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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #75 on: July 20, 2016, 11:22:10 AM »
That will make for a great article.
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #76 on: July 22, 2016, 06:48:31 AM »
I just received this email from Colin Seeley, great news.

Hi Geoff

The bike looks excellent and from my records I can verify its originality. I Look forward to receiving your cheque and I will then send an official verification letter in due course, together with the book.

Kind records.

Colin Seeley.

The cheque mentioned is a donation to the Joan Seely Pain Relief Trust and I ordered Vol 2 of Colins autobiograpy (hopefully autographed too)

Cheers  Geoff
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #77 on: July 22, 2016, 07:49:57 AM »
Seely has a multi volume bio?
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #78 on: July 22, 2016, 08:36:44 AM »
It must give him a smile to see his work out there in the wild.
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #79 on: July 22, 2016, 10:04:48 AM »
I have both volumes of the book.

VERY interesting stuff!
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #80 on: August 05, 2016, 05:52:17 AM »
I just received my copy of Vol 2, signed by Colin  8)





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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #81 on: August 05, 2016, 06:19:49 AM »
That is so ultra cool. What a great addition to the Seeley collection.
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #82 on: September 26, 2016, 06:17:18 AM »
Hi,

The feature on my Seeley Honda 750 was published in the October Classic Bike magazine. A good write up from Gez Kane.  Colin Seeley confirms that only 6 bikes were "factory" built by CSRD so it makes my bike a pretty rare example.

Classic Bike feature Oct 2016 by zunspec, on Flickr

Here is a link to my flickr album page.  Select a photo then If you go to the bottom right of the page you will see an arrow pointing down.  Click on this and then "view all sizes", you then have a choice of photo sizes, Large is OK to read (you don't actually have to download the photo) https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunspec/albums/72157671221523016

Cheers  Geoff
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #83 on: September 26, 2016, 08:55:04 AM »
Quote from: Zunspec on September 26, 2016, 06:17:18 AM
Hi,

The feature on my Seeley Honda 750 was published in the October Classic Bike magazine. A good write up from Gez Kane.  Colin Seeley confirms that only 6 bikes were "factory" built by CSRD so it makes my bike a pretty rare example.

Classic Bike feature Oct 2016 by zunspec, on Flickr

Here is a link to my flickr album page.  Select a photo then If you go to the bottom right of the page you will see an arrow pointing down.  Click on this and then "view all sizes", you then have a choice of photo sizes, Large is OK to read (you don't actually have to download the photo) https://www.flickr.com/photos/zunspec/albums/72157671221523016

Cheers  Geoff

So cool!
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #84 on: September 26, 2016, 09:29:26 AM »
 Nice find, I love digging into the history of a machine. 
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #85 on: October 01, 2016, 12:59:36 AM »
Thanks guys,

I thought the rider/journo, Gez Kane, wrote a very good and sympathetic article.  Some great shots from the phtographer.  We all had a good time doing the photo shoot, just wish we had returned via the scenic route so Gez had chance to give the Seeley a proper try out.

Cheers  Geoff
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #86 on: November 14, 2016, 01:33:36 PM »
The letter confirming the authenticity of my bike from Colin Seeley. I already posted this in the Seeley register thread but thought I would add it to the project thread for completeness.



Cheers  Geoff
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Re: Seeley Honda 750 SH7-672F
« Reply #87 on: November 14, 2016, 03:25:47 PM »
That is worth its weight in gold.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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