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Graham, it's just spectacular. You do exquisite work! I love the blue, it's beautiful. In fact, LM and I spoke about blue (and white) Superhawks when he called the other day.

The beauty of doing this is that there is no timeline, especially when it has to be right and it's a labor of love. Yours will be done when it's done!

Sara

Hopefully I can retire in 2018 and give my projects the attention they deserve. Unfortunately we are about to win a really big project in New York that will run for 18 months and I only have 16 left to go.

I may become rather expensive for those last two.....

INteresting about the white Superhawks. One sold on eBay recently as an 'original' white CB72 and was advertised for GBP12,000 ($15,000). It turns out that the very same machine started life as a red bike and was featured in Classic Bike magazine in the 1980s.

Caveat Emptor..........

Graham

sarals wrote:Graham, it's just spectacular. You do exquisite work! I love the blue, it's beautiful. In fact, LM and I spoke about blue (and white) Superhawks when he called the other day.

The beauty of doing this is that there is no timeline, especially when it has to be right and it's a labor of love. Yours will be done when it's done!

Caveat Emptor indeed, Graham!

18 months with 16 left. Yes, I like those odds! There is no financial reason you can't finish that project!

I actually did a little work on the Old Girl day before yesterday. I managed to purchase a shifter assembly a while back and I finally got around to replacing the shifter arm, the piece which attaches to the splined shift shaft. The assembly I bought had much better splines than the original on the bike did, BUT the threads for the clamp bolt were completely stripped out. I strayed from originality by using a longer bolt and a cap nut to clamp the shifter arm to the shift shaft. Nice! However, that repair brought out how worn the pins in the clevises on the shifter adjustment arm are. I haven't ridden the bike yet to see how or if it shifts any differently, but just sitting on it and shifting while it's on the center stand not running feels better. It has to be improvement, right?

Not always, but here's hoping!

One day, when I have a few less irons in the fire, I really do need to definitively answer whether or not the charging system works. I lean towards that it doesn't, but that needs to be proven.

It's nice to see all of the progress made by others here, as well as seeing new folks!

And the regular, old friends!!

G-Man wrote:My CB400F used to do 65mpg (British gallon - 4.5 litres) and my Ford C-Max 1.6 Turbo diesel does pretty much the same on a run; 55mpg around town.

Of course we have to pay £1.35 a litre for the precious stuff. That's £6.13 a UK gallon or $7.84 per US gallon...... :-)

G

Graham, I've little update for you! In November I traded my Prius (170000 miles and needing expensive repairs) in on a new "leftover" 2015 Ford C-Max SE. It's a bit different than your C-Max in that it's a hybrid. It has a 2.0 liter gas engine and then the electric motors. 190 horsepower, and I believe it, it's VOLUMES more fun to drive than my Prius ever was! Neat, neat little car! I'm averaging 41.4 MPG, too.

Hello there!.
Tis a pleasure to read your message and know you are OK.
Lori had a virus on the brain again and took 3 weeks to take care of that.
I'm in the process of having my eyes corrected (3 months) and can sort of "See the end of the road! :-). ....................lm

sarals wrote:I actually did a little work on the Old Girl day before yesterday. I managed to purchase a shifter assembly a while back and I finally got around to replacing the shifter arm, the piece which attaches to the splined shift shaft. The assembly I bought had much better splines than the original on the bike did, BUT the threads for the clamp bolt were completely stripped out. I strayed from originality by using a longer bolt and a cap nut to clamp the shifter arm to the shift shaft. Nice! However, that repair brought out how worn the pins in the clevises on the shifter adjustment arm are. I haven't ridden the bike yet to see how or if it shifts any differently, but just sitting on it and shifting while it's on the center stand not running feels better. It has to be improvement, right?

Not always, but here's hoping!

One day, when I have a few less irons in the fire, I really do need to definitively answer whether or not the charging system works. I lean towards that it doesn't, but that needs to be proven.

It's nice to see all of the progress made by others here, as well as seeing new folks!

And the regular, old friends!!

Sara

Great to hear from you! 41.5 is pretty amazing for a US gallon!

There are plenty of C-Max taxis around New York City. It's a nice roomy car. I have done over 15,000 miles in mine (despite being in the US 50% of the time) and it's not 12 months old, yet. I find it very good for my troublesome back.

If I could buy an electric version with the range of a Tesla, I would jump at it.

I thought the Prius rental cars I've had were fun, but only because of the dashboard graphics.... :-)

sarals wrote:

G-Man wrote:My CB400F used to do 65mpg (British gallon - 4.5 litres) and my Ford C-Max 1.6 Turbo diesel does pretty much the same on a run; 55mpg around town.

Of course we have to pay £1.35 a litre for the precious stuff. That's £6.13 a UK gallon or $7.84 per US gallon...... :-)

G

Graham, I've little update for you! In November I traded my Prius (170000 miles and needing expensive repairs) in on a new "leftover" 2015 Ford C-Max SE. It's a bit different than your C-Max in that it's a hybrid. It has a 2.0 liter gas engine and then the electric motors. 190 horsepower, and I believe it, it's VOLUMES more fun to drive than my Prius ever was! Neat, neat little car! I'm averaging 41.4 MPG, too.