Comments on: It’s here… my 1983 limited edition SR500

By: benhamin

benhamin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:20:43 +0000

Not to my knowledge. We were talking the other day and he seems happy with his ride… and has only just passed his P's so won't be changing for awhile I would have thought. I will ask though.

By: kenndlv

kenndlv — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:58:57 +0000

Ben,

Heard from Scotts that they were getting a green and cream bike back to trade in from a bigger bike.

Any chance that bike is your colleagues?

K

By: benhamin

benhamin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21:14 +0000

hello, all the Scotts team are cool, so say hello from me if you go down. I dealt with Luke primarily and he was extremely helpful in educating on the pro's and con's of different bikes as I really didn't know what I was doing.

The way it worked with my bike: Scotts had a container due in and I was able to see photos and specs of all the bikes, I then placed a nominal deposit to reserve the bike I liked, on its arrival I went to see it and had the option to change if I wanted. All good.

They generally have a few models floating around so you'll be able to get a feel for the GB.

On parts for the GB, I don't know really, Scotts keep stock of stuff... best to ask them.

FYI: A colleague at work just got a lovely GB250 from them in dark green and cream, looks great.

Hope that helps... happy riding. B

By: kenndlv

kenndlv — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:20:35 +0000

Ben,

Chanced on this site when looking for sellers of the Honda GB250. I'm going to go to scotts next week to have a look at their bikes.

From the sounds of it, the people at scotts were very helpful. Any hints or suggestions on choosing, dealing with them? Did you have to buy the bike unseen, or could you wait until it arrived in Sydney before you put down the cash?

In your travels did you by any chance find any GB250 parts dealers? The only one I've found so far is www.japan.webike.net.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:00:33 +0000

Well thank you. To be honest there are not too many nice GB 400's here. I'm living in Thailand and though a number of them come in from Japan people don't seem to be as interested in taking care of them once they are here. They sort of fall apart a bit because the people that bring them in don't spend too much time or money on them. Which is a shame because they are great bikes. There is a real market for SR 400 customs though and this is the bike that seems to attract the people that are going to spend the money on a bike and make it into something really special.

I don't have any more photos of the bike but I will take a couple more for you when it gets back from the shop later this week. It shook a turn signal loose last week. (one more original part gone)

I understand about the kick start, the GB has both kick and thumb start and after the bike is warm, I almost always thumb start it. Though there is something in the way of appeal in a kick start only bike. It just brings the whole experience down a notch to it's most pure basic level.

With regards to the project, if you are serious about doing it and have things mapped out as to what you want to do with the bike, you should think about booking a ticket to Thailand for a shopping trip. With you being in Australia, I imagine you could get a ticket pretty cheap. And parts are dirt cheap over here. My whole bike (total including the cost of the bike) is about $1500 american (don't know what that translates to in Aus dollars but its not much).

Good to hear from a fellow enthusiast. Happy riding and have fun with the project. Stay in touch.

By: benhamin

benhamin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:11:32 +0000

hey Ryan, thanks for the comment. Re-reading my post I realise what I did, I failed to identify your pic as an example of a GB – not the actual eBay one – that's fixed now. Anyhow, love your bike… in fact it was about the only cool pic I could find of the GB (seeing as your a photographer, that makes sense…). Do you have any other pics of it?

With regards to my 'project' haven't done anything as yet… just riding it… must say the kick-start is a pain some days, so I'm evaluating whether to make this the project or not. Will share whatever I do.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:17:20 +0000

Hey chanced by this post when looking for GB 250 project ideas. My eye was caught by the stunning GB 400 that you posted. (it's actually my bike and not for sale). I don't know if you found that photo on Ebay but that is not the bike that the seller is selling. Lovely bike none the less and it makes a great restoration project as you can see, I have done a lot of work to the bike including double sided exhaust which confuses a lot of people because the bike is a single cylinder with dual exhaust porting.
Anyway, good luck with your project, there are some great cafe racers built around the SR base and you seem to have found the best of them (dues). I would love to hear from you and hear where you found my bike for sale (always a laugh) and how your project is going.

By: BP

BP — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:24:21 +0000

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By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:23:02 +0000

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By: larsRPV

larsRPV — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:12:28 +0000

Ben,

I stumbled across your website on last Sunday's lazy afternoon. You're well on your way of getting a pretty darn cool motorcycle, dude!

You mentioned some good suppliers of SR parts etc., but please allow me to add one more: REDZ POR VIDA (www.redzporvida.com) from the North of Europe.

Hope to see you around some day on our website,

In the meantime, keep up the good work!

Cheers,

Lars
REDZ POR VIDA

By: tom uglow

tom uglow — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:01:46 +0000

This terrifies me.
(as a cyclist)
but I am very happy for you.