WINTER 2013

From the Officials and
Committee, CBX Riders Club UK
WINTER 2013
www.ukcbxclub.com
John Noble’s Special again from Holland, looks pretty much like standard, nothing far
from the truth, read John’s shopping list in the Spring Rider magazine.
Front Cover
Henk Kos from Holland built this special,
see Henk’s shopping list inside.
Contents
l Club Stuff...
Dates for your Diary ...................................................5
CBX Clubs around the World ...................................8
Closing Date for Articles / Best Article..................9
Winners / Monthly Area Meetings
2015 Euro Rally Northern Ireland (update)........ 12
New Members / CBX Riders Club Regalia.......... 13
2014 Annual Rally.............................................. 26-27
For Sale ........................................................................ 33
Club Officials / Committee Members.......... 34-35
/ Passwords
l Articles...
Classic Six Recent Survey..............................4
Special From Holland......................................... 17
Henk goes through his shoppng list to create the
ultimate CBX Special
Choc’s CBX Rebuild..................................28-31
Choc sits back and makes the tea while everybody
else builds the bike - the Whelans
Sorting Out An Oil Burner.............................. 32
Dave Peters does his bit to save the planets resources
Tech Tip From Alan Fisher................................ 41
Ironside no more thankfully, Alan has had the metal
plates removed and is now on the road to a full
recovery with the help of his crutches.
Good luck Alan
l Events...
Which would you pick? I hope a CBX if your
reading this mag
October Stafford Classic.......................18-21
Motorcycle Mechanics Show
It’s a ‘Z’ or is it?................................................6-7
Janet and her band of merry men and women
pull out all the stops to create the meanest of
CBX stands, and bag a cheque for £250 for 3rd
place in the best stand category
Tony Smith’s recently finished Z Special. Well done
Tony, cracking looking bike. Hopefully it goes as
well as it looks…
Mr Caroll’s Mallory Experience ........10-11
(Part 2)
Another witty piece from our very own funny
man David Caroll
Holland Rally 2013...................................22-25
A montage from the recent Euro Rally held in Holland,
this is just some of the CBXs that turned up
l Trade Adds......................................36-42
To Buy Or Not To Buy................................. 14-16
Peter Clift goes through the pitfalls of buying
a bike over the phone
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WINTER 2013
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Classic Six Recent Survey
Which would you choose?
Honda CBX1000
510 votes
57.1%
Kawasaki Z1300
244 votes
25.1%
Benelli Sei 750
159 votes
17.8%
Total votes: 893
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Dates for your Diary
2014 Euro Rally
The next Euro Rally will be held in on the Island of Ivon in Sweden. The
dates are the 14th to 17th August. So make a note in your diary.
Further details are expected in 2014.
Thundersprint, Darley Moor
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9th 10th 11th May 2014
The CBX Club will be having a stand at this event and there will be 6
free passes available on this stand otherwise it is £5 for the weekend
plus £15 camping per person. You can participate in the cavalcade
for £35 which gives you 2 passes, camping and 2 or 3 rides around the
circuit behind a car and an award. There is also track sessions available
on the Sunday which is as above but without the car so as fast as you
like (but do not quote me on that) which will cost you £135. If you are
interested please get in touch with me as I have the entry forms etc.
for both sessions. Cheers Janet Stone Email: [email protected] Tel: 01283 820063 Manx Grand Prix, September 2015
A friend of ours is the President of BSA Gold Star Club. He and his wife
have been to some of our rallies on their Gold Star. They have invited
us as a Club to join them for their Club’s 50th Anniversary at the
Manx Grand Prix in 2015. The club have hired a campsite on St. John’s
Football Grounds where food etc., will be catered for. Showers and loos
on site. If you fancy coming along please get in touch with me so I will
know numbers. You will be expected to make your own steam packet
travel arrangements.
Thanks Janet Stone Email: [email protected] Tel: 01283 820063
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It’s a ‘Z’ or is it?
For some while I had thought about building a special. I’m not an engineer or have
access to complicated engineering equipment so I would leave the radical specials to the
Woodcock’s and Coker’s of this world.
While I’m a big fan of the technically superior Prolink the twin shock Z & A models are
stunning looking bikes. So I decided to take a Z and make a number of improvements with
the objective that the final bike will still have the good looks of the twin shock models. I
started with the front end. I bought the front end of an early GSXR 1100. Why this model
– well it has big brakes to improve the stopping power and bigger forks. It also does not
have upside down forks so the Z look will be retained. I used a hydraulic press to remove
the stem from the bottom yoke and replaced it with a Z one. The forks then bolted
straight into the Z frame. Forks and callipers were then painted black – as per Z.
The next challenge was to attach Z clocks and head lamp to the Suzuki forks. This turned
out to be very time consuming and tested the patience’s but I eventually settled on
making alloy brackets to hold the top of the clocks and the small top hat rubbers. Loads
of templates and cutting and filing of alloy sheets produced the end product. As I wanted
handlebars rather than clip on’s an aftermarket alloy top yoke was purchased onto which
I fitted GSX 1400 handle bars and mirrors. Indicators are Suzuki. The next stage was the
engine. It had to be the ‘better technically’ Prolink together with Prolink carbs and oil
cooler. It also had to be silver – as per Z. So the engine was salt blasted and sprayed silver.
