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Offline MadDogMcq

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First "Proper" Photo
« on: November 25, 2006, 08:39:18 AM »
Spent all day stripping the carbs down today and then rebuilding and balancing them. Before I knew it, it was starting to go dark again so I thought I'd grab a quick photo of the old girl.



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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2006, 08:54:57 AM »
Very, Very nice.

Which exhaust do you have on there?  Mine has crap pipes so I'm looking to replace them soon.

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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2006, 08:59:56 AM »
Hi Dave,
They're the original Honda pipes all the way through. The bike's done 31,000 miles so they're obviously replacements but luckliy, the guy who changed them decided to fork out on Honda stuff.  Motad 4-into-1 costs about £230 and they're nowhere near as well chromed.
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2006, 09:15:40 AM »
No wonder they "just looked right".
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2006, 02:07:08 PM »
Very, very, nice!
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2006, 04:22:24 PM »
Very very clean and well presented.

Something to be proud of.
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2006, 04:44:57 PM »
Very nice indeed.

My basket case has OEM pipes cut-off at where the mufflers used t/b and a Mac unit I have mounted on the bike to get me going. Honda sourced pipes are 10 times the quality of funky Mac thingy. I'm looking to go with 4-2 slip-ons when the time, part and money get right.
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2006, 07:19:22 PM »
lovely looking bike there mate, be carefull goin round corners with those pipes, i took mine off, b/c the collector drags on the ground very early... (bought my system NOS), BTW dont think you have the right front guard on there either..... not pickin mind, just lettin you know, love the red.... very very nice... what are your plans for it, leavve it stock, cafe?, streeter?.... keep us in the loop...


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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2006, 02:02:21 AM »
Man. that's pretty 8)
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2006, 03:44:15 AM »
Thanks guys! Here's another pic and the link below it will reveal a 1600x1200 image for close detail. The bike's totally original. (Whoops - apart from the horn which I just couldn't live with, so I replaced it with a new one from my Honda CBF1000).



BIG version here...
http://www.mcqart.com/xj600/images/cb750/cbbmw02_1600.jpg
 
 
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2006, 06:58:26 AM »


very nice.

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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2006, 07:57:37 AM »
Looks great, MadDog!
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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2006, 08:09:24 AM »
Quote from: cben750f1 on November 25, 2006, 07:19:22 PM
lovely looking bike there mate, be carefull goin round corners with those pipes, i took mine off, b/c the collector drags on the ground very early... (bought my system NOS), BTW dont think you have the right front guard on there either..... not pickin mind, just lettin you know, love the red.... very very nice... what are your plans for it, leavve it stock, cafe?, streeter?.... keep us in the loop...


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Front fender is OEM for USA. The front blinkers look to from an earlier K. Very, very, very nice condition sir.
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2006, 08:44:40 AM »
Really nice bike. Congrats!

Mike,
I'm with you on the turn signals front and back but not the fender. Mine did not/does not have the front support like the K's had.

CBen,
Don't EVEN mention cafe for that pristine stock F. We gotta stick together.   
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2006, 08:51:40 AM »
That front fender looks like standard UK stock to me.  In fact, Den just sent me a photo of himself stood next to his brand new (1976) bike and it has the same front mudguard. The indicators too, look standard to me.

Here's Den's pic for comparison....

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« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2006, 12:54:27 PM »
Quote from: RxmanGriff on November 26, 2006, 08:44:40 AM
Really nice bike. Congrats!

Mike,
I'm with you on the turn signals front and back but not the fender. Mine did not/does not have the front support like the K's had.

CBen,
Don't EVEN mention cafe for that pristine stock F. We gotta stick together.   
Jerry you're right about the fender (USA model)...I just checked 2 sources. As for the indicators...the F had half round backs front and rear. Mine has FJ1200 indicators now. ;)
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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2006, 02:51:33 PM »
here is mine stock....  its really interesting the differences with the same model, but in different countries!!!!!

man they are beautifull lookin bikes..peace

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Re: First "Proper" Photo
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2006, 03:56:28 PM »
That's a beauty Ben. Those bars seem quite high up. Did you put those on or were they standard fitting in Oz?
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« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2006, 05:48:44 PM »
Quote from: MadDogMcq on November 26, 2006, 08:51:40 AM
That front fender looks like standard UK stock to me.  In fact, Den just sent me a photo of himself stood next to his brand new (1976) bike and it has the same front mudguard. The indicators too, look standard to me.

Here's Den's pic for comparison....


I'll tell you what...that's a Belsfaff cotton jacket.. I still have my first one..... ;)
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« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2006, 05:51:51 PM »
.....though it don't fit to well........ ;D
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« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2006, 05:53:42 PM »
Yay! (New wallpaper). Thanks MadDog. You can't put enough verys preceeding it, so I'll just say it's nice and leave it at that.
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« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2006, 06:24:25 PM »
Muddah #%*#er! Dat jus nice!
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« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2006, 06:59:49 PM »
yeah they are the factory bars, bloody awefull!!, but they will go back on when i return the F1 to standard.... but that will be in a few years...

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« Reply #23 on: November 26, 2006, 07:08:57 PM »

    MadDog my friend that is sweeeet!!! Kudo's to you.
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« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2006, 06:36:11 AM »
Having built lots of them out of the crate i can say the the UK one is Standard for the UK. First bike with the HUGE blinkers (and rear light) was the CBX, F2 and second model Wing. Your US "safety" people have a heluva lot of ugly mods to answer for
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