Re: Looking to buy a Fastback LR but unfamiliar with the mod
Contrary to Popular Belief , one of the two ' pre production ' Silver Frame / Orange seat Fastbacks ended up Flown to the Auckland Motorshow .
Was ;' the talk of the town ' ( Village ) particularly when a first year school teacher ( a STRANGER there - gossip gossip ) negotiated to Purchase It .
Hold up was THE BADGES .
2 week expectation turned to TWO DAYS - they were in Whanganui NOT England . So I saw it outside the Brownsbay ( Brownsy )Post Office on its first Friday in the ' public domain ' .
Did 43.000 Miles in two years . Laid Up under his house after that . You could just see it driving past. If you looked hard enough .
At that stage He had said the Green Badges might still be in the envelope in the draw where He'd put them when he got it .
A few years later than that He'd sol it , for I think 18.000 . Paid 2.200 for it . If ive got that right .
Only Mechanical troble he'd had was having to stop and ajust the points ( nudge nudge , wink wink ) Thus Admiring the Sunset on the Cliffs of the West Coast . With the Bird .
Id Thought ' Cheze Le Feme ' was " THERES A WOMAN AT THE BOTTOM OF IT " which was about right .
It was not thought by a certain southerner That the Honda would be sufficent inducement for the hearthrob to risk her reputation ( With all the Small town GOSSIP )
nor be sufficently adept on the unsealed rural roads , to justify its Purchase .
The Norton Did the Trick .
Talk of the Town .
Often in the Rangitoto Colledge teachers carpark , particularly on Fridays :wink: The envy of many .
Later one of his Disciples ( Ex Students ) I saw , from the boat shed , Pull the ront end of His Combat right up leaving his place after its initial service ( 1974 ) in his hands .
Had traded a H1 500 Kwacker for a one owner 5.000 black Combat Roadster . And was leaving Town ( the Lad - 18 )
The Comando had minor scrapes and abrasions so was 1800 against 1500 for the HAMMERED 500 with 20.000 od miles on it . The rings'd go in another 5.000.
But Itd be out of warrenty .
So the associates were saying . Outside the Post Office . One thursday or friday afternoon .
He hawked it round the hard left and up again , Gas On .
SO , if anyone knows AKEHURST , Has He Still GOT the Green Blob Badges ?
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rest here reminissing ;
By the way , a twelve year olds Question in the Honda Shop there , if the two ones with oil trays under them were old wrecks , was
" No , there worth a lot of money , they all do that. Theyre NOT for SALE . Theyre OURS . " a silver Mercury and another Matchey 650 or Norton .
At Times you'd see the Local Bank Manadger hunting for gears & the powerband on his cheap tinny H1 at the corner out of the bridge along there .
He'd traded in a Matchless 350 .
Woe & betide .
Im sure it had vynl panniers & racks .
And I saw what looked like a nervous wreck on it when I had my Commando. Up by the Golf Course .
The KR 76 on the Front of my LR meant youd observe people in bustops over your elbow running the bends ( Constant Radius ) through the East Coast Bays Road .
Ones undivided attention, should however be kept on the road .
The other three H1 riders , romour had it , were buried young .
Where ' the Shed ' is is where I stayed , going to Tech , on the LR with 2S cam , Mk II Amals ( 32 mm ) custom intakes & 32 tooth gearing . 80 mph ' sweet spot ' ( leading Throttle )
The Open road started up the ridge of the hills in back of there .
OBVIOUSLY if You Had 3.000.000 DOLLARS to SPEND on a boardwalk , youd put in a one kilometer + overun at the seafromnt there . ( First house I lived in was at the beach there ,
at what'd be The MIDDLE . :wink: :lol: )
No Vision , the polititions these days . They need to be made of sterner stuff . And keep the riff raff out . Even if they are moneyed ( the riff raff ).
You didnt get the blinged up stuff , in those days .
Though there was a metallic blue Honda CB 350 Chopper chromed twisted Sq Springer front & K & Q seat'n all . :?
in the bike shop there awhile . hard to shift . 1500 bucks or so . :lol:
:lol: 8) 