Dyna coils and ignition were added together with iridium plugs. A high powered TIM’s
starter motor replaced the standard one. Onto the back end. A Metmachez swinging arm
took the GSXR rear wheel. Next problem – I had a Suzuki rear wheel sprocket and a Prolink
front sprocket – different pitches. So I had a rear sprocket made that fitted the Suzuki
wheel but with the 530 Honda pitch. A laser beam down the two sprockets to line them
up showed I needed to play around with different wheel spacers. The tyres on the Suzuki
wheels are 160/60 on the rear and 120/70 on the front - not too big but big enough to
put more rubber on the road than the 140/70 and 100/90 that were on the bike.
The FVQ rear dampers were retained but to improve them a set of Koni springs was fitted.
A new wiring harness was purchased. Next problem was where I was going to put the
fuse box that normally sits on the Z top yoke. No provision on the Suzuki so it had to be
relocated onto the inside of the battery box door.
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A smaller sized Gel battery was fitted
to make room for the new blade Fuse
box. Now onto the paint colour. I own
a dark red Blackbird which I love the
colour so I knew that was what I wanted
for this bike and it’s not a million miles
away from the Cherry Candy Red Z. The
side panels had to be red also – I never
understood why Honda painted them
black. So the Suzuki front mudguard,
tank, side panels and rear tail piece were
all to be deep crimson red.
The bike was completely dismantled
and frame and black parts painted. A bit
of extra chrome added, engine hangers,
clutch cover etc. Lots of bits and pieces
such as rebushing the gear linkage and
made to measure brake hoses. A shaped
seated was added to improve the looks
and a new ‘standard’ exhaust system
fitted. So the end product was a CBX
that looks like a twin Shock Z but with
key areas improved. I may be slightly
biased but I think it’s come out OK.
Jeff Coker, who has build a couple of
very high quality specials, gave me an
enormous amount of guidance with this
project – I would like a pound for every
time he took a sharp intake of breath
followed by ‘’I wouldn’t be doing that’’
which made me change direction – so a
big thanks to Jeff for his guidance and he
was responsible for all the paintwork.
Tony Smith
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CBX Clubs Around The World
CBX Club De France
CBX Club Deutschland e.V.
CBX Club Denmark
Nicolas Kalinine (President)
4 Avenue de l’Etang
78320 Mesil Saint Denis
France
Tel: 33 01 34 61 06 02
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbxclub.fr
Hermann Franz
Johannisstrasse 9
37441 Bad Sachsa
Germany
Tel: +49 5525 95008
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbxclub.de
Torben Jensen
Kildestraede 8, Magleby
4672 Klippinge
Denmark
Tel: 0045 27 62 8610
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbx.dk/
Honda - CBX 1000 Club
Netherlands
Frits Hemelaar (President)
Florastraat 8
2931 TC Krimpen aan de Lek
Netherlands
Tel: +31 180 510487
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbxclub.nl/
CBX Club Spain (Espana)
Intl CBX Owners Assocn
I.C.O.A. Nat Director
Jan Ringnalda
3075 Asbury Drive
Columbus
Ohio 43221
USA
Mob: +1 614 284 7946
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbxclub.com
Enrique Martinez Santamaria
Aevenida Peris Y Valero
No 156 -11
Valencia 46006
Spain
Tel/Fax: 0034 633 34337
CBX Owners Club Norway
CBX Club of Japan
CBX Enquiries Switzerland
Mr Michihiro Oda (Chairman)
3-2-1 Nishioga Kita
Suginami
Tokyo 167-0042
Japan
Tel: 81+90-1534-5109
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbx.jp
Per Terje Steen
Korpåsen 9b
1386 ASKER
Norway
Tel: 0047 667 97566
Schleiss Walter
IG-CBX-SCHWEIZ
Acherli 17
CH-6423 Seewen
Schweiz
Tel: +41 (78) 648 41 40
Email:[email protected]
Web:www.honda-cbx-schweiz.ch
Swedish CBX Club
Sven-Erik-Erikson
Box 50, S-430 33 Fjaras
Sweden
Tel: 00 46 300-243 60
Mob: 00 46 70 316 03 10
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbx.se
CBX-6 Owners Club Australia
Jim Merrick
Kalinda, 1568 Lagoon Road,
The Lagoon via Bathurst,
NSW, 2795,
AUSTRALIA
Tel: 0061 02 6337 2979
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cbx6.com.au
CBX / Gold Wing Club Italy
Enzo Di Bari
C.P. 90.
74016 Massafra (TA)
Italy
Tel/Fax: 0039 0998 851873
Web: www.cbxclub.it/
The contents of the CBX Riders Club (UK) Newsletter are believed to be
correct at the time of publication.
The CBX Riders Club (UK) cannot be held responsible for any errors,
omissions, or for changes in details given in this or for the consequences of
any reliance on the information.
The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the
CBX Riders Club (UK) or its Committee.
