Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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I can’t see a price on the advert
Such a pretty bike, but look at the diameter of the forks, the width of the rims, the spindly rims and the narrow tyres.
If the handling didn’t get you, the early 80’s Honda camchain technology certainly will!
Best left in a glass case as a great ornament 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
23rd Aug 2018 6:46 pm
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
£12,995
Think RM has it spot on - 'never meet your 80s idols'
23rd Aug 2018 7:32 pm
Red Merle
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Location: Liskeard
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Funnily enough, I’ve just parted with a 1980 Honda CB250RS barn find that I had.
Still a pretty bike, with a fantastic engine, but unless you’re happy to replace parts like brakes and other ancillaries whole scale with cheapo Chinese aftermarket bits, standard parts prices and availability can be unreal! For instance, I had to try and find a replacement pair of chrome plated bungee cord rails to remount the rear indicators. I only ever managed to find one slightly rusty one. The price was around 1/3rd of the asking price of a complete 3 year old RS in around 1983!
Surprisingly, the original build quality doesn’t compare well to modern British or European either!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
23rd Aug 2018 7:56 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13613
Hi
Indeed , wonder what I would think of it now in comparison to a more modern bike
Know they can take a serious amount of time and money to keep them running , oh hang on that sounds familiar, ah yes the D3
Rode a Honda CB500 a while back, that was quite nice, prefer the roadster cruising bikes
Maybe a 750 or 900
Really fancy a winter project , only got a 6 x10 shed which I think should be big enough to store a bike and have another smaller shed I could keep spare parts in
Maybe spending £2-3k on a bucket and then spending time fixing it up
Not keen on some of the engine crash bars , as making it worse for ur legs in a crash , did like some fairings though , particularly when it rained
Also would have to look and see what cost is like for parts etc
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23rd Aug 2018 8:19 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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Red Merle wrote:
Funnily enough, I’ve just parted with a 1980 Honda CB250RS barn find that I had.
Still a pretty bike, with a fantastic engine, but unless you’re happy to replace parts like brakes and other ancillaries whole scale with cheapo Chinese aftermarket bits, standard parts prices and availability can be unreal! For instance, I had to try and find a replacement pair of chrome plated bungee cord rails to remount the rear indicators. I only ever managed to find one slightly rusty one. The price was around 1/3rd of the asking price of a complete 3 year old RS in around 1983!
Surprisingly, the original build quality doesn’t compare well to modern British or European either!
Hi
Were they the single exhaust models please
Think that’s akwsys the trouble as parts become harder to get the suppliers know this and wack the prices up , having to pay what ever the going rate is because u need the part
Liked my older 250 and 400N superdream , apart from rattling timing chain and the adjuster at the front of the engine , yep a little turn more , snap,
I even like some of the goldwings but know they are really silly money , have reverse as u can’t move them otherwise and think they have an automatic stand ??
23rd Aug 2018 8:24 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13613
Charliecloud wrote:
£12,995
Think RM has it spot on - 'never meet your 80s idols'
Very true , mid life crises time
23rd Aug 2018 8:25 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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The CB250RS was a 4 stroke single which ran alongside the CB250N from around 1989 to 1983. It had twin exhaust ports with twin downpipes and twin exhausts. Cruising at 60 it sounded just like someone blowing a raspberry 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
23rd Aug 2018 8:33 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
Good luck if you’re on the look out for a bike.
Just about to part with a 1200 Triumph Daytona that I’ve had from new (1998), but that’s a different beast altogether. The CB500 will probably be very like your 250/400N of old, is there anything else you’ve seen?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
23rd Aug 2018 8:38 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13613
Red Merle wrote:
The CB250RS was a 4 stroke single which ran alongside the CB250N from around 1989 to 1983. It had twin exhaust ports with twin downpipes and twin exhausts. Cruising at 60 it sounded just like someone blowing a raspberry
Thks, that does sound like the one I’m thinking of , excuse the pun
23rd Aug 2018 8:44 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13613
Red Merle wrote:
Good luck if you’re on the look out for a bike.
Just about to part with a 1200 Triumph Daytona that I’ve had from new (1998), but that’s a different beast altogether. The CB500 will probably be very like your 250/400N of old, is there anything else you’ve seen?
Thks
They sounds a very nice bike, don’t think I’ve ever seen one if I’m being honest
Here’s another one, the Honda pan european
Would of course have to check the ins out on models and how they compare
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I have owned many Hondas and without exception every single one had camchain/tensioner/camshaft issues, parallel twins, inline fours and V fours, which of course had twice as many chains!
23rd Aug 2018 8:51 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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Of for the real mid life crisis a gold wing trike
Save me on those wet zebra crossings and not have to worry about the weight
23rd Aug 2018 8:51 pm
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
^^ I like that - I hate trikes in general
Adjust them rose tinted glasses and decide if you want a bike to 'ride' or just 'fix' and admire. If it's 'ride' then there are lots of more modern stuff, some of which can be had for reasonable amounts of cash.
24th Aug 2018 10:18 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
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I lusted after the CBX as a teenager starting out on 'biking; size of the engine and six cylinders being the main criteria over anything important like brakes and handling
My first (illegal as only 16) 'bike was a Kwak KH 250 triple. They were renown to only run on two cylinders in the wet but mine ran as a 167cc twin about 95% of the time as it was and the centre cylinder was just a rotating weight basically. I go misty-eyed at seeing them again but definitely wouldn't want/ride one again.
Have had, literally, dozens of 'bikes since but I'm not a serious tourer/user or anything (euro trip I used a van and just pottered the 'other end' before bringing it, and many of my mates crashed/broken ones, back in the van again ) and now if I get a 1000 miles a year on one it's a lot (and given that will likely include at least one 200 mile round trip to see my mum you get the idea of how much I use them).
I'll never ride one in the rain, unless caught by a shower, my days of winter riding as only form of transport ended around circa 1983....) and am now 'accepting' that having the 'bike is just to cling to my youth and it's there for when I want to use it on a rare occasion.
With that in end and 'just having wheels in the garage' I bought this rather than hanging my helmet and leathers up for good;
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It looks better in photo than the flesh and I have a few things I want to tinker with over winter; brake overhaul, suspension refurb, re-paint back to original colours, etc.
A decent, depreciation proof, usable and [becoming] classic that can still cut it out on the road when used.
I have no desire or hankering for anything 'proper classic' and anything pre circa-1990 is unlikely to find a space in my garage
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and the centre cylinder was just a rotating weight basically. I go misty-eyed at seeing them again but definitely wouldn't want/ride one again.
