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Offline The Lone Builder

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2024, 04:20:44 pm »
Quote from: The Lone Builder on April 16, 2024, 04:17:23 pm
The die has been cast and the wheels are turning!!

I am now in sunny Halifax, basking in a positively tropical 14º!

The bike has arrived safely and I plan to head to PEI on Thursday.

The website will be activated tomorrow with any luck:

belfast2belfastbybike.com

he website is now officially live!
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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2024, 07:43:18 pm »
Quote from: The Lone Builder on April 19, 2024, 04:20:44 pm
Quote from: The Lone Builder on April 16, 2024, 04:17:23 pm
The die has been cast and the wheels are turning!!

I am now in sunny Halifax, basking in a positively tropical 14º!

The bike has arrived safely and I plan to head to PEI on Thursday.

The website will be activated tomorrow with any luck:

belfast2belfastbybike.com

he website is now officially live!
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #27 on: May 06, 2024, 06:01:15 pm »
Met Sean (and Stu and Mike) this past weekend in New Hampshire and it was a real pleasure. Sean what a legend!!! It was great to see the bike and the man who had travelled from Zimbabwe. It would have been easy to chat for days with Sean as he is such a cool guy  - same goes for Stu!

Anyway here are the photos

Sean is in the middle :)

The bike!

Stus bike

The line up shot with Stu, Mike and Sean (I’m on the left)


Great day for bikes!!


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Offline BenelliSEI

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2024, 06:49:25 pm »
Sean…..In case you missed my message, your new Garmin arrived in the post. I have it here. If you need anything else, let me know. John D.
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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #29 on: May 06, 2024, 08:26:16 pm »
Hi John,

I thought I had replied to you. I did see the message, thanks.

All I need now is a functioning bike!! Having some clutch/gear selection problems. Trying to find some zinc additive which Hondaman thinks may solve the problem.

Watch this space.
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CB750 K2 - From Belfast-2-Belfast
CB750 K1 - The less, said the better!
CB450 K1 - Stalled.
CB400F Supersport - Not Rusty any more!

Follow my journey through Africa @ http://Belfast2BelfastByBike.com

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #30 on: May 07, 2024, 09:13:06 am »
Will do! John D.
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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #31 on: May 09, 2024, 07:55:03 pm »
The bike is now up and running again :)

The problem was quite simple to fix; only needed a screwdriver and an Allen key to get at the screw. The screw holding the plate stopper onto the gear shift drum - No 21 in the diagram – had worked loose.

Simple, eh? Thanks to Andy750 for this solution.

At least I now know that my clutch is in OK and goor for another 10K at least.

I’m off towards Canada - Belfast, Ontario tomorrow, and a new blog post will be coming soon, soon; promise.

Sean
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CB750 K1 - The less, said the better!
CB450 K1 - Stalled.
CB400F Supersport - Not Rusty any more!

Follow my journey through Africa @ http://Belfast2BelfastByBike.com

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #32 on: May 10, 2024, 02:33:17 am »
It was great getting together at Steve Blake's last Saturday  with Sean, Andy and Mike. Andy was fiddling with his windshield when Sean, Mike and I pulled in the driveway from Saco Maine and it had warmed up to 60ish degrees. Sean was thinking about his little windshield too and Steve piped up that he had an original Wixom fairing upstairs that he'd donate to Sean's ride, he'd taken it off his gold K2. Sean and I drove back over from my place the next day in my van as it was raining to get the Wixom and some NOS parts from Steve including a new clutch lifter plate(didn't end up needing it though). The clutch was fine. And yes thanks Andy for texting about the screw that you had come loose on your K4 on a mountain rode in the alps. As Sean's is a K4 too, this is a possible problem with the K4s per Mark Paris in his reply he has found a few of the shift drum/holding plate tapered screw loose over the years(note to self to check the screw on my K4 project!). We put some loctite blue(Andy did it to his) on the threads rather than relying on the failed staking to hold it.
It's been great having you in as company Sean. And yes your shifting does sound lots better as it should sound.
I'm glad you decided to stay a few extra days here and went to Bike Night too. You are welcome anytime here.
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2024, 10:57:11 am »
Awesome to hear Sean. Great networking and wrenching services all around!
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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2024, 11:17:13 am »
John BenelliSEI posted on the 24 rides thread that Sean arrived there yesterday afternoon.
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Belfast 2 Belfast By Bike
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2024, 04:40:21 pm »
Quote from: newday777 on May 13, 2024, 11:17:13 am
John BenelliSEI posted on the 24 rides thread that Sean arrived there yesterday afternoon.

Oops! Wrong place. We’re having fun!
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