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CBX “Rider” Spring 2014
Closing date for articles, adverts etc. is Saturday 1st March.
Any member wishing to submit an article can do so by emailing
[email protected] or by post to the
CBX Mag Co-ordinator, Ray Inskipp, 24 Runnymede, Ryhope,
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Or you can get advice on how to submit an article by phone
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Best article in each issue wins a black t-shirt or a baseball cap
Best Article Winner
Dave Kane won a CBX t-shirt for his My First Rally
article in the Autumn CBX Rider mag which was
picked out for special praise by our panel.
Hope the t-shirt fits Dave.
Contact Malcolm Smart, Regalia Secretary with your size etc.
Text your requirements to him 07980 921006.
Monthly Area Meetings
Area
Venue
Detail
North East Area
Alan Fisher
The Swan and Talbot, 34 North
Street, Wetherby, LS22 6NN
2nd Wednesday of every
month
North West Area The Hatton Arms, Hatton Lane,
Andy Cliff
Hatton, Warrington, WA4 4DB
3rd Wednesday of every
month at 8pm
Midland Area
Victoria Pub, Coalville,
Leicestershire – TBC
1st Thursday of every month
Check before starting out
Southern Area
Mick Hill
Ace Cafe
1st Sunday of every month
Contact details for all the regional representatives can be found on
pages 34/35 of this magazine.
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Mr Caroll’s Mallory Experience Part 2
I had only recently finished rebuilding my CBX after shearing the splines
in the single sided swing arm at Mallory Park last year. The weekend
before Mallory was spent on a shakedown run to Box Hill checking that
nothing would fall off as I had been involved in putting it back together
over the past few months.
The ride up to Leicestershire with Gazza had been uneventful and we
stopped at a lovely cafe somewhere ‘oop’ north for some breakfast
before the last push to Mallory. It was jolly hot on the way up and by the
time we got there I was sweating like a nun in a Turkish bath. I got my
bike scrutinised and was amazed nothing had come off in their hands as
they were pulling it about.
Luckily I had help with the re-assembly by Jeff Coker and Steve Courtney
so I knew it would have gone back together properly. While the single
sided swing arm was off I had decided to take the whole bike apart to
get the frame powder coated and give my CBX a well deserved overhaul.
Grumpy had taken my disgustingly dirty engine complete with all the
ancillaries still attached and with 32 years of unwashed grime, oil and
crud and took it apart before sending it off for soda blasting. When it
came back Jeff’s gang at Coker & Sons gave it a total respray in two-pack
black.
When the engine came back it was so clean and shiny it brought a little
tear to my eye... although it was really Grumpy squeezing my gonads and
telling me to wash the bloody thing once in a while. Grumpy had also
sent my frame to be powder coated in silver ‘cos he knows the people
best to do that stuff’.
When I had taken the bike apart I had dismantled the Showa shock and
when I had all the bits laid out on the floor I found a little notice which
said ‘DO NOT DISMANTLE THIS SHOCK’ ...oops! Looking through the
interweb thing I found a new VFR shock for my bike was £800!
Luckily, HM Racing in Edenbridge said leave it with them and they will try
and put it back together. And they did with new seals and a new yellow
spring to match my bike for £150. Top blokes.
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They also sent my front forks off to be anodised in gold. The Rainman
then came to my garage and while he re-assembled the CBX I handed
him spanners and cups of tea like a good monkey and tried not to get
in his way. I had lost the bolt which goes through the top of the shock
which halted the rebuild a tad. I ordered one through John Froude at
Hartgate Honda. £15 for ONE bolt? I nearly fainted.
When Rainman found out two collets for the exhaust, 8 various nuts and
bolts were missing, and the special bolts that hold the sprocket cover on
were also missing he was not a happy bunny.
A quick trip to Grumpy’s parts emporium resulted in a haul of the missing
parts I needed and with Rainman and Grumpy’s patience and hard work
we got my CBX back together. And it was so clean and shiny! I couldn’t
wait to get out on it and give it the beans. I also put new oil and filter in
as it had been a long long time since it had been done.
The last session, number 32, at Mallory and my CBX was out on the track
giving it large with Carl Woodcock only passing me on four occasions.
Unfortunately as I came around the hairpin leaning over to the right my
exhaust collector dug into the ground and separated the pipes. Earlier on
Alan Fisher had been bouncing around on the track using his own body
as a rubber ball ….again.
This time however he had not landed on his face thus saving himself
serious injury. I think my collector hit the lump in the ground caused
by Alan’s face last year. This time poor Allan had been trying to keep up
with James and had fallen off breaking his thighbone or popping a hip or
something, as he’s very old. People have started calling him ‘Tigger’ but
I can’t understand why?
Hope you get better soon Tigger. Pipe and slippers for you old man... can
I have your Moto Martin? I didn’t like to ask you while you were being
carried to the ambulance in case you thought I was being insensitive.
Me! Insensitive? Never.
I will tell you about the caravan thief next time.
David Carroll
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To be held in August 2015
Be part of the Ulster Grand Prix Weekend, seven and a half miles of pure adrenalin pumping fun. CBX
parade lap on the fastest road race circuit in the world. CBX’s only on the parade lap.
