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arsey30
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READ TITAN 350

Post by arsey30 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:35 am

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Hi all,
I recently did some restoration work on my friends CB77 1965.
It was converted into 350 Read Titan about 20 years ago, when he first saw it, and he asked me to put it back into original Titan form.

He rode it at Mallory park classic parade recently, it is fully CMRC eligible. As it is a better track than road bike, he is thinking of replacing it with a road bike, but we shall see.

He rode it in a hill climb in France last month, and the noise level was 110db, so the marshall told him to get it reduced by next year.

Dave.

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Post by Superchicken » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:39 pm

That is way cool! The pipes, the tank. I can see how it might be allittle loud!!!![/img]

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Post by 305racer » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:08 pm

arsey30,do you have any info on who made the headpipes/primarys?
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Post by arsey30 » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:02 am

I think they were made by Reads of Leytonstone, London, but they closed over 25 years ago.

Dave.

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Post by sparky » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:40 am

this bike in the picture above if i am correct was registered in the uk in 1965 with the suffix BDX and if so is the one featured in a magazine article a little while ago. assuming alll above is correct It belonged to a friend of mine and was a really nice bike in close to original condiition.

Read Titan was the name used by the owners of Read Brothers of Leytonstone London and they used an oversize piston kit to take the humble CB77 bore out by another 10mm thus making the the engine just short of 350cc. Their sales brochures offered a whole array of tuning parts and accessories including fibreglass tanks and seats from a company called Churchgate Mouldings. It was possible to purchase a bike in any state of tune and style by selecting from the catalogue to suit your pocket.

The CB Read Titan machines were raced in various events and had sucess from the mid 1960's on through until the early 1970's when the K series Hondas which came straight out of the factory with a five speed box needed less efforts to be more competitive.


The header pipes of the style of those shown above being one each side as opposed to two together, were a prototype shape made by Reads how ever they were meant to be straight thorough pipes and not have the ends covered with those stumpy reverse cones which are probably still on sale from Armors of Bournemouth.





















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Titan

Post by nortryder » Mon May 13, 2013 6:35 pm

That is a mighty nice bike. Does anyone still make aftermarket go fast stuff these days? Or is it strictly flea bay? I know airtech nice glass, how ever I'm looking for engine stuff, cams, pistons etc.

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Post by teazer » Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:04 am

Cams, valves springs pistons are all available.

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