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slarty-bart-farst

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Hi from The Isle of Man
« on: December 29, 2006, 03:52:04 PM »
Just joined ( well posted a tip on painting casings silver yesterday ). Any way I have run a K0 for 20 years!! When I bought it we did not really know what it was but it went like ?@**!!. Turns out it was running a Dunstall cam and high comp pistons. Over the years I have collected spares and replaced bits as they rusted so it looks better than ever now. I run a high power headlight and have a rack fitted as the bike if often used to cross on the Isle of Man Ferry back to the UK at 1.00 am in the morning.  This bike gets thrashed round the TT course ( I'm not kidding it still gives some modern bikes a run for their money especialy if its wet ) and takes me and my luggage anywhere an everywhere. I would never sell it, in 20 years its never let me down and it was used in snow for 2 winters cause I had no car!
Check out the world encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org enter CB750 thats my bike cool.

Graham
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2006, 04:06:04 PM »
Welcome.

I assume yours is the red one?

Always liked that color.

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slarty-bart-farst

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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2006, 04:20:47 PM »
Yep mines the red one although it was black when I got hold of it 20 years ago, its on its 3rd repaint, the red fades and gets scatched if you use the bike. Engine has been apart once as a gudgen pin circlip dropped out. I am currently building an 850cc cafe racer with fire blade front end with a set of CR 750 open 4 into 4 meggas, should sound good ecoing off the mountains round the TT course!
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2006, 04:41:27 PM »
Hey welcome to the forum. I was riding the TT course in 1995 on my stock CB750F2. Scary thing on the mountain section going flat out at 100+ mph and some guy on a sportsbike sails past you like you were standing still! Ah love the Isle of Man!

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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2006, 04:47:30 PM »
welcome  :)
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2006, 05:30:18 PM »
Quote from: slarty-bart-farst on December 29, 2006, 03:52:04 PM
...Check out the world encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org enter CB750 thats my bike cool....

Oh, sure.  The rest of us have to create photo albums, but Wikipedia did one for you. ;) ;) ;)

Beauty bike.  Welcome!
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2006, 03:58:53 AM »
Welcome Graham,           
                        Nice to hear that your bike is in regular use, that's what theyb were built for, like Andy I love the Isle of Man and have had the same experience on "Mad Sunday", going as fast as you can, gritted teeth, going to fall off any minute, and whoosh someone goes past so fast you feel like you are standing still ! My first experince of the Island was getting off the ferry in Douglas (BSA A65) and heading towards Bray Hill campsite, we were stopped at Quarter Bridge as the road was closed for practice, and wham Ago on an MV comes down the hill, what a fantastic noise !

Cheers

Den
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2006, 04:11:42 AM »
hello & welcome Graham, very nice bike you have there  8),    mick.
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2006, 12:03:07 PM »
Welcome Graham and that is one nice ride!

Married a Manx girl from Union Mills; have a Brother in Law who lives in Crosby and another in Onchan.

Marty
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slarty-bart-farst

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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2006, 09:00:29 AM »
Thanks for the welcome guys, your right get out on the TT course and you have to rememeber your flat out on a 35 year old machine is 2/3 rds a modern sports bike so you have to watch your mirrors all the time even 100+ mph.
The islands roads are amazing this time of year, washed clean by rain and if you catch a sunny Sunday (am) you have the TT course to yourself.  I also run a Yamaha GTS 1000 ( the one with a hub center steering ) see http://www.gtsclub.org/index.php and this is soooo fast and smooth on the TT couses bumpy fast bends where other bikes get tide in knots. Top speed is effectivly 145 so again sports bikes zip past at 160+!! It just does not sound legal but as you know the open speed limits mean just that. I don't do these speeds that often the odds are against you and you have to be so carefull to pick deserted/safe stretches, much better in reality to keep it around the 100 and chill out a bit.

Graham
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2007, 09:20:39 AM »
isle of man!!!,wow someone here actually lives there.that place is my dream vacation.welcome graham
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2007, 09:29:38 AM »
one question for you slartybart... why is it isle of man sometimes and isle of mann other times.  is it just a mis-spelling or an over the pond thing or  ???

welcome!
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Re: Hi from The Isle of Man
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2007, 04:24:46 PM »
Isle of Man is somtimes written Isle of Mann, I think Mann is the traditonal way to spell it.  Ive seen this and often thought hang on I wonder why.....then my dyslexic brain has kicked in and says "spelling dont go there".  I gonna find out and let you know.
Graham
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