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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: robG on November 14, 2008, 02:20:32 PM
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Latest addition to the stable is a 1982 Cb 250 Rs . 39,000 , very standard , tool kit , handbook , service record etc .Very original , not concours but very usable .A few niggles but nothing untoward . However has anyone replaced the cush drive . It's an RSA , therefore has the four bobbins and appears to be an a**e of a job .
Hints and tips anyone ?
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In reply to your question - "Yes!" Couldn't be bothered PMing you.
Boyd
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Is this the forum equivalent of two women whispering and giggling together whilst their boyfriends look on bemused? ;)
Anyway to return to the thread, I've seen Rob's CB250RS and it looks very smart. It's not concours, someone has been at the frame and swingarm with the old Smoothrite, but it's all there and tidy. Can't be many left in that condition.
A good buy I'd say.
GC
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well done that man - it's not a honda is it? :o
Anyway where are the pics?
Steffan
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therefore has the four bobbins and appears to be an a**e of a job .
Hints and tips anyone ?
Yes it is......!!!!!!!
How much play ?
Do they need replacing ?
Jethro
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Even in the darkest of nights , and after copious amounts of Claret how , by all that is sacred, could anyone mistake myself and Boyd for two women whispering and giggling .
Steffan , Yes it is a honda , but it is said that you do meet the nicest people on one .Pics to follow in due course .
Jethro, Yes , bit wobbly , you can feel it when ridden and there is movement at the sprocket .Therefore I think they do need to come out .
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I had a Honda once, though I don't like to mention it. :-[ In my defence I would point out I was very young and didn't know any better. ::) It was only the once mind, so maybe it was just a youthful aberration.
Steffan ;D
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I had a Honda once, though I don't like to mention it. :-[ In my defence I would point out I was very young and didn't know any better. ::) It was only the once mind, so maybe it was just a youthful aberration.
Steffan ;D
Remind me. How's the Enfield?? MZ back together yet?? ;D ;D ;D
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Enfield is going strong and I am savouring the MZ rebuild. No Pat, life is not always easy but at least we can seek to preserve our self respect. :P
Steffan
;D
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I've had a couple of excellent Hondas. A 1970 P50 and a C70 or 90 Cub. Best bikes Honda ever built.
"Knock Knock
Who's there ?
CX500"
Also worked for several other Hondas too. VF750 anybody ?
We shouldn't really be so cruel about Hondas - even though I think I started it. Especially as I rather like MZs. No camchains mind, which has to be a good thing.
;-)
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two women whispering and giggling together whilst their boyfriends look on bemused? ;)
Jesus, I thought my cover was blown!*
Boyd**
* no smutty fellatio jokes please......
** aka Capt. Hornblower
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I have a confession to make .................
I have had quite a few hondas over the years .....
XL 185S , CB125S1 , CB250 RS { 1st time round } CB500 / 4 , CB 400/ 4 and now a second CB 250RS and briefly a GB400 .
This does not make me a bad person , honest .
I have to be fair though , the 1st 250 rs gave me some massive smiles . I remember some find rides around the Wye valley .
However I still miss my XT 500 .
All time favourite thumper you have owned , anyone ?
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That Honda Cub. Brilliant machine, truly one of the worlds greatest bikes. Nothing will beat the look on the faces of the, mainly German, BMW riders on the mountain pass towards Dingle on the W. Coast of Ireland as I rode past on UK plates.
Everybody should, and probably has, owned one.
Richard
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There's a British bloke I've met at the Elefant who has ridden to LOTS of winter rallies in Britain and mainland Europe on a Cub. Mind you, I seem to remember him saying that he needed two weeks off work to get to the Elefant and back again :o
Funnily enough, I was looking at my Dragon site stats and I saw that I'd had a lot of hits via the UK Cub90 website forum. I popped over and saw that they were discussing doing the Dragon this year. Good lads ;)
GC
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I've had a couple of excellent Hondas. A 1970 P50 and a C70 or 90 Cub. Best bikes Honda ever built.
"Knock Knock
Who's there ?
CX500"
Also worked for several other Hondas too. VF750 anybody ?
We shouldn't really be so cruel about Hondas - even though I think I started it. Especially as I rather like MZs. No camchains mind, which has to be a good thing.
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Dont start me on Hondas....!!!!! CX500,VF750,CB750/900,CBX1000,CB1100R what a crap design that was OH ! dont forget the VTEC 800,Camino,Stream,FT500 etc...etc....the list goes on...!
