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ScotDuke
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Posted: Sun Jun 8th, 2008 09:55 pm |
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850norton wrote: Just got my issue today. The Triton looked good. The electrickery bit with Ferret made some interesting reading. The new binding method looks like it's better than the old staple method.
I liked the piece on Katanas too. They're not expensive, considering...
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LozExpat
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Posted: Tue Jun 17th, 2008 08:57 am |
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Posted: Fri Jun 20th, 2008 09:39 pm |
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pete wrote: I was impressd with the CX500 article. It got all the way to the end without saying
"Knock Knock"
"Who's there?"
... and we know the answer don't we chaps ( and chapesses)
nope, im too young. do explain
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 07:34 am |
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The CX500 was Honda's first in a series of camshaft/camchain tensioner disasters that peaked with the Vee Fours. The man in the 'don't-make-it-last-too-long-or-we'll-never-sell-another-one' department got a bit carried away in his work and the merry tickety tack of rattling CXes coming in for a warranty repair became a familiar sound in Honda dealers' workshops.
The shaft drive VF750SC was a catastrophe that followed hard on the CX's heels and the VF750F was just as bad initially as was the VF1000. The 400 and 500 less so but not immune. I remember sitting having my lunch talking to one of our mechanics while he did a 10,000 service on a VF750F and noticing that the cam lobes were completely worn out. The mechanic hadn't even thought to look at them and it was just a fluke that I noticed it. That was the first of many sets of cams we fitted under warranty. I seem to recall (unintentional Pun) the VF750 got through four different tensioner modifications before they got one right. Can you imagine customers having to bring their new bike back four times while you explain that this modfication is bound to work.
I was a twenty year old with a Bonneville who had spent the last four years getting slagged by Jap bike owners for my unreliable British crap, so I loved every minute of Honda's embarassment. But these disasters were extremely bad news for big H and it was only with the CBR/VFR series that they started to get some credibility back. Before then every mention of Honda brought some reference to rattly camchains and knackered cams, hence "Knock knock, who's there? CX500."
Carry on, R
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 08:08 am |
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CX's I love em!
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 12:35 pm |
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Thanks Rick for enlightening us , youngsters.
I knew about CX and VF faults, but never heard about this story of "Knock, Knock, who's there".
It is these little details that make great reading and entertainment in mags. Keep up the excellent work.
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Hooli
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 01:09 pm |
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yeah cheers rick, i'd heard of chocolate cams on hondas. didnt know it started with the maggots. im too young to know & wasnt really into bikes when younger still so thats my excuse 
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Fast Frank
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 05:12 pm |
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In 1980 I bought a CB900FA... it went through cam chains as fast as tyres. I have seen them wear through the front of the engine casings before too. (not on my bike I hasten to add).
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Hooli
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 06:35 pm |
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in 1980 i was busy getting kicked out of playschool! or was that 1981? either way it was good practise for getting expelled from primary school in 1984.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 04:57 am |
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| i appreciate the inclusion of japanese bikes. those british and italian bikes are quite lovely, but aren't as easily accessible here in the states.. and they're a bit more expensive, too. we don't have any classic bike magazines written here that i know of, so i don't mind paying the $10 a month for CB
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 08:40 am |
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Hooli wrote: in 1980 i was busy getting kicked out of playschool! or was that 1981? either way it was good practise for getting expelled from primary school in 1984.
What an amazin coincidence, I was expelled from secondary school in 1984
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 11:53 pm |
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I would imagine trying to edit a mag like CB is like chasing the rolling ball,you try your best to come up with interesting topics,give good informative road tests and reviews,and try to cover all aspects of "classic biking".Ok, you can't please all of the people all of the time,but as far as I'm concerned,the editorial staff do a bloody good job!
Can't say more than that,looking forward to the next issue!
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