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Post by damiensk on Apr 22, 2020 23:03:46 GMT 1
this being my first post, although i did join a while ago,
i thought it was about time i said hello and a few lines.
had my 4L0 since about 86, bought as a stolen recovery from queens park motors in Manchester, ( still got the original paper reciept)
i had just passed my test, and was desperate to get my dream bike.
it was a dog, someone had hand painted in a weird blue, presume the people who nicked it, and the brakes were shot.
they had also managed to erase the frame numbers, and the engine number, but the engine numbers have been somewhat re-stamped
i didnt care, i just wanted it, and the price was right for my budget at the time!!!
not going to bore you all what i have done with it over the years,
but i took it off the road in 1990, mainly to preserve my licence as i was on 9 points,
but also to restore it for the 2nd time.
role on 30 years, even though i have worked on it slightly now and again in that time
this year and especially now im determined to get it back on the road.
looking at getting it back to original as possible,
anyway, i will have a few questions, that im sure i will find the answers on here.
take it easy
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Post by Yogi on Apr 23, 2020 6:27:30 GMT 1
Welcome aboard mate 👍
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Post by Dangerous on Apr 23, 2020 7:01:58 GMT 1
Welcome 👍 nice little story.
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Post by dusty350 on Apr 23, 2020 8:03:11 GMT 1
Hi Welcome to the forum  Dusty  |
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Post by rigga on Apr 23, 2020 10:24:59 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum.
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Post by tipfinchy on Apr 23, 2020 11:25:05 GMT 1
welcome , 34 years is longer than a lot of marriages  funny enough I had 9 points when I bought my first one in 83 mart |
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Post by bigkenx on Apr 23, 2020 12:04:17 GMT 1
Welcome in
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Post by damiensk on Apr 23, 2020 21:51:01 GMT 1
thanks for all the welccomes, looking forward to hopefully contribute to the forum and also learning from it.
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Post by Norbo on Apr 23, 2020 23:04:07 GMT 1
Hi mate welcome to the site
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Post by shaunthe2nd on Apr 23, 2020 23:16:15 GMT 1
Welcome to the site.
The good news is you need to sort that bike and keep it, as will be difficult to sell on!
At least you can enjoy the build and then the riding.
We all happy to help if we can as we love to see another on the road.
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Post by roach3 on Apr 24, 2020 0:16:18 GMT 1
good ol queenies
had a few bikes from them over the years
shame they sold up as it was a regular haunt for me living less than a mile away
welcome in mate
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Post by damiensk on Apr 26, 2020 13:37:38 GMT 1
roach3, yeah loved queenies, nearly every saturday i visited the place, either just to look or get parts from the upstairs department.
shame it went and now turned into flats.
didnt live that far from it myself, was a cheetham hill lad at the time.
shaunthe2nd, looking forward to getting back on the road, dont know about difficulty selling on, i assume you mean about the stamp numbers?
when there was another RD forum going, (that i cant seem to find anymore) i had a few offers for it, when i put it out as a feeler for a possible sale, i know i would never get top price for it, but thats by the by. Thanks for you comments anyway, and i agree would be good to see another on the road, although i dont see that many on the road where i live.
im probably about 90% through the build.
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Post by veg on Apr 26, 2020 14:31:33 GMT 1
That would be Alex’s old forum lots of us moved here but some didn’t primarily the one who lurked in the anything goes area, he ended up being a big wig in the Lc owners club 😵
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Post by damiensk on Apr 26, 2020 15:03:17 GMT 1
thanks Veg, thought i was going daft, kept searching on the web, even looked for an old bookmark. its the Alex bit you wrote. my old grey matter is going, better get this bike on the road quick.
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Post by damiensk on Aug 21, 2020 13:18:51 GMT 1
bit of an update, today is the day im goinng to try and start her up, 30 yrars and 3 months since it last ran.
everything has been triple checked, presurre test, timing gauge etc
expecting to get an oil leak as a minimum, but fingerss crossed not much else.