Once in a lifetime opportunity never to happen again. Check out wwwulstergrandprix.net
Confirm your intention to go either through the Club forum or the Club email address [email protected] or [email protected]. We will be creating a page on the forum at a
later date for you to confirm your intention to attend. Confirm early and your name will be included in
the Ulster Grand Prix Programme which you will receive free as well as free entrance to the road races.
Also free will be VIP parking CBX’s only. Within your rally fee of approx £85. You will receive a quality
printed Euro Rally T Shirt / Euro Rally Hat / CBX poster plus more freebies. Discounts on all ferries from the
Mainland and Europe (more info on the Forum/Website/Rider Mag at a later date).
Included in your rally fee will be 3 Irish breakfasts / 2 steak dinners, camping, showers - all on site. The
local town is within walking distance with a good selection of bars, restaurants, hotels B&Bs and shops.
CBX trophies will be a selection of awards for different CBXs. On the Friday night there
will be an 70/80’s disco and Saturday night is not to be missed with the band
MIDNIGHT GRAFFITI performing (provisionally booked for this date - may
change). Check out www.midnightgraffiti.com or facebook.
Bushmills W
hisky Distille
ry
Joey Dunlop M emorial
Carrick R
ede Rope
Bridge
2 Stunning ride outs with police outriders, also recovery on all ride outs, also
from the Ulster Grand Prix. If you do happen to have a problem a recovery
truck will transport you back to the campsite free of charge. The campsite will
be open from the Monday before the Euro Rally so you can come early and see
the sites - not to be missed. Giants Causeway, Joey Dunlop Memorial, Joey’s Bar,
Bushmills Whisky Distillery, Carrick Rede Rope Bridge, Antrim Coast Road (A2)
voted one of the most scenic roads in the world.
There will be TV coverage of the Ulster Grand Prix
through the BBC Northern Ireland / Sky TV which will
include the CBX parade lap. Commemorative DVD of
the Ulster Grand Prix which will also include the CBX
parade lap. This will have to purchased at a later date
at your own cost.
Giants Causeway
oad (A2)
Antrim Coast R
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To Buy or not to Buy
Having owned several pro-links over the
years, all silver grey, and comparing
the grey ones to the pearl white I
decided, I prefer the look of the
white ones.
About 18 months ago I had the
opportunity to buy a complete
set of white bodywork, which
included the panniers and frames,
the right hand side pannier was
damaged but since have managed to
acquire another one. I bought all this
with a view of changing a grey one
to white.
Last October I saw a posting on
the CBX Forum “mint silver grey
Prolink”. I decided I would try
to buy it. After a few enquiries
I found out it was in Scotland. I
spoke to the guy who owned it and
agreed a price over the phone.
Club member Paul Bennets kindly
offered to take me and bring the
bike back in his van, a round trip
of some 550 miles. Paul and I set
of to Scotland to fetch it. When
I saw the bike I was bitterly
disappointed, it was certainly not
‘mint’ but effort, time and moneywhat do I do? So I decided to go
with it.
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On the plus side the seller had put some nice
after market extras on it; Corbin seat,
Dyna coils/ignition, tall screen,
temperature gauge, oil gauge,
progressive suspension unit,
Taylor plug leads, Earls oil cooler
lines, chrome rack. He also
included a few spares and some
bodywork, to my amazement
although the bike was grey, the
spare body parts where white and
in very good condition. The front and
rear mudguards, side panels, tail piece,
grab handle back plates, all in better
condition than the ones I already
had.
Between the bodywork I already
had and what I got in Scotland
I have been able to convert the
grey pro-link into a very nice
pearl white one.
With the bike home I completely
stripped it down to the frame, only to
find rust and grime. The so-called
‘mint’ exhausts, one had a small
rust hole in it, the other had a
gouge in it, and the front down
pipes where tarnished.
Next job I decided was to
get, battery box, centre stand,
side stand, clutch housing cover,
number plate carrier and various
other small parts, powder coated.
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I cleaned and repainted the engine, polished the
cam cover and all small alloy parts and
got everything ready to re assemble it.
With the carbs cleaned and tops
polished I decided to remove the
fuel line diaphragm, all previous
pro-links have been a pain to start
from cold. There are two intakes
on the pro-link carbs so I got a
single tap that has two outlets on it,
but this particular tap has no reserve
position on it, got it wrong again! so will
have to watch the fuel content.
I have always fancied having higher
handlebars, so I decided I would
go with it, keeping the original
switchgear. Having lengthened the
throttle cables, choke and clutch
cables, with the bodywork fitted,
the throttle cables were hitting
the fairing. I retired to the bungalow
to cry, and think what to do next. After
some thinking I decided to route the
throttle cables to the left hand side of
the frame ‘it worked’ (joy).
All in this entire project was a
lot of work and expense, mainly
because I believed the advert on
the forum.
As the old saying goes ‘buyer
beware’.
