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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12150 on: September 30, 2012, 04:23:54 AM »
mine fell over and bent the handlebars!  pissed off...

can anyone help me with where to get replacement CB350F bars?

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12151 on: September 30, 2012, 06:02:15 AM »
mine fell over and bent the handlebars!  pissed off...

can anyone help me with where to get replacement CB350F bars?

Sad Australian...

Welcome Paul, if I was a smartarse, (which of course I'm not....) I'd say try the CB350F shop, but seriously, if your bars are original and the bend isn't too bad an engineering shop could straighten them for you, (you'd probably need to get them re-chromed) or else try david silver spares in England, CMSNL in Holland, or Service Honda in the US. (google them) Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12152 on: September 30, 2012, 06:31:40 AM »

When and where are you going Terry? I should drop by and say 'see ya' before you go.

Plus - you know you can trust me to run your bikes for you whilst you are gone, just pick one of them to leave with me!

(Not the Triumph...)

Ha ha, you're actually one of the few blokes I'd trust with my bikes Cliff, but you couldn't handle the Triumph, with the equivalent of a CB750 in each of it's three cylinders it's a monster, and not forgiving of the inexperienced, or the nervous.

My brother (who bought it new) rode it home from the shop and was so frightened of it that he never rode it again. I love it, but I've probably taken one too many hits to the head over the years, so who knows where my brain's at? 

I'm off to Nauru either next week or the week after. I'm gonna be coming back and forth every two or three weeks, but at this stage everyone is making it up as they go along, so no clear details yet. My national manager went over on Thursday because I didn't get my passport until Friday, and I'll be following him in and doing a handover, then we'll be swapping every two or three weeks.

It was 35 deg C on Wednesday and 90% humidity, and they had 12 inches of rain in just 30 minutes, so it'll be fun in the tent city in which I'll be living, but it's all part of the adventure! Cheers, Terry. ;D 
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12153 on: September 30, 2012, 01:13:19 PM »
...took the K1 for a ride, changed the leaky float and cleaned two pipes for the K2.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12154 on: September 30, 2012, 01:41:15 PM »
cleaned up some of the little parts
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12155 on: September 30, 2012, 02:55:21 PM »

When and where are you going Terry? I should drop by and say 'see ya' before you go.

Plus - you know you can trust me to run your bikes for you whilst you are gone, just pick one of them to leave with me!

(Not the Triumph...)

Ha ha, you're actually one of the few blokes I'd trust with my bikes Cliff, but you couldn't handle the Triumph, with the equivalent of a CB750 in each of it's three cylinders it's a monster, and not forgiving of the inexperienced, or the nervous.

My brother (who bought it new) rode it home from the shop and was so frightened of it that he never rode it again. I love it, but I've probably taken one too many hits to the head over the years, so who knows where my brain's at? 

I'm off to Nauru either next week or the week after. I'm gonna be coming back and forth every two or three weeks, but at this stage everyone is making it up as they go along, so no clear details yet. My national manager went over on Thursday because I didn't get my passport until Friday, and I'll be following him in and doing a handover, then we'll be swapping every two or three weeks.

It was 35 deg C on Wednesday and 90% humidity, and they had 12 inches of rain in just 30 minutes, so it'll be fun in the tent city in which I'll be living, but it's all part of the adventure! Cheers, Terry. ;D

Brilliant!

Any jobs going over there?

And keep an eye out for old bikes...

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« Reply #12156 on: September 30, 2012, 03:47:56 PM »
Brilliant!

Any jobs going over there?

And keep an eye out for old bikes...


There probably will be jobs going over there for firemen Cliff (that's one of the services we provide) we sent a fire truck over a couple of weeks back. I'll let you know when I'm "in country". I'll definitely be looking for old bikes. Cheers, Terry. ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #12157 on: September 30, 2012, 04:25:55 PM »
Check dwell & timing on my 1976 Cb550f.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12158 on: September 30, 2012, 04:32:46 PM »
Brilliant!

Any jobs going over there?

And keep an eye out for old bikes...


There probably will be jobs going over there for firemen Cliff (that's one of the services we provide) we sent a fire truck over a couple of weeks back. I'll let you know when I'm "in country". I'll definitely be looking for old bikes. Cheers, Terry. ;D

You going to stack them up and burn them mate, is this one of the new "budget" cuts mate.... ;D ;D ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12159 on: September 30, 2012, 05:53:18 PM »
Picked this up for 50 bux................seems its going to be a lot of work, but I like to tinker.......

