Sunbeam in Bonnie Scotland

platypus wrote

I think the term keeper is actually more appropriate.

 

Agreed, but look at the era: a four-cylinder bike was exotic then. A
four-cylinder 400 amazing.

Plus on the road, it gave everything up to 750s a run for their money.
Not in outright top speed (although it was only 10-15mph behind the
CB750) but in handling and braking and sheer usability.

Plus it had a superb riding position - was just *so* sweet and smooth.

Yes, it was an overbored tweaked CB350F in a new suit, but it was much
more than the sum of its parts. After the CB92 and CB77, it was one of
the first truly sporting Hondas.

 

Do you work for HSBC?

 

tallbloke says...

No, I had a Japanese/American servicewoman for a girlriend many years
ago. She told me. I may have got some of the details slightly incorrect,
but as I was told this over 15 years ago that's hardly surpriing. My
memory's so bad I can't even remember what I had for dinner yesterday.

 

Lozzo wrote

You can remember yesterday? Wow.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

Noted for future arguments about the handling of larger '70's Jappers.

Not for me it wasn't. Near crippled meslf riding one from Leeds to London.
Ended up with me feet on the pillion rests


OK TOG you successfully hijacked my thread 'cos I wasn't online much while
I was in scotland

Just to try to get back to non-jap classics for a minute, and give Mark a
bit more of a plug, heres a pic of him on a proper handling '70's bike
which he rebuilt after it was in the same accident in which he nutted the
lamp post over...

http://www.tallbloke.net/lemans.jpg

and one of his other sunbeam.

http://www.tallbloke.net/S8.jpg

 

Mmm nice.
Did they let you in without a passport then?

 

Apart from the oil leak form the forks on the front tyre.

Aye Laddie, I successfully faked the accent.

 

In

CB400-Death ... hmmm it could've caught on maybe?

now if that had been "H1 Death" or "H2 Death" .....

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K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

 

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"Carer".
--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

"Auvache Racing ShiteOldBike Equipe"

 

"For Gods sake man it's the oldest one in the book. Try to be a little
more careful"

 

I'm rather hoping the old Essex one will be bringing the Frankfurt beast
to Africa.

Estonian whores beware.

 

"put that match out! Don't you know there's a war on?"

 

sweller wrote

You are out of your tiny little mind. If I do anything as daft as ukrm
reconquers Africa it will be on a two cylinder litrebike with full
convoy support.

On the other hand...

 

No reason why the bike wouldn't make it.

Oh ****, he's not going to bring his banjo, is he?

 

platypus wrote

Which one? I have two you know and I am not afraid to use them.

 

"I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, did he bring his
banjo, or did he bring his other banjo? Well, to tell you the truth, I
kinda lost track myself in all this excitement. But seeing as this is a
five-string banjo, one of the two most powerful banjoes that I currently
own, you've got to ask yourself one question: do I feel lucky? Well, do ya,
punk?"

 

platypus wrote

lol

 

Why not? The one in Frankfurt was Lithuanian.

In Morocco, they'd probably take her for an albino...