Peter Clift
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Special from Holland
Henk’s Shoppin
g
List
–––– R
ear-swing arm
from a Aprilia Tu
ono 2008
–––– R
ear-suspension
sachs from Aprili
a Tuono 2008
–––– R
ear-break calli
per from Aprilia
Tu
ono 2008
–––– R
ear-break disc
from Braking
–––– F ront fork
from a Kawasak
i ZX10R 2010
–––– B rake-calip
ers from Suzuki
GSXR 1000 201
–––– N
0
ew braking br
ake-discs
–––– W
heels from a A
prilia Dorseduro
2010
–––– T yres Pirelli
Rosso 2
–––– S ub-frame
from a Honda Fi
reblade 2008
–––– K
&N Airfilter
–––– Instrumen
ts by KOSO RX-2
N
–––– A
ustin Racing ex
haust mufflers
–––– A
ctive throttle-k
it
–––– Y
amaha handle
-bar switch left
and right
–––– D
yno Jet Stage
3
–––– H
ead-light asse
mbly from a Su
zuki GSR 750
–––– T riple-Tee’s
and welding do
ne
by
Nico-Bakker
–––– P ainted by
Kees Vreeman M
oto-Design
Borculo (The whi
te colour is the co
lour
of the 2011 new
Fireblade with bl
ue
and
red and silver to
give it all a HRC
twist)
Best regards
Henk Kos
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October Stafford Show
Didn’t we do
well? A third
place in the
Clubs Show
Stand and a
Best Street Bike
Award for Mark
Barrett’s superb
CRC CBX
Special.
This year I
decided we
would have
Turbo’s and unusual CBX’s to exhibit on the Club Stand. I got in touch
with several members with Turbo’s and asked if they would like to
exhibit their CBX’s so along came Carl Woodcock, Steve Golding, Colin
Sycamore and
Paul Pursey.
I then asked
Phil Le Broc
from Jersey if
he would bring
along his CBX
Sprinter.
I also wanted
Kevin Murphy’s
great looking
Spondon CBX
I then got an
email from Mark Barrett asking if he could exhibit his CRC CBX Special
and that his friend Will would be bringing it along.
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I jumped at this chance as this year’s theme was going to be Mean
Machines. A friend of mine is a Disc Jockey and he loaned me some
Lazer Lights and Colour Changing Spotlights, which really added to the
atmosphere.
We started
building the
Show Stand on
the Friday at
12 noon after
picking up the
Show Stand
Equipment
from the
Storage Facility.
Thanks to the
generosity of
Paul Bennetts
who loaned
us his van plus
himself for
transporting
the Show Stand
Equipment to
and from the
Show Grounds.
Finally we
finished the
Show Stand at
6.30pm.
Saturday Show
Day We had lots of comments on how good the Stand looked, from our
Club Members.
The drinks machine was being put to good use and the biscuits where
well enjoyed.
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Sunday Again lots of
CBX Members came
to say hello and have
a cuppa.
As on the Saturday
the public showed a
lot of interest in the
CBX’s and there was
not a time that we
were not surrounded
by the public looking
and taking photo’s
of the bikes. One of the officials of the Show came to the Stand and
said that the CRC CBX had won the Best Street Bike Award and put a
Rosette and an award sign on the CBX, which was incidentally on the
Club Stand Stage.
A little later another official came along and gave me 15 rosettes and
an award sign for our stand had won 3rd place in Club Stand Category.
When the time came
off we went to collect
the awards Best Street
Bike Award was called
but in the name of Steve
Golding but we knew
it was Marks that had
won there had been a
mix up somehow. I sent
Will (Marks friend) up
to collect the award and
said I would sort it out later.Then came our Club’s turn I went up to
collect the award from Christian Sarron. I mentioned to him that I had
seen him racing at Mallory Park in the good old days. He said oh yes I
remember waving to you as I went around on my victory lap. He had a
good sense of humour.
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When I got back to
the stand I found
out what the mix up
was. Someone had
moved Steve’s name
and info sheet from
the front wheel of
his CBX and put it in
front of the stage that
the CRC CBX was on
so right bike wrong
name Steve Golding
understood the mix up.
So all was well with the world I
would like to take this opportunity
to say a Big Thank You to those that
took the time to bring along their
CBX’s for the Show Stand and to all
the helpers who manned the stand
and helped to build it up and break
it down.
See you soon.
Janet Stone
Show Stand Coordinator
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Christian Sarron presents Janet Stone
with a cheque for £250 for taking
3rd place in the Best Stand Category
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Holland Rally 2013
Holland Rally 2013
Holland Rally 2013
Holland Rally 2013
2014 ANNUAL RALLY
13th to 15th June 2014
‘Trem Hyfryd Guest House’
Barmouth Road, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales, LL40 2SP
Tel: 01341 423192 www.bikers-retreat.com
Quite a few of our members already know this very popular bikers venue, nestled in
the heart of the Welsh countryside within Snowdonia National Park surrounded by
miles and miles of fantastic biking roads all around. The hosts and fellow bikers Tiv
and Nigel give a great welcome to bikers and promise us a fantastic weekend not to be
missed. Pricing is shown on the attached Rally Application Form. Here is the provisional
itinerary for the weekend together with site features:
• Friday – Paul Pursey will be showing his CBX DVD during the day – 7.00 Hog roast
with accompaniments, 8.00 Geoff Smale (long time member and Technical Adviser)
will be giving another interesting and amusing talk on more of his bike racing
experiences and adventures.
