now there's a nasty thought
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http://Borg.no-ip.com

XJ900 Trike GS850 Trike

Some people are like slinkys....
no real use but it makes you smile when they fall down stairs!

 

Barrels and pistons are *easy* to find. The tricky stuff is things like
decent heads, sets of carbs that aren't gummed up, etc etc.

Old Honda barrels and pistons seem to last forever.

Yes, I'd agree with that. I still think it's worth £750 all day long.

 

'Hog says...

I say there are plenty of other bikes to waste money on, like a decent
trailie or suchlike.

--
Lozzo
Track pixie
GSX-R1000 K1
I haven't lost my mind, it's
backed up to a floppy disc
that's around here somewhere.

 

I love it. I think it's fucking hot. Look at the size of that tank, must
be 5 gallons minimum.

Seriously, it's a good-looking, non-threatening special. £750 is less than
you'd spend buying something else and making it look that good. And if it
all goes to ratshit, you can part it out for a lot more. Those wheels
aren't Comstars, y'know.

I'm tempted to bid myself.

 

Again, Yup. A nice pair of Lesters - an easy ton, all day.

Again, Yup.....

 

Lozzo fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

such as ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-XTZ660...4584721492QQcategoryZ9809QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

--
Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Steve Parry says...

That looks quite nice and well worth buying at anything up to about 1000
quid imo.

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Lozzo
Track pixie
GSX-R1000 K1
I haven't lost my mind, it's
backed up to a floppy disc
that's around here somewhere.