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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1200 on: July 24, 2013, 01:22:45 AM »
don't panic Dave. we are over (hopefully) the worst of the shakes. we just sent them up the road a bit.  :)
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1201 on: July 24, 2013, 01:23:00 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 01:20:45 AM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on July 24, 2013, 01:16:15 AM
A touch over 3 grand Terry, very tempting.....

3 Grand? Jeez, buy it Mick, you need a bike that you can ride! ;D

Evening Terry - I love your wang.

Evening Retro - buy it!

At three grand it's a good bike.

Probably almost a bit impressive too.

Oh excuse me - a very good evening to all thread contributors and onlookers.

And by the way - today I received the parts required to make my CB450 into the most impressive bike ever built with crap stock carbies.

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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1202 on: July 24, 2013, 01:28:03 AM »
Very nice Cliff, hey I'm about to receive a Mikuni 2 carb setup for my CB750 very shortly, we should have a race between my impressive CB750 Cafe Racer and your impressive CB450 Cafe Racer. I wonder who would have the fastest 0-60 time?

How's your impressive little Triumph going, has it been repaired yet? ;D
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1203 on: July 24, 2013, 01:33:02 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 01:20:45 AM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on July 24, 2013, 01:16:15 AM
A touch over 3 grand Terry, very tempting.....

3 Grand? Jeez, buy it Mick, you need a bike that you can ride! ;D

Thats a fact..... :o

Quote from: scunny on July 24, 2013, 01:22:45 AM
don't panic Dave. we are over (hopefully) the worst of the shakes. we just sent them up the road a bit.  :)

I know, I flew out of Wellington on Sunday a couple of hours before the 6.5 quake hit.... :o
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1204 on: July 24, 2013, 01:39:23 AM »
you missed the ride of your life then Mick. sort of miss the tension of the last couple of years. bank balance and beer gut could do with some rest tho.
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1205 on: July 24, 2013, 01:58:19 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 01:28:03 AM
Very nice Cliff, hey I'm about to receive a Mikuni 2 carb setup for my CB750 very shortly, we should have a race between my impressive CB750 Cafe Racer and your impressive CB450 Cafe Racer. I wonder who would have the fastest 0-60 time?

How's your impressive little Triumph going, has it been repaired yet? ;D

You are on!

We can settle the "which is more impressive bike" argument on your favourite stretch of road up north.

The impressive TT600 is getting a new sump then it is back on the road.

And Fenders - I am enjoying your CB450 restoration thread over at the Honda twins forum - thanks.
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1206 on: July 24, 2013, 02:08:36 AM »
Quote from: scunny on July 24, 2013, 01:39:23 AM
you missed the ride of your life then Mick. sort of miss the tension of the last couple of years. bank balance and beer gut could do with some rest tho.

The twin turbo prop plane ride into gale force winds out of Wellington the week before was the ride of my life mate, thought we were going to drop out of the bloody sky... :o   Would have been interesting to experience the shake but would have been a b1tch being stuck in Wellington, what a cold windy rainy place it is.... ;D ;)
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1207 on: July 24, 2013, 02:10:21 AM »
the land of the fastest indian and perhaps cb450?
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« Reply #1208 on: July 24, 2013, 02:15:17 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on July 24, 2013, 02:10:21 AM
the land of the fastest indian and perhaps cb450?

haha that is priceless.
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1209 on: July 24, 2013, 02:16:53 AM »
Quote from: maduncle on July 24, 2013, 01:58:19 AM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 01:28:03 AM
Very nice Cliff, hey I'm about to receive a Mikuni 2 carb setup for my CB750 very shortly, we should have a race between my impressive CB750 Cafe Racer and your impressive CB450 Cafe Racer. I wonder who would have the fastest 0-60 time?

How's your impressive little Triumph going, has it been repaired yet? ;D

You are on!

We can settle the "which is more impressive bike" argument on your favourite stretch of road up north.