• Saturday – 11.00 Ride-out, 5.00 AGM for committee reports and a chance for you
to air your views on the club, 7.00 buffet meal, 9.00 prize giving, raffle and either
disco or a rock group (still to be arranged) throughout the evening.
• Sunday – buffet breakfast and chat, then people gradually make their way home.
• Small Guest House with Annexe – Ring for prices but rooms filling fast (is already
on the CBX website).
• Bars and Function Room with French doors leading to:
• Lawned garden, marquee with tables and chairs, large side patio with seating.
• Parking/hard standing with electric hook-ups, level grassy camp site.
• Local brewery has provided a couple of barrels of their most popular beer and lager.
• A buffet breakfast available on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
• Sandwiches can be bought at lunchtimes or wonder down to the centre of
Dolgellau, less than a mile away where there are cafes, shops and PUBS!
• Ice Cream van on site (at no charge to the club) throughout the weekend.
If you have any queries or comments regarding the above,
please contact me on [email protected] (01706-844995) or
A Rally Application Form is enclosed with this magazine;
can be printed off from www.ukcbxclub.com;
or obtained via e-mail from [email protected]
• A
ccommodation around Dolgellau, approx. 1 mile away.
Please satisfy yourself as to availability, location, price and suitability before making
a booking:
Plas Gwyn B&B & Holiday Cottage
01341 388176
Bryn Mair House01341 422640
Ty Seren B&BOnly on-line booking
Royal Ship Hotel01341 422209
Ivy House01341 422535
Ffynnon Guest House
01341 421774
Janet on [email protected] (01283-820063)
LYNNE AND THE RALLY TEAM
Choc’s CBX Re-build
Hi CBX’ers
It started when I had a go on Dave
Whelan’s beautiful red Z. That was it, I started
looking around for a Z, one came up on ebay (yes
with a buy it now) in Leeds, it was not what I exactly
wanted but it was a 1978 Z. I kept watching it, and
then my wife turned around and said just buy it. I
had been looking forward to picking it up, so Dave
and I set off with the trailer. When we got there we
started the engine up, she sounded really good, but
the down side was the engine had been painted
with a black tar brush. The paint job was a John
Grogesky American job 1980’s? We inspected the
bike, and had a good look round it for faults, Then the
owner offered to take me out on the back for a spin,
all seemed great to me, the deal was done, I was the
owner of my first CBX. I explained to the owner I
was going to take her back to the original as much
as possible (he seemed gob smacked when I told him
this). We loaded the bike onto the trailer, secured
her down, and off we went on our merry way back
home. On the way home I explained to Dave what
I was planning to do, he said give me a shout and
I will help you with it. (One in a million mate). So
when I got her home I washed and cleaned her (lol)
then took her out for her maiden voyage. After a few
days I started to make a list, what I needed to keep
and what I needed to replace. I started to look on
ebay and various other places. I started to buy some
of the items on my list and store them safely in my
garage, and then I started stripping and cleaning the
parts I was going to keep, to see what lay beneath
the grime.
No. 1
Fairings with twin headlamps, belly pan, the brackets
and spacers were made of bits of wood (yes you read
correct bits of wood), nuts, bolt washers were a right
miss match of oddments.
No. 2
Forks were not Z’s, but it had Prolink top and bottom
yokes, the forks were devoid of any oil, the allen
bolts were cross threaded, and 2 coins on top of the
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fork springs (if the coins had been £1 coins not too
bad but were only ten pence pieces, when’s my luck
going to change with this CBX).
No. 3
Swinging arm was a Metchamex alloy item, with
Astralight wheels on. Dave had arrived that weekend
to help. Dave was taking parts off with my tools,
i.e. ratchet with no ratchet in, and was not working
properly, tools, spanners, sockets lying all over the
place, screwdrivers not fit for purpose. After a chat
with Dave he said throw all your so called tools in
the bin, or words to that effect, which we cannot
print, you know what I mean. The next visit Dave
turned up with a very large toolbox, socket set etc.,
etc., and I am still using them today, cheers mate.
No. 4
The next job was to take the engine out, Dave and
I started to strip down parts, so we could get the
engine out of the frame. Dave did the work and I
made a list in which order the parts came off. He
knows his stuff does Mr. Whelan, after some time it
was out and onto the trolley we had. “Another long
day”. The next job was to strip the existing paint off
the engine, lots of elbow grease and nitro morse,
wire brusher’s, and lots more elbow grease. Next job
in the pipeline was the frame.
No. 5
I started to take as much paint off as I could; the
frame was a burnt orange/red colour, also the
handlebars were the same colour. After a lot of hard
graft the frame and handlebars are ready for powder
coating, now winging its way to Kingsbury Road,
Birmingham. Oops, big cock up forgot to take the
VIN plate off the frame before shot blasting.
No. 6
Now the tricky bit the carbs. Dave helped me again to
take off the carbs, throttle cables, choke cable etc., etc.