Mind they have produced some loverly stuff to the C50,70,90s,RFVC engine,CBX750,VFR750 and the V-twin is a good set up VT500,Translap,Africa Twin etc !
But there ALL the manufacturers have had their moments good and bad.
And of course we all have our own personal favourites.
Jethro
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Personal favorites from various factories , not all of which are thumpers ...........
Vfr 750 , Fz 750 , cb250 rs {obviously } cb 400 /4 , Kawa triples , Xt 500 , Armstrong 500 { much fun had around various mod establishments !} xr 200 , xbr 500 , srx 600 , etc ..............
Yes we all have favourites , even those which are n't acknowledged ' classics '.
Which bring s me on to another point , what is a classic ?
I feel a new post coming on .
Rob .
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I had one Honda. A 1979 CB100N. A total rat bike that used oil faster than a two stroke because some moron had drilled a hole in the crank case and superglued bolt in to cover the mess.
What killed the whole brand for me was spares prices.
Andy
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Honda spare parts prices can make your eyes water. Whats worse is one part may fit more than one bike, but be priced differently depending on which bike you have. For example, CBR600F1 front brake seals are the same as the ones on the CB350S and carried different prices. No prizes for guessing that the CBR ones were more money.... Having owned both bikes and worked on them you tend to notice identical bits.
I have also owned no less than 2 C90s, 1 CG125, an SS50, CB400T, CB400/4, CBR400R, CBR600FJ, CB350S, CD200, CB50J, CB400N. I was a dedicated Honda fan until I discovered the hidden delights of a Yamaha RS200 swiftly followed by my SRX250 and a continuous stream of other Yamahas with only one brief rude interuption by a Suzuki GSXR400RRRRSSP.
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I agree . Back in the day { mid eighties } , I worked in a Honda / Suzuki main dealer . Even then we were keeping pattern parts due to the price of Honda spares . I remember a chap coming in and asking for a quote on CBX1000 camshafts , crank , rods, pistons everything . Apparently there was an oversight regarding oil level !
I think the price exceeded the national debt of Bolivia.
I also remember a poster above the door which led from the spares store into the shop itself . Depicted a rather attractive Doris { naked of course } standing next to 400/4 which was adorned with various ' Honda style ' carriers , crash bars , top box etc . Of course your eye was immediately drawn to the carrier etc .
How many people saw that poster and thought ;
' Ah yes a naked young lady , that reminds me , I need a carrier for my Honda '
I can't help thinking we ' ve lost something over the years regarding adverts...................
PS , Who remembers Tula ?
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I don't understand why the dislike of Honda ??? Don't buy one for whatever reason, but you have to hand it to them for being a major driving force behind motorcycle development in general, and for that alone they deserve something don't they??
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Yes , but who can forget the Honda Stream and they were possibly the first major company to produce a PINK moped .
A masterstroke if ever there was one !
Of course there were the inboard discs , CBX 550 , VF400, etc ................
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I remember Tula !!!! ;D
Honda do have a habit of copying and calling it all their own....when it works !
And pinching names for their bikes too from old manufacturers(!)
But Why! Oh Why put two cam chains into a DOHC ! And Put a manual cam chain adjuster at the front of an engine ! Then wonder why it siezes and snaps the bolt !
Jethro
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I remember Tula !!!! ;D
Jethro
Aye Jethro,
Lou Reed and 'Walk on the wildside' if I remember correctly, " She was a he and he was a she"! ??? Of course the alternative Dubliners, 'Zooological Gardens' with "hemales and shemales of every hue" ;) might be the better for carousing too? ;D
My regards to 'The Stalwart', Bill.
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Rob,
Here's another honda brake, the 'V' brake which most folk think Shimano invented:
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/fomic/HondaRC114twin50cc1964racer-1a.jpg)
ps. I remember Tula in the old 'Life Helmets' ads in the 70's, wearing body painted 'leathers'
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Exactly Bill !!!
She was a He ! He was a She !
What uproar when it came out,after all those adverts with Her body painted leathers.
And all the hairy bikers who had designs of their own for Her ;D ;D ;D
Jethro
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And I still have the ad if you want me to post it!
Andy
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Just realised how bad that might sound .........
And I still have the ad if you want me to post it!
Andy
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You have to post it , there are young persons out there who don't understand !
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and furriners who didn't see it either
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Who can forget the green and white Kawasaki leathers !
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OK guys you asked of Tula so here she/he is .......
(http://)
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Oh! Not really sure what went wrong.