2nd pic is after a few moments of tinkering...........

1972 CB100 going to be my little rat/bobber bike.

Something I don't mind cutting down to make a little bar hopper.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12160 on: September 30, 2012, 05:58:47 PM »
Picked this up for 50 bux................seems its going to be a lot of work, but I like to tinker.......

2nd pic is after a few moments of tinkering//////
Tinkering with the garden hose looks like. ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12161 on: September 30, 2012, 06:00:40 PM »
Picked this up for 50 bux................seems its going to be a lot of work, but I like to tinker.......

2nd pic is after a few moments of tinkering//////
Tinkering with the garden hose looks like. ;)
CB125? Did it come with a title?

Don't need a title in Georgia............just bill of sale.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12162 on: September 30, 2012, 06:05:03 PM »
GOT MY GOLD K1 TO START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't last long but she ran for a few seconds! Prior to starting I broke my petcock... Ordered a new one and hopefully this will help..............
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« Reply #12163 on: September 30, 2012, 06:08:42 PM »
Don't need a title in Georgia............just bill of sale.
That's pretty cool!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12164 on: September 30, 2012, 06:15:11 PM »
Picked this up for 50 bux................seems its going to be a lot of work, but I like to tinker.......

2nd pic is after a few moments of tinkering//////
Tinkering with the garden hose looks like. ;)
CB125? Did it come with a title?

CB100, and yep, garden hose would be correct............................

Titles not needed here.
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« Reply #12165 on: September 30, 2012, 08:06:46 PM »
You going to stack them up and burn them mate, is this one of the new "budget" cuts mate.... ;D ;D ;)

The island was occupied by the Japs back in WW2, then the Poms when a British mining company stripped all the birdsh1t off the island for super phosphate Mick, so I'm hoping that I'll find some interesting machinery when I go scrounging. No budget cuts in Nauru mate, if I told you how much "you the taxpayers" are paying "me the contractor" to provide the base logistics services for the detention centre, you'd throw up........... ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12166 on: September 30, 2012, 08:29:33 PM »
Got the last two head studs out (damn those were tough) and got the con rods off. Going to plastigage the bearings tomorrow.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12167 on: September 30, 2012, 09:08:40 PM »
Picked this up for 50 bux................seems its going to be a lot of work, but I like to tinker.......

2nd pic is after a few moments of tinkering...........

1972 CB100 going to be my little rat/bobber bike.

Something I don't mind cutting down to make a little bar hopper.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12168 on: October 01, 2012, 12:32:33 AM »
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can anyone help me with where to get replacement CB350F bars?

The bars on my wife's 2001 Honda VTR250 look pretty much the same as on my 350/4 (that would be typical of Honda).  Worth checking it out..


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12169 on: October 01, 2012, 05:19:16 AM »
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can anyone help me with where to get replacement CB350F bars?

The bars on my wife's 2001 Honda VTR250 look pretty much the same as on my 350/4 (that would be typical of Honda).  Worth checking it out..


Trevor

From memory, the VTR250 bars have weights welded into the ends...

Christian at Modern Motorcycle Company in Collingwood has a decent range of bars, from flat drag bars to high rise ones.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12170 on: October 01, 2012, 05:50:16 AM »
Took my two baby 4's out for a spin.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12171 on: October 01, 2012, 07:05:08 AM »
I did the same thing I've done for 4 years.  Nothing!  There's always some other project that needs completion before I can get back to working on my bikes.
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« Reply #12172 on: October 01, 2012, 12:34:25 PM »
just bought a 04' gsxr front end for my 750 ::)  inverted fork, dual disc.  Should keep me busy over the winter
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« Reply #12173 on: October 01, 2012, 01:08:27 PM »
Rode it to work early ... BRRRRrrrrrr ...
Then lovingly wiped it down, thanked it for being such a great machine, and reminded it that it's 3k tune up is only a couple of tanks away. ;)
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What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #12174 on: October 01, 2012, 06:00:24 PM »
Finally got a temp tag so I could ride it in to work and get it emission tested during lunch. Well it failed miserably and on te way home I ran out if gas.
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