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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:21 am |
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Hello to everyone.I'm Paul from Dublin, Ireland.
First off I have to admit that I'm not actually restoring anything, Its my friend Jem who will be attempting it, Who has absolutley no patience whatsoever and fixes things by using bigger hammers
As above its a CD175, no idea what year. I'm not even sure if you could call it a classic. What are the criteria for a classic bike?
Well anyway, here it is. I think its in a really bad shape
I thought I could start a Restoration Diary or something somewhere.
Anybody have any suggestions?
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:32 am |
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Hi sherro, welcome to the looney pile! There is no true criteria regarding what is and isn't a classic, it's whatever rumbles your kelly really.
Some may suggest that the best thing to do is launch a CD175 into a very deep and very cold stretch of open water, but I won't, if your mate can be disuaded from using large hammers, it could well be worth the effort, he may not recoup any expenditure, but restorers seldom do it for the money.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 04:45 am |
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Hi Sherro, did your mate ever do a BSA A65 with a big hammer, I think I have it now.
As jessplop said, there is no real criteria for a classic, everybody seems to have a different opinion on the subject.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 01:22 pm |
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Ello and welcome
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 03:37 pm |
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Hi paul,
my first bike ( not your one but a blue CD175) ,purchased in secondhand in 1975,I think it was an old J reg ,,,,,,used it to commute 50 miles to norwich city college .It had much rust in the front and rear mudguards ,drop bars and cheap megaphone silencers with a little red plate in the ends with about a dozen small holes in ,these magaphones lasted about 9 months before the ends fell out. .
It ran for years with just an oil change every now and then ,never had the oil filter cleaned as a previous owner had butchered the screw head. I got through a lot of rear chains and had to buy a new handlebar headlamp switch which cost £28 ,a lot of money then...., good luck with your restoration ,as previously mentioned please dont look at it as a money making excercise, usually plenty of these in bits at autojumbles
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 05:51 pm |
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| Hello and welcome... eventually those machines will be looked at like the old sidevalves... honest working bikes. "Classics" don't all have to be 60's cafe racers or restored Trumpets.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 09:21 pm |
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Getting a replacement for that rear mudguard might be something of a 'challenge' !
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 02:11 am |
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Thanks for the welcome.
Don't worry, the thought of making money didn't cross either of our minds, quite the opposite.
And as for the rear mudguard, apparently Jems brother has a spare
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 04:11 pm |
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Hello ..........................
Bad shape ?
Blimey Id wipe that with my sleeve and set off to Scotland you havent seen bad shape yet
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 08:11 am |
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Hi and welcome, pleased to meet you. Just don't ask me about CD175 stuff, they chucked them out while I was on my six year 'holiday'.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 12:59 pm |
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| I like cd175's Its one my objective lists to buy one in the near future
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Posted: Mon Sep 15th, 2008 01:11 am |
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Hi Paul / Gem
I also have a CD175. I notice you are in Dublin, I am in Kildare. Curious to know if the restoration process has started yet.
Geds
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Posted: Mon Sep 15th, 2008 11:11 am |
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Hi Paul
Welcome to the CB Forum, majority of contributors who have permanent addresses based in local mental hospitals (whatever their Avatars say) If you ain't loony yet, you soon will be. We even have overseas barnches of this mental institution.
Restore it, restore it, restore it WHATEVER maore sane people than us may say.
Doesn't matter what bike it is my motto is "Once it's gone, it's gone forever".
Suggestion. Keep us updated with pictures and information on the rebuild in the My Projects section of the Forum
Good luck to BOTH of you, big hammers and all
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Posted: Tue Sep 16th, 2008 05:50 am |
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Hi everyone.
yeah the restoration is under way and I do have a few pics so we'll pick this up in the Projects section.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16th, 2008 09:26 am |
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Hi Sherro and welcome to the Funny Farm.
You and your mate will find that a decent set of metric spanners, a manual and lots of Zen style patience will be the main ingredients in getting that old Honda back to her former glory. A big hammer and a "Bash it and see" attitude won't work. 
Let us know how you get on.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17th, 2008 12:56 am |
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hi Sherro
Nowt wrong with a CD175, i had one as my first 'proper'bike. Easy to work on and an economical little run about when you have finished.
Regretably as most folk will tell you too many bikes made it to the scrappy and until we all have at least six projects in the shed our mission goes on.
Only another five to go then
Enjoy the banter, Rob
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Posted: Sat Sep 20th, 2008 05:55 am |
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trumpetsandjampots wrote: hi Sherro
Nowt wrong with a CD175, i had one as my first 'proper'bike. Easy to work on and an economical little run about when you have finished.
Regretably as most folk will tell you too many bikes made it to the scrappy and until we all have at least six projects in the shed our mission goes on.
Only another five to go then
Enjoy the banter, Rob
Up to 3 already
Long story
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