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zkptn wrote: I have found a full set of hard luggage (pics to follow) and I'm all set for two weeks touring (honeymoon) at the end of the month.

Hope you'll be very happy together....lol

The finished bike is a credit to you mate! nice job.

signed, Mr Greenwithenvy.

zkptn wrote:Exhaust and oil cooler fitted, almost ready to fire her up....

Nice Bike!

I have a 750FD that I'm about to fit the 900 Oil Cooler conversion to. Can I ask how you went about fitting braided oil lines to your bike please - did you somehow remove the standard lines from the end fittings and replace with the braided lines? How are the braided lines secured to the end fittings? Thanks.

Brian

Looks like you used all new or reconditioned parts on that... would love to know how you lot get hold of all these new parts!

When ever I want a part for my old '81 CM250T its like getting blood out of a stone! I seem to spend all my time waiting on back orders from Japan that never show up.

BRUM-CM250T wrote:Looks like you used all new or reconditioned parts on that... would love to know how you lot get hold of all these new parts!

When ever I want a part for my old '81 CM250T its like getting blood out of a stone! I seem to spend all my time waiting on back orders from Japan that never show up.

If it's no longer available from Honda, you could wait forever! When you order parts, are they listed as 'discontinued' ? If so, you may have difficulty getting them directly. If they are still listed as being available, and with a current price, you ought to get them........eventually. I seem to recall that Mr Honda said that parts would always be available for anything Honda has made, so no vehicle they made would ever be off the road. When he died, the Honda company changed it's policy to the 'ten year rule' (I think, like all other motor manufacturers) whereby they would make spares available for ten years after a model ceased production. If there is a great demand for a certain model, those parts soon disappear! Other parts get passed on to the likes of David Silver Spares, who's always worth a try. Even if not in stock, he claims he will try and obtain parts for customers. Most Honda dealers can't be bothered to chase up older stock lines, unless you are prepared to spend lots of money with them. (Or so I have found.)

Hello everyone. Time for an update. I finished the 900F rebuild with 3 weeks to spare, the plan was to run her in, get wed on the 21st June and then honeymoon on her for 2 weeks.

But that was not to be...

At approx 0715 on my wedding day, 21st June, whilst on the way to tesco's in Wisbech for a last cooked breakfast as a single man i hit a patch of diesel and the bike tossed me into the path of an oncoming JCB digger. I was only doing 30(ish) MPH and although the bike suffered suprisingly little damage i did not fair so well. I went under the front of the digger which then proceded to roll up on to my left hip. My pelvis was broken in 2 places and left hip smashed and i also have nerve damage (which is causing the most consternation).

I spent 10 days in Kings Lynn hospital before being transfered to the Norfolk and Norwich teaching hospital where a very nice man put me back together. I had an external fixator screwed into my hips which stayed for 3 months, like a steel cage around my belly and hips holding my pelvis together. The fixator came off 2 weeks ago and i finally came home last Friday, 4 months after leaving to have a fry up. I'm not at all mobile at the moment, i have a pair of sticks so i'm learning to walk again.

Needless to say the wedding never went ahead. The event has been rescheduled for the end of December.
I went to see the bike on Sunday for the first time and had Very mixed emotions. As mentined the damage is not to bad. She has a smashed engine case on the right side and the tach/odo set is beyond repair. Sticky out bits like indicators and levers are all shot to bits and the new paint on the left hand side don't look so new anymore...

I have decided i'm going to get the bike looking as good as it was before the accident but have yet to decide anything beyond that. One problem i have is that my left foot has nerve damage and i can't lift it up at the ankle or curl my toes up. I can see this being a problem when it comes time to change gear on the bike. Its early days yet and with a splint to keep my foot from flopping i may be able to lift the gear lever from the hip. I've also been looking at quick shifters that do the gear changinging for you, from a button on the handlebars. Has anyone any experience with these things.

This is about my first chance to sit at a terminal since the accident and i see a lot of posts that need replies to so my appols for being so tardy, i shall rattle off a few notes now.

Mike,,

You poor, unlucky bloke! But it sounds like it could have been a lot lot worse! Pretty tragic for you and your missus-to-be though. Wondered where you'd been since June!
Hope you recover fully in the end, but it sounds like it may take a while.
The bike is only metal and plastic, and you can always get new parts or repair it. Your body's not quite the same, is it?
Best of luck, for you, your wedding.................and the bike.

Have you contacted any disabled motorcycle clubs about the handlebar changer? Hopefully you won't need it long term.

Good Luck!

Some pics of the damage...

Blimey Mike! So glad you are back with us - what a tough time you have had. All the best to you both and look forward to hearing you are up and about properly soon.

Very Best Wishes
Erica