Recent content by 56nomad

Any news, Nick?

Haha, What a div, I am. I was told I was 'born-again' or was it that I'd 'never been born'? :doh:

Never been. Tend to go to Stafford as it's on my doorstep. Nice tracker you got there, by the way.

Ok, here goes: The black one is my bog stock US spec (447) '81 SH. Nice and reliable and sweet to ride. The red one is also mine and in a former life it was a Euro spec (533) '79 SE but has obviously been modified somewhat. It's currently awaiting my attention but I'm not sure in what...

Cheers Nick.

I originally started this in The Lounge which turns out to be the wrong place. :doh: I'm a born-again biker after a gap of about 30 years! Got back into it through my son. We've both got XS650s but now having a go at building up a cafe racer XS400. Early days as we gather the bits we need...

Wrong place for intros so off to the The Garage with this!

Looking for a decent 1979/80(?) 'coffin' shaped roadster tank (not the tear-drop Special tank). Crap paint and/or small dents totally acceptable. Cash or swap my tank: 380mm long (excl mounts), 260mm at its widest, approx 150mm wide at the rear, 180mm high. Steel with 2 petcock bungs...