This is Marty's 185 Cub "Goldie, Marty aquired it as a sad old Honda 185 Benly, Son of that well known (if yer an' old git like me) Dum de dum, the venerable CD175. Hooorah !
Not quite content with the bike's debonaire good looks and boyish charm he let me loose on it wiv the good ol' grinder and welder. After a few (re)incarnations it's ended up as this smart Tiger Cubby type thingymebobber. The ally mudguards are in fact from an aforesaid Cub, courtesy of Mitch, for a fiver?.
The
wheels were chopped to bits and the hubs sent dan' sarf to have lovely ally
rims and stainless spokes laced on.
After
a rummage in me shed Marty uttered those immortal words
"Ye needin' these ? " and wandered of with two crobba crobba tubes?
from an old Sportster". The frame was stripped and painted, new fork
shrouds
Yes, original Honda bits £35 a pair thankee very much Mr JK.
The tank was filled,primed, rubbed down, (repeat 400,000 times) and painted
a kind of off white affair.
All
in all a very tidy bike, the kind that hangs around on street corners
wearing it's hat at a rakish angle.
Specifications
| Bike : | 1947 Honda CD185 Benly |
| Frame : |
Nearly original pressed wax cotton with bits of trombone welded on By Al & Brian |
| Electrics : | Rewired by Marty |
| Wheels : | Yes, Two, Knobbly Ally rimmed |
| Suspension : | Original front, rear shocks from an MZ250 |
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Other : Side panels, rear painted perspex, mini speedo, 1/4 turn throttle, unkown Keihin Carb, Battery box bent by Marty, Welded by Al & Brian (how many eejits does it take tae make a battery box ferchrisakes) Famous Saying : It's nearly finished !, Yeh right Marty. |
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Right Marty, now ye've done the 185, get that GSX11 that's lyin' in yer shed sorted.
