No sold, many thanks.

Thanks for the replies gents - sorry for the delayed reply - I didn't get a notification from the system that you guys responded to the thread.

I really appreciate the frank response and clear guidance - and it certainly didn't come across as you being a jerk trust me - that's what these forums are for. You guys know these early machines infiitely better than I (all of my K0's are Diecast). SO I was completely ignorant to the fact these earlier carbs have a different slide profile.

So, as you suggest it makes sense to offer up the complete set as complete package. Price wise I'd seen the set of #28 tops & slides (no bodies) sell on ebay @ $1400-ish a few months back, so that's the kind of range ideally I'd like to be aiming for as a complete set.

Hopefully this thread doesn't come across as me being greedy / money grabbing. I'd just like a fair price / market value for the set so I can put the funds back into the diecast restoration (I have two running in parallel) and ideally I'd rather sell to a forum member before putting them up on ebay. I'm sure they'll enhance the ultimate value of the bike then end up being fitted to.

Thanks again guys,

James.

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the message. Yes, already a DSS customer for many years & wouldn't like to guess the £££ I've spent with him. And he still wont give me a discount :-)..

In terms of local mechanics it really depends on what you need doing. I'd be wary of entrusting a Sandcast to anyone outside of my immediate control to be honest.

Maybe give me acall to have a chat at some point - I'll pm you my number.

Regards,

James.

Hi James,

Am not far from you, just up the road near Horsham. As the owner of both a Sandcast and a K6, both brought back to the UK from Latin America, I would be interested to know whether you are intending to perform the restoration of your die cast yourself or do you plan to let someone else wield the spanners (sorry, wrenches for our cousins across the Atlantic!). Both my bikes have been sat in storage, along with many others, since being shipped a couple of years ago and I am waking up to the realisation that I may never have the time (and almost certainly not the technical capability) to perform all of the resto works myself - so if you know of a reliable mechanic in the Sussex area who I could entrust my Honda's to, please let me know!!

Good luck with the restoration - presume you will be in the future, if not already, an impoverished customer of David Silver!!??

Cheers!

Richard