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Post by macplaxton on Feb 17, 2015 21:06:50 GMT
Was on the Skype to my bro the other day and he sent a couple of pics in a "guess the car" First pic:  img1 by macplaxton, on Flickr I'll leave it at that for a minute and throw up another if you can't get it from that.  |
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Post by 33grinder on Feb 22, 2015 1:08:43 GMT
Interesting exhaust but not got a scooby...
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Post by macplaxton on Feb 22, 2015 22:12:33 GMT
Look more closely at the rear....if you can't see, here's the second (probably giveaway) picture:  img2 by macplaxton, on Flickr |
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dafman
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Post by dafman on Feb 23, 2015 5:10:37 GMT
Honda S600?
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Post by macplaxton on Feb 23, 2015 10:51:22 GMT
Well done Vince! I knew the axle/chain drive rear wheels would give the game away. I don't have a picture of the car - I'll ask my bro if he has one. Last summer he was looking for a two-wheeler. Given that he was 44, I concluded that it must have been the mid-life crisis kicking in  He hasn't had a bike since the mid-1990s when he briefly had a Honda H100S-II when he lived in Edinburgh. Then he had his first (minor) spill and gave up! Anyway, he picked up a brand new Honda:  image_cub2 by macplaxton, on Flickr A Honda Little Cub C50! (I'm still taking the piss out of it  ) Initially he was parking it here:  image_cub1 by macplaxton, on Flickr Jap price equivalent to 935 GBP. Inc 3 years of road tax and a year's insurance. 2 year warranty. No MOT required in Japan. Which is dirt cheap as when I last saw the Cub 90 on the UK Honda pricelist back in the late 1990s it was 1695/1795 GBP (kickstart/electric start). I don't think they've been officially imported into the UK for well over 10 years now. EU licensing laws don't make it worth their while. Back to the car. He was down his Honda guy in Osaka (who is some really, really, old guy near his apartment) getting his Cub 50 its 3k km service done and he saw it up on the ramps. Apparently it belongs to the owner of the workshop.
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Post by 33grinder on Feb 23, 2015 13:45:46 GMT
Very nice too Rich, have always liked those. And the cub too, Mrs G had one years ago...
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Post by dafman on Feb 23, 2015 23:05:03 GMT
I at first saw the first photo (they were both posted when I saw it) and I was like that's small and those headers are definitely sporty. I didn't think Jap right away but when I saw the chain drive I knew it!
Vince
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He hasn't had a bike since the mid-1990s when he briefly had a Honda H100S-II when he lived in Edinburgh. Then he had his first (minor) spill and gave up! Anyway, he picked up a brand new Honda:
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