Next step nitro morse, and yes you guessed it more
elbow grease. Float bowls off, carb tops off, and taken
to Bedders Polisher’s at Hospital Street Birmingham.
Dave left me to finish off (more later). No. 7
Went to collect the frame, handle bars, battery box,
etc., etc., from the powder coaters, great job done
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by Steve thanks. Dave back again helping out, what
to seek out next, and tries to find everything that
has been stored, let’s have a cup of tea and think.
1st thing on the agenda show Dave the engine, is it
ready to spray I’m afraid not. Oops, Dave showed me
all the bits I had missed, you know what’s coming
next more elbow grease and more nitro morse, after
more nitro morse more elbow grease and more wire
brushing the motors ready to paint. The sun was out
aerosol’s at the ready, we were going to use Simoniz 5
wheel silver, after taking the engine to the back of the
garage and applying the Simoniz we left it to dry. On
inspection later what a job Dave had done, spot on,
well done Dave.
Next step starting to put everything back on the
frame, new wiring harness went on first, then the
wheels acquired from Phil Mace, an original swinging
arm. The bike was suspended to the rafters so we put
the forks on. All ready for the engine now. (It’s the
know how that counts). Dave and I dig the engine
out from the back of the garage, and start to sort
the carbs to fit back onto the engine. With the airbox
already in position, we positioned the engine on
the trolley jack ready to be lifted into place, slowly
we jacked the engine up towards the air box. Bingo!
Fitted straight into position first time, now it was
my job to tighten the clips that hold the carbs onto
the engine, also the air filter box. I must say myself
it looks brilliant. Next step line up the swinging arm
and fit onto the frame, all going smoothly. Now ready
to fit the standard shocks I bought from ebay (USA),
I was really pleased with myself on acquiring these
shocks but Dave brought me crashing back down to
earth when he said they were shit then and they’re
still shit now, so he persuaded me to fit the ones that
came with the bike, fully adjustable items. Dave said
store them in the bottom of your shed which I have
done. Next to fit was the footrest hangers, and gear
lever I won on ebay (USA).
No. 8
Another part that was very hard to get hold of was
the standard h4 headlamp and stays, losing out a
couple of times on ebay, I thought to my self the next
time the parts come up I am not going to lose out,
so I put a ridiculous bid in for the next one’s and won
them.
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No. 9
The first set of Comstars were not great so I searched for a replacement set and found a set and
purchased them from Phil Mace. After buying the 2nd set of wheels decided to fit them myself, in
doing so crushed the speedo drive oops.
No. 10
Won a lot of the gear needed on ebay UK and ebay USA, took a while to find the air box but won
this one when it came on ebay, carb rubbers and clips easy to find from David Silver spares, and got
5% discount in the bargain.
No. 11
Dave checked and repaired the clocks, new headlamp, and indicators acquired from ebay USA. The
indicators needed extra wires on Dave sorted them out for me; he also sorted the rest of the wiring
on the bike. Cheers.
No. 12
Tank, front mudguard off Dave Whelan, side panels,
tail piece aftermarket items from Coventry, resprayed
by Rob Whelan, he also said bring your old tail piece
up and I will spray that for you as well, I explained to
him it was full of filler and cracked and chipped don’t
worry he said I will sort it, what a perfect job perfect
match (candy apple red) to the tank and mudguard,
another piece of the jigsaw finished, Cheers Rob.
No. 13
All re assembled and ready to put the key in and fire
her up, key inserted press the start button and bingo
she fired up first time, even quicker was the petrol
that flowed across my garage floor! Dave quickly
switched the petrol off and started to inspect the
carbs, oops somebody had forgotten to nip the float
bowls up, I held my hand up I should have checked.
By this time the air had turned blue, and I made a
hasty retreat and put the kettle on. By the time the
tea was made Dave had calmed down a bit. He tried
every way possible to tighten the float bowl screws,
without having to take the exhausts off, air filter, tilt
the engine forward etc. etc. the inevitable happened, we had to take the bike to bits again to get at
them pesky screws that somebody forgot to nip up oop’s. We eventually had to take the carbs off,
as we suspected float bowls only finger tight also a rubber gasket wasn’t seated correctly. Dave did
mention that he had left me to tighten those up and seat the gasket; I am going to lock those tools
away from you in future, or words to that effect, (the air was blue again). After many more hours or
it felt like many more hours the bike was ready to start again, hallelujah. Dave went over the bike
with a fine toothcomb, no leaks no noises, it was done - the end.
Thanks to Dave Whelan and Rob Whelan - without their help and knowledge this rebuild would
never have got off the ground. Paul Henn
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Sorting out an Oil Burner
I know these CBX’s can burn some oil and give off a bit of smoke
but Paul Nolan’s Pro-link on the way to Switzerland had Neil
and I a little concerned. It wasn’t just the smoke and sore
throats we were suffering from it was the red glow and
flames from the oil burning in the hot exhaust that
we found alarming, these things were supposed to
sound like a Phantom jet at take off, not actually go
into reheat. So I thought I would write and send in the
shopping list of bits required in case you are also fed up
with pouring gallons of oil into your CBX.