The impressive TT600 is getting a new sump then it is back on the road.

And Fenders - I am enjoying your CB450 restoration thread over at the Honda twins forum - thanks.


Okey Dokey, it's a race! Is the sump on your triumph a bolt on deal? ;D
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1210 on: July 24, 2013, 02:23:02 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 02:16:53 AM
Quote from: maduncle on July 24, 2013, 01:58:19 AM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 01:28:03 AM
Very nice Cliff, hey I'm about to receive a Mikuni 2 carb setup for my CB750 very shortly, we should have a race between my impressive CB750 Cafe Racer and your impressive CB450 Cafe Racer. I wonder who would have the fastest 0-60 time?

How's your impressive little Triumph going, has it been repaired yet? ;D

You are on!

We can settle the "which is more impressive bike" argument on your favourite stretch of road up north.

The impressive TT600 is getting a new sump then it is back on the road.

And Fenders - I am enjoying your CB450 restoration thread over at the Honda twins forum - thanks.


Okey Dokey, it's a race! Is the sump on your triumph a bolt on deal? ;D

Yep - a bolt on sump, how impressive is that?.

Lucky me - it could have been a busted lower crankcase otherwise.

Which is in fact what would have happened if I had been on the CB450...
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1211 on: July 24, 2013, 02:40:30 AM »
Yep, those Triumph's are very impressive bikes, for sure. You better be careful when you're parking your 450 under the ol' firehouse Cliff! ;D
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1212 on: July 24, 2013, 03:29:15 AM »
I can't imagine retro w a running bike.....

Nite mick
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1213 on: July 24, 2013, 03:30:52 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 02:40:30 AM
Yep, those Triumph's are very impressive bikes, for sure. You better be careful when you're parking your 450 under the ol' firehouse Cliff! ;D

Probably one of the better places to park a CB450 - in a fire station.
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1214 on: July 24, 2013, 03:35:06 AM »
Quote from: maduncle on July 24, 2013, 03:30:52 AM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on July 24, 2013, 02:40:30 AM
Yep, those Triumph's are very impressive bikes, for sure. You better be careful when you're parking your 450 under the ol' firehouse Cliff! ;D

Probably one of the better places to park a CB450 - in a fire station.


Ha ha, hey did you know that you can buy a "Left" and "Right" Mikuni carb Cliff? Makes 'em much easier to adjust. ;D
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1215 on: July 24, 2013, 05:38:06 AM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on July 24, 2013, 01:16:15 AM
A touch over 3 grand Terry, very tempting.....
Read up on the Bandits a little. Been looking for one myself and there were a couple years 2000-2001, if I remember, where Suzuki made a little boo boo with the piston rings and some examples may smoke and burn excessive oil. Not impressive if you get one of those.
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« Reply #1216 on: July 24, 2013, 05:38:58 AM »
Morning all
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« Reply #1217 on: July 24, 2013, 05:39:21 AM »
Morning Suzi
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« Reply #1218 on: July 24, 2013, 05:39:43 AM »
Morning page 49
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« Reply #1219 on: July 24, 2013, 05:41:11 AM »
Morning race bikes
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Re: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made.
« Reply #1220 on: July 24, 2013, 06:11:55 AM »
I just can't fall in love with the Bandits...I looked at buying one a couple of years ago, rode one etc, but just wasn't impressed by it. But those that own them love them.
Anyway, we all know CB1100R's are the most impressive bikes ever, so there's no point continuing the discussion............. ::) :o
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« Reply #1221 on: July 24, 2013, 01:08:06 PM »
is this 49 and a half yet?,morning
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« Reply #1222 on: July 24, 2013, 01:09:14 PM »
if you like suzies secas are cheap and cheerfull?
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« Reply #1223 on: July 24, 2013, 01:09:42 PM »
damn,,still didnt make 50 pages
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« Reply #1224 on: July 24, 2013, 02:01:49 PM »
Morning Dave. 
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