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Post by bluedreamer on Sept 27, 2016 16:37:21 GMT
On a recent trip to Suffolk I had an opportunity to visit the David Silver Honda Collection, a fantastic exhibition of about 150 machines from the 50s to the 90s, well worth visiting!  More pictures to follow but photobucket is a pain at the moment... |
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Post by davefirestorm on Sept 27, 2016 17:02:44 GMT
On my list of places to visit soon
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Post by stevegbr on Sept 27, 2016 17:15:08 GMT
any superdreams there irene?
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Post by Somersetdreamer on Sept 27, 2016 17:41:00 GMT
I think we have all helped fund that collection
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 1:26:09 GMT
any superdreams there irene? They have a CB250N, Steve. What do you think?   |
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Post by stevegbr on Sept 29, 2016 5:41:52 GMT
it looks ok, needs a bit of a clean, will have to send paul and dave down there.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 7:03:04 GMT
If Paul and Dave go down there we will be seeking Mr Silvers out for an ear bashing!
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Post by wazzbo on Sept 29, 2016 7:38:49 GMT
To right we will!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 8:23:43 GMT
I thought it was Nick posting up a gag image- but I have looked and actual photos from the Silvers collection website show the same floor tiles and background. I wonder why he settled on that one with all his resources..... and money?
Is that a 250T Dream just out of shot- early comstars?.....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 12:56:11 GMT
I thought it was Nick posting up a gag image- but I have looked and actual photos from the Silvers collection website show the same floor tiles and background. I wonder why he settled on that one with all his resources..... and money? Yes - no fake images here.......this is Dave Silver's 250 Superdream on display in the museum.....personally emailed to me by a member of his team (at my request) around six weeks ago. |
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Post by bluedreamer on Sept 29, 2016 14:13:25 GMT
That saves me uploading another picture from photobucket. Yes, that is the only SD in the collection, maybe we should encourage Mr Silver to get some more...
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Post by wazzbo on Sept 29, 2016 18:47:35 GMT
We should Irene, that one needs to be in my shed for a few months to bring it up to scratch  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 20:54:34 GMT
It's strange that considering how many 250 SD's were sold, so few are in what I would call nice factory condition now.
Just goes to show how many got abused and were thought as 'never worth restoring' to quote a motorcyle journo from back in the day.
It shows how wrong they were.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 21:12:08 GMT
I'm disappointed that the guy who has written the rule book on genuine NOS spares, has got this bike so wrong. I mean- how accurate are the rest of the collection?
I suppose for a 250N he couldn't bring in a pristine, barnfind US model....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2016 1:25:45 GMT
I'm disappointed that the guy who has written the rule book on genuine NOS spares. Thing is - I don't think he did do this.....he has sold pattern parts alongside the genuine 'drying up' stuff for at least a few decades now......I guess he has had to in order to make the business survive. I think there is only so much living off the back of the glory days any business can do. But I must admit, it is surprising that a much more original looking example wasn't sought after for the display - even if it wasn't 100% right you'd expect it to be closer than this one. |
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