Actually took longer than I expected (though I may be slightly biased).
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Richard Pitman
Veteran Member
Not helped by the vindictive nature of their admins, I was instantly permanently banned from a UK site dedicated to Ford cars, specifically the Kuga in my case. I made a passing remark along the lines of 'Oh no, not VS again', and was kicked straight off, along with a snarky comment from the admin.
welshgit
Member
I'm just SO pleased to be a member of THIS group. Thank you all. 
Glad you're here. I really enjoy the diverse atmosphere we have, it's amazing how many places Honda touched in their heyday with these fabulous old bikes.I'm just SO pleased to be a member of THIS group. Thank you all.
welshgit
Member
Honda and later the other Japanese motorcycle producers in the 1960's weren't considered serious competition to the British bike industry.
The major problem with the British bike industry was that they introduced economists, the 'bean counters,' and management that knew nothing about bikes who had a contemptuous disregard to the Japanese competition. They said the competition wouldn't last but where is the British bike industry now?
If Japanese bikes were rubbish they wouldn't be on the road nowadays never mind the race track. The history speaks for itself.
The major problem with the British bike industry was that they introduced economists, the 'bean counters,' and management that knew nothing about bikes who had a contemptuous disregard to the Japanese competition. They said the competition wouldn't last but where is the British bike industry now?
If Japanese bikes were rubbish they wouldn't be on the road nowadays never mind the race track. The history speaks for itself.
Richard Pitman
Veteran Member
That is so true in so many aspects of the UK today, sad decline from our glory days.
Looking back at the post I did in August of 2025, I noticed this:
92 guests online then. Today, just over 8 months later, the total guests online at this moment:
Seems the decline is real enough.
92 guests online then. Today, just over 8 months later, the total guests online at this moment:
Seems the decline is real enough.
welshgit
Member
Decline, yes, is there any wonder though. I often wonder why, due to reparations, Germany had brand new machine tooling after the Second World War and we were still using machines from the first World War. Very little investment because we we're in so much debt.
AndrewJK
Veteran Member
I started seeing automated links in the text at HT recently and wondered who else they've sold out to for money - turns out it's Amazon. Anytime you see a Honda bike model designation linked to somewhere from HT, when you click the link it goes to an Amazon page of parts for that model. Many of those parts are by brands you've never heard of or probably wouldn't buy, and often what is listed are the wrong parts simply based on the incorrect models shown for those parts but I'm sure they get a cut of the sale regardless, all while not knowing or caring whether the member gets a quality replacement part, or even the correct part at all.
Resulting page from that CB450 link:
But it's sooo convenient.... and profitable.
What a joke.
Resulting page from that CB450 link:
But it's sooo convenient.... and profitable.
What a joke.
Alan F.
Veteran Member
On another forum I frequent they have some sort of partnership with Amazon that when someone posts a link to a cool widget sold there, and someone follows the link and buys, the forum does get a small cut. But posting links is voluntary and never required.
Yeah, and I could understand that on a voluntary basis - but this is forum-wide and probably corporation-wide as well and when a corporation is doing it, while suggesting products only because they get a slice of the pie and not for suggesting the best quality or value of any specific part for their members, that's just money-grubbing typical of what corporations do today.
Tony Clifton
Veteran Member
You're messing with Big Bookseller, I hope some muscly guys don't show up standing around menacingly
You'll see them coming of course, on that yacht
Richard Pitman
Veteran Member
I had an odd refund from Amazon a couple of days ago. Weeks ago I bought a blister pack of four Duracell CR2032 button cells. According to the email from Amazon, they have determined that these were fake ones, don't use them, just discard safely, no need to return, refund on the way.
Which is fine by me, although these batteries look correct and seem to work OK. If they are fake, someone has done an incredibly good job of duplicating the packaging etc.
Which is fine by me, although these batteries look correct and seem to work OK. If they are fake, someone has done an incredibly good job of duplicating the packaging etc.
After years of illustrating the wrong method in their videos, slowly the word is getting around that it doesn't work like they describe. This below is a quote from a post at that other forum. Good to see some are finally seeing the light. Now if they could just break out of their tunnel-vision and find VHT they'd get on the right track.
'Got home and looked at points (I like the nostalgia and haven't felt enough pain to switch to electronic ignition yet). I have used those guys in Houston videos to set timing where he says "don't worry about the gap". I think my problem was, there was practically no gap at all and with a bit of heat the left cylinder wasn't firing.'
Then when you see the position of the points plate combined with the statement above, it's easy to understand why it ran like @#$%
Not to mention the horrible orientation of the points wire terminals, probably causing at least one (most likely the left) to ground on the cover once installed.
'Got home and looked at points (I like the nostalgia and haven't felt enough pain to switch to electronic ignition yet). I have used those guys in Houston videos to set timing where he says "don't worry about the gap". I think my problem was, there was practically no gap at all and with a bit of heat the left cylinder wasn't firing.'
Then when you see the position of the points plate combined with the statement above, it's easy to understand why it ran like @#$%
Not to mention the horrible orientation of the points wire terminals, probably causing at least one (most likely the left) to ground on the cover once installed.
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