C & J on it's way

[sudman]

Here's a little inspiration for Steven in the shed.

[sudman]

Interesting info sent to me by the passed owner.

How many would you buy at that price if you could now?

[bazza]

CDI off xr200 for honda xl350 motors works well

[sudman]

Yep I have been running one for about a year now with no problems.

[VMX247]

About 6 weeks, shipping it with Kiwi freight again, I am at the stage now that the frame needs some colour on it but do I paint as done in the day or do I get it powder coated?
Cheers
Tony

Its August       Is it here yet ? 
cheers A

[sudman]

Alison your radar works so well I bet Steve & man child can't get away with anything

It has made it to NZ just waiting for customs to clear it, have not done to much other than collecting bits from the state, CR250 seat, new sprockets, footpegs etc dummy up the engine to make mounts & that's about it.

Had some VMX friends just come back from Kalgoorlie, they have family up there working in the Superpit, went out with metal detector & after about an hour found a nugget about size of small golf ball.
Also had a bit of fun riding in the red dust on a new CRF450.

[VMX247]

Alison your radar works so well I bet Steve & man child can't get away with anything

It has made it to NZ just waiting for customs to clear it, have not done to much other than collecting bits from the state, CR250 seat, new sprockets, footpegs etc dummy up the engine to make mounts & that's about it.

Had some VMX friends just come back from Kalgoorlie, they have family up there working in the Superpit, went out with metal detector & after about an hour found a nugget about size of small golf ball.
Also had a bit of fun riding in the red dust on a new CRF450.

No they got their secrets    We found an C&J in the states and waiting on an email-second in line  (How could you need to wait on finance for such an item    sell ya grandmother buy buy I say    , anyway so that's when I thought of your c&j on it's way 
Gold !! very nice size to unearth,  now they are friends to hang out with.Heading up to the Goldfields next weekend,maybe the big bore pre85 will uncover some nuggets at the King of the Cross 25th Anniversary. 
cheers A

[sudman]

Was it the one from Marks swap meet site? I have seen pitures of that one, there is also a very cool one on ebay as well all road legal. Hope you get it they are so light less than half the weight of the Honda frame.
Tony

[VMX247]

Was it the one from Marks swap meet site? I have seen pitures of that one, there is also a very cool one on ebay as well all road legal. Hope you get it they are so light less than half the weight of the Honda frame.
Tony

Do you have a link for the ebay one ?
cheers

[firko]

On page three of this thread I posted some shots of Bob Neilsons barn find "C&J" XL Honda. Bob and I have done a bit of research of the bike and now know that it's a Redline framed bike that was built for the best mate of Redline owner Linn Kastin. Once it was realised just how rare the bike was in relation to its bargain $1600 price Alan Jones has bought it and it's now on its way to Oz. Apparently the bike was used for desert racing around 1974/5 and has quite a sturdy engine, supposedly built by Bill Bell. This is yet another example that if you're prepared to look outside of the circle, there are some gems still to be had for recession prices.
                     

[vmx42]

Nice rack! 

[firko]

It's a proper DT1 item Jeff...holy grail stuff to train spotters like Alan and I 

Here's a little inspiration for Steven in the shed.

Number 18 seems to be in a bit of bother in the first turn photo! Would that be Mike Bell on #5? He looks tall enough and his Dad built a pretty good C&J Honda.

[vmx42]

...holy grail stuff to train spotters like Alan and I 

 

[VMX247]

Was it the one from Marks swap meet site? I have seen pitures of that one, there is also a very cool one on ebay as well all road legal. Hope you get it they are so light less than half the weight of the Honda frame.
Tony

What year are the frame makes of the side pipe and straight pipes --both pre75 ??
cheers A

[sudman]

The Centre port frame came out in late 74 as per the price list above being 1st of Jan 1975,back then a lot of XL were being changed to centre port, Honda's centre motor did not come out until late 75, if you take a look at the Al Baker bike at the start of this post you will see it has a centre port head but side port cases.

Cheers
Tony