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Offline Davy123

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C&J HONDA
« on: September 02, 2011, 04:05:33 pm »
click on the link to see my old C&J that i've just bought back  ;D
http://circa74.lefora.com/2011/09/01/cj-honda/#post5
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 05:27:47 pm »
Nice same as my centreport

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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 07:59:20 pm »
Certainly is..even down to the chain guide/tensioner.... ;D...
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 01:28:39 am »








better pics if they work  ;D
« Last Edit: September 03, 2011, 01:32:04 am by Davy123 »
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 05:30:02 am »
Looks nice Davy, is that one of the old chambered SuperTrapps or just the 4" straight core model?  Real clean build..
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« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 06:36:59 am »
Nice!!!

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Offline Davy123

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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 06:44:14 am »
hi swiss... straight core with spacers between the disks
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 09:04:03 am »
Very nice looking.

What's the weight?
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 09:48:16 am »
Sweet bike Davy. As a fan of craftsman built frames, I'm in awe of Jeff Coles work. Of all of the American frame builders he's the one that displayed to the Brits that there were innovators besides home grown Eric Cheney, the Rickmans and Brian Curtis.
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2011, 04:19:21 pm »
JC... it weighs 230 pounds using the bathroom scale method, i'll get some more weight off it by changing the xl cush drive rear wheel for something lighter,alloy kickstart,and remove every 2nd fin from barrel/ head and either find a TL 250 flywheel or get mine lightened.

cheers Firko...the workmanship on the frame is excellent ..and handles really well, turns reallly well..
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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2011, 04:42:16 pm »
Earlier today I checked out Jonesy's under construction C&J B50 which is a very early 7" and 4" conventional pre '75 frame. The difference in weight between it, Alans stock B50 is quite noticable and tomorrow we hope to weigh the C&J, stock '74 B50 and Alans '74 CCM.....my money's on the C&J to be even lighter than the CCM. I think that one of the prettiest motocross bikes ever built is the C&J XR500 like the below jewell.
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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2011, 05:06:58 pm »
I would say you would be correct firko as the early C & J are a lot lighter, my 72 sideport frame is a full 2kg lighter. Davey the TL250 is lightest then the XL250 the bike below has a TL250 flywheel my centreport has a Bill Bell engine so it has one of his flywheels on it.



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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2011, 06:24:31 pm »
sudman..my motor is only 298cc ,nrb cam, carb,valves,ti retainers,porting and combustion chamber altered ...and about 12:1 comp..
but it goes very well ,would like to try a tl flywheel .
frko...heres some pics of my mates C&J ...58 hp ..cracking bike..








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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2011, 01:08:06 pm »

How hard these C&J frames to find?

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Re: C&J HONDA
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2011, 02:44:08 pm »
It took me two years to find the 1st one & then the 2nd one popped up 6 months later(both imported from the US), I have not seen another for sometime now but to fair I have not been looking. The guy I got my centreport from has another one or two bikes he would sell but that was two years ago now.
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