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Post by Tobyjugs on Aug 21, 2020 14:09:03 GMT 1
bit of an update, today is the day im goinng to try and start her up, 30 yrars and 3 months since it last ran. everything has been triple checked, presurre test, timing gauge etc expecting to get an oil leak as a minimum, but fingerss crossed not much else. Good luck |
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Post by wagger on Aug 21, 2020 14:52:09 GMT 1
Welcome... from on newbie to another
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Post by chrisg on Aug 21, 2020 16:36:58 GMT 1
this being my first post, although i did join a while ago,
i thought it was about time i said hello and a few lines.
had my 4L0 since about 86, bought as a stolen recovery from queens park motors in Manchester, ( still got the original paper reciept)
i had just passed my test, and was desperate to get my dream bike.
it was a dog, someone had hand painted in a weird blue, presume the people who nicked it, and the brakes were shot.
they had also managed to erase the frame numbers, and the engine number, but the engine numbers have been somewhat re-stamped
i didnt care, i just wanted it, and the price was right for my budget at the time!!!
not going to bore you all what i have done with it over the years,
but i took it off the road in 1990, mainly to preserve my licence as i was on 9 points,
but also to restore it for the 2nd time.
role on 30 years, even though i have worked on it slightly now and again in that time
this year and especially now im determined to get it back on the road.
looking at getting it back to original as possible,
anyway, i will have a few questions, that im sure i will find the answers on here.
take it easy
Welcome, I knew Queenies we’ll and used to go on a Saturday morning on my 250E (On L plates) to look at the bikes and have a natter. Happy days. Ask away, if you have question, someone will have had the same problem and resolution. |
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Post by steve h on Aug 21, 2020 22:25:43 GMT 1
welcome , 34 years is longer than a lot of marriages funny enough I had 9 points when I bought my first one in 83 mart 34yrs is fine, I did a little more work on my 400 last year... taken off road in '82 |
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Post by spondon440 on Aug 21, 2020 22:44:20 GMT 1
Queens park motors, ace that takes me back, got a vf400f from there and remember walking around Pendlebury waiting for it to be serviced and reading loads of grafiti on a subway about how they were all going to stab the grassing b*****d and remember thinking f**k this I'll wait in the shop.
Andy
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Post by damiensk on Aug 22, 2020 13:44:44 GMT 1
Queens park motors, ace that takes me back, got a vf400f from there and remember walking around Pendlebury waiting for it to be serviced and reading loads of grafiti on a subway about how they were all going to stab the grassing b*****d and remember thinking f**k this I'll wait in the shop. Andy Queenies wasnt in the best of places, its more Salford than Manchester.
dont think its as bad now, than what it used to be!!!
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Post by chrisg on Aug 22, 2020 14:36:08 GMT 1
I quite often went to The Honda Shop (sorry for using the H word) in Eccles. Only a small shop but nearly always had some nice bikes in and a few bikers visiting. Not sure if anyone remembers them? Other shops were Knott Mill Kawasaki on lower Deansgate , that was a big shop with loads of bikes n bikers.
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Post by damiensk on Aug 22, 2020 15:20:33 GMT 1
dont remenber the shop in eccles, but was BJ west the same as knott mill?
and that flyover, was brilliant if you managed to catch with no cars in front, got my RD to leave the ground a few times,
no mean feat with the weight of the bike.
sadly all gone now
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Post by spondon440 on Aug 22, 2020 19:26:15 GMT 1
No One has mentioned Sports motorcycle, possibly the best motorcycle shop in the world.
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Post by damiensk on Aug 22, 2020 19:37:57 GMT 1
hello spondon440, dont remember that one, where was that in Manchester?
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Post by chrisg on Aug 22, 2020 19:57:45 GMT 1
dont remenber the shop in eccles, but was BJ west the same as knott mill? and that flyover, was brilliant if you managed to catch with no cars in front, got my RD to leave the ground a few times, no mean feat with the weight of the bike. sadly all gone now So it’s your fault that the flyover was taken down 😂 and yes I lifted the front wheel too😱 |
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Post by damiensk on Sept 6, 2020 23:35:14 GMT 1
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Post by chrisg on Sept 7, 2020 9:35:52 GMT 1
Very very nice.
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Post by damiensk on Sept 9, 2020 23:51:39 GMT 1
managed to get her out on the road over the weekend, felt good to ride it again after so many years.
also forgot how heavy she is, compared to all these modern bikes.
but still loved it, and wow did it remind ne of being 18 again, big grin on my face
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