WTF confused..

Why is this POS at 700+ ackers e-bay item 220338112137
I wouldnt pay that if it worked... but... I may be missing the point.

 

Could be a sandcast-engine bike. As rare as all hell. He's put the
engine number on show, so my guess is this is it.

 

Ahh.. I wasnt aware of the existence of sandcast-engines let alone them
having any value. I thought there had to be something going for it given the
fact it's a total wreck. Thanks, I must do some research.

 

The very first CB750s had sandcast crankcase engines, because Honda
wasn't sure at the time whether it was worth tooling up for die
casting. After about a year or so, they switched to die-casting.

I've checked the engine number of this one, and yes, it is for one of
the last sandcast original CB750s. So if it's fully restored, that's
the difference between £10,000+ and maybe £5,000 for a K1.

 

The very first CB750s had sandcast crankcase engines, because Honda
wasn't sure at the time whether it was worth tooling up for die
casting. After about a year or so, they switched to die-casting.

I've checked the engine number of this one, and yes, it is for one of
the last sandcast original CB750s. So if it's fully restored, that's
the difference between £10,000+ and maybe £5,000 for a K1.

You live and learn. Thanks for that

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hehe:

"Now please note this is an online auction, no a online forum for armchair
anoraks with little or no knowledge, to inflict your opinion of the bike on
me because you have just had for Christmas the 'I Spy book of motorcycles'!!
Save it, go bother someone else, because you people are never right, and you
are wasting my time!!!! "

Now, that sounds like a TOG auction.

 

Heh. It sounds to me like he knows *exactly* what he has. So he just
shoved up the picture of the engine number and let the clued-up people
make up their own minds whether or not to bid.

And they are.

 

Mind, to restore it to showroom is gonna cost a packet, and you can bet that
one of the parts is not there and made of unobtanium.

 

Oh yes. ISTR that while subsequent models looked pretty much the same,
the changes were enormous. The originaql CB750 has different fork
shrouds, badges, detail changes, a one-into-four throttle cable that
was a nightmare, etc etc.

Still, for a dedicated restorer, a "challenge".

 

That's what the general opinion is of the Citroen SM, but I'd take one on
given the chance.

 

I *still* remember the first one of those I ever saw. In a ski resort in
Austria, in 1973.

I was 15. I did a double-take. It was the most fantastic looking car I
had *ever* seen. And then I didn't even know it had a Maserati engine.

 

Sarah's cousin has one. I keep meaning to blag a go in it.

 

they're getting pretty rare, in good order anyway.

 

Surprise, surprise.....

 

This one's an ex-Andrew Brodie car, bought with the intention of running to
and fro between Berkshire and the Languedoc. As things have worked out,
it's simply easier, cheaper and more pleasant to fly, and use the old 2CV
they have at the other end.

I think the SM is a car to admire rather than love. If I was going to run a
big Citroën, a CX or DS would be the first choice.

 

Good CXs are hens-tooth now, too. As for the DS, it'd be good if you wanted
to pretend to be Inspector Maigret. But the SM is a DS squared

 

A Traction'd be even better for that, though.

 

There's a *really* nice one parked in a residential street a mile or two
past the Chateau, near my daughter's school.

Owner has a second one in his driveway (I assume that's the non-runner,
project car, or donor for parts).

 

Like this fellah on e-bay 270325950185.

An old mate of mine totalled one it was C matic gear change with no clutch
or similar. It was a 2.4 with el weirdo clocks that floated in a fluid of
some sort. He got the speedo jammed at 120 which took a bit of explaining,
that was before he took out 6 concrete bollards which FUBAR'd it shame it
was super comfy,smooth and quiet.

 

The guy I sold the Wing to had a CX diesel, nice it was, and he gave me a
lift to the station in it. If I wanted to do a Maigret, I'd have a Light
15. And the SM is mechanical Russian roulette with a very expensive pistol.