We dropped the engine and took it to my garage so I could
work on it in the evenings when the family had gone to bed,
that way I got slightly less grief about spending all my time doing
CBX things. A top end strip and rebuild, nothing too complicated, just
enough to stop it drinking all that black stuff. We used original
Honda rings and honed the barrels vigorously, replaced valve
guide seals and reground the valves. Replaced both cam
chains. There was so much
Gasket set
£89 slack in cam chain B it
worn the tensioner
Piston rings £220 had
beyond use and most
Cam chain A
£49 of it was stuck to the
oil strainer in the sump
Cam chain B
£58 so a NOS tensioner was
Tensioner B £151 sourced from Louis at Used
CBX parts, thank goodness
the pound is quite strong. Incidentally through a previous
owners mishap there was a very neat impression of a screw in
the top of no 2 piston so well imprinted you could almost tell what
pitch the thread was.
A soft link was used for cam chain “A” resisting the
temptation to batter it flat out of the worry of it coming
undone. Replaced generator brushes while we were at
it and topping of the bill with filter, oil and various
other gaskets and sundries the final cost was £750. So
if your engine is burning a bit of oil you might like
to just hand out a few throat sweets to those riding
behind you. The engine now sounds lovely and quiet,
only time will tell if the demand for crude will go down, I
only hope I have battered that soft link enough.
Dave Peters
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For Sale
Fire damaged 1979 CBX Z with 6 in to 6. £1000.
For enquires contact Jim on 07919 684092, email [email protected]
and I can explain the extent of the damage to anyone interested.
Original Sankei Exhausts
Set or original Sankei exhausts, the silencers
have seen better days, front pipes are good.
£175 or near offer.
Tel Dave Bradwell on 01226 767832 home
or 07711 071960 mobile or Email Dave on
[email protected]
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CBX Riders Club (UK)
Club founded in 1992 by Pete and Rusty Broad
Elected Committee Members
Treasurer
Tony Smith
Tel: 01622 832796
Email: [email protected]
Membership
Secretary
Kevin Murphy
(evenings & weekends)
Tel: 0115 9267786
Email: [email protected]
Regalia Secretary
Malcolm Smart
Tel: 0121 7825264
Mobile: 07980 921006
Rally Co-ordinator
Lynne Woodcock
Tel: 01706 844995
Email: [email protected]
Senior Technical
Advisor
Carl Woodcock
Tel: 01706 844995
Email: [email protected]
Magazine
Co-ordinator
Ray Inskipp
24 Runnymede, Ryhope, Sunderland,
Tyne & Wear, SR2 0BJ.
Tel: 0191 5213490 Mob: 07890 010813
Email: [email protected]
North East
Alan Fisher
Tel: 01757 288282
Email: [email protected]
Andy Cliff
Tel: 01925 657247
Email: [email protected]
Paul Bennetts
Email: [email protected]
Mick Hill
Email: [email protected]
Mike Harper
Tel: 07796 301153
Email: [email protected]
lan Foster
Tel: 028777-62405 (leave message with Joy)
Email: [email protected]
Paul Kirk
Tel: 029 203 63837
Email: [email protected]
Paul Pursey
Tel: 01225 753997 (6pm-9pm)
Email: [email protected]
(Regional Representative)
North West
(Regional Representative)
Midlands
(Regional Representative)
South East
(Regional Representative)
Scotland
(Regional Representative)
All Ireland
(Regional Representative)
Wales
(Regional Representative)
South West
(Regional Representative)
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CBX Riders Club (UK)
Club founded in 1992 by Pete and Rusty Broad
Club Officials
Technical Advisor
Tim Then
Tel: 07770 401768
Email: [email protected]
Technical Advisor
Geoff Smale
Technical Advisor
Steve Gosine
Road Traffic Law
Advisor
Overseas Club
Correspondent
Rally (sub)
Committee
Mark Owen
Tel: 01704 570549
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07971 169980
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
lan Foster
(Committee Member)
Janet Stone
Email: [email protected]
Alan Fisher
(Committee Member)
Tel: 01757 288282
Email: [email protected]
Webmaster
Steve Gosine
Tel: 07971 169980
Email: [email protected]
Spares & Services
Co-ordinator
John Stone
Tel: 01283 820063
Email: [email protected]
Show Co-ordinator
Janet Stone
Tel: 01283 820063
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01283 820063
Email: [email protected]
** Club Officials are elected by the committee **
Honorary Club
President
Pete Broad
Honorary Auditor
Hubert Saldanha
Please remember all the above are volunteers and therefore only ring them no later than 21.30 hrs
(9.30pm) to avoid inconvenience to their families (unless other times are advised above).
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
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Tech Tip from Alan (Ironside) Fisher
Starting and Charging
Lots have been said on this subject, but these are my opinions.
Battery: It does not matter what size battery you fit, a 12v battery
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condition it just means the more you take out of a
larger battery, the longer it will take to re charge. If
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Paul O’Neil’s Red Z near the Tyne Bridge/Sage Building
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Dave Peters getting the Z cranked right
over at a recent track day at Castle Coomb.