Steve, how do I insert an image file?
Tagged 'Insert image' icon but no Tula :'(
Have Tula (x2), hilarious ad with Phil and Angie Read and very un-PC Avon Roadrunner ad to share with all once I can fugure out how to insert the images.
Andy
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(http://C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew\My Documents\My Scans\2008-11 (Nov)\tula comp)
No idea if this will work or not but here goes anyway!
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Bugger! I give up.
It will have to wait until somebody can advise how the hell images are uploaded.
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To display images on this forum, you can only link to images already stored on the web. What I do is upload an image to my NTL websapce (most internet service providers give you some free space) and then copy the image address into the mail between the img /img brackets. (The img brackets appear when you click on the (http://www.thumperclub.com/smf/Themes/ThumperClubv11/images/bbc/img.gif) icon.
I think you can easily upload images to some photo storage websites, but I've never done that, can anyone advise?
GC
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gc,
I use 'photobucket', easy-peasy, just sign up and off you go.
http://register.photobucket.com/ (http://register.photobucket.com/)
xb,
I couldn't find the Life ad, but here's another of Tula to keep you going:
(http://www.thedragnet.org/stuff/tula_01.jpg)
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:o Good Lord !!!!!!!!!
What have I started ?!
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Oh the innocence of youth Rob! ;D
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Thank God all blokes don't look like that or we'd all be in a lot of bother!
Will upload the images to either my blog or Picasa album and then to TC in the next couple of days.
Thank you to GC for explaining the route to image posting.
Andy
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Andy,
Remember Begbie in Trainspotting? "Ahm no' a buftie!" as Renton said to him "It could have been wonderful." If youse are at all worried, try this quiz: http://www2.b3ta.com/femaleorshemale/ (http://www2.b3ta.com/femaleorshemale/)
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ps. I only got 11 out of 16, but ahm no a buftie neither ;D
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OMG! I got 13 out of 16. Too much internet research is honing my skills
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15 out of 16... :o
GC
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13/16. Mistook one lady for a bloke and two blokes for ladies....
Not too bad I guess being as we cannot hear them speak or smell them.
R
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11/16.......got all the blokes.
But mistook some of the ladies for blokes !
Just being cautious ;D ;D
Jethro
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Right, well here goes .........
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ik9aQxvIu4Q/SSrdX1BOqZI/AAAAAAAABF8/ZpsCxZwz3xw/s1600-h/Tula+comp.jpg)
The Tula advert we all remember but none admit to loving, ahem .....
(http://tinyurl.com/683h4l)
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DOHH!!!!
Still no picture!
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OK, trying a differnt route/
(http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/andrew.dodd/AndrewSBlog?authkey=XdnLGtW-B4Q#5272269715229550994)
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Steve, the SRX not quite Tula but very appealing in a manly sort of way ;)
Sorry guys but have tried everything my feeble IT skills permit and now give up trying to post the images. Have tried publishing from my blog and Picasa album but to no avail.
On a different note, anybody visiting the NEC in the next week or so?
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Steve, the SRX not quite Tula but very appealing in a manly sort of way ;)
Sorry guys but have tried everything my feeble IT skills permit and now give up trying to post the images. Have tried publishing from my blog and Picasa album but to no avail.
On a different note, anybody visiting the NEC in the next week or so?
Hmmm cant see whats wrong with this. The Link does contain a lot of odd characters but should work. I load it directly on the site
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(http://www.thumperclub.com/images/tulacomp.jpg)
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Ah ha! Well done Steve.
Not sure what you did that I did'nt but what the hell, got there in the end!
Thanks,
Andy
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Aye Andy,
You trying for the same 'pout' in your avatar? ;D
Regards, Cheeky S*d!
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Aye Andy,
You trying for the same 'pout' in your avatar? ;D
Here's the end result:
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/one.pot/rubytits.JPG)
GC
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Oh dear lord !
Well done GC.
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;D
Very funny Graham.Clearly far too much time on your hands. :)
Andy
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Oh yes... I did a bit of digital trickery and viewed the rest of your original avatar... is there something we should know? ;D
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/one.pot/rubydress.JPG)
GC
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We appear to be still *rseing about Graham !
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Graham,
Yes there is and that is .......
Time I changed my avatar (again)!
;D ;D ;D
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Shame! That avatar causes much merriment between Kat and I, our neighbours 'lady friend' has a remarkable likeness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chuckle. ;D
My regards, Bill.
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I note you say 'lady friend', at first I thought it said 'lady boy' :o