White House K10 - a story of regeneration

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On the 30th August I logged into eBay and searched for "Honda CB1100 K10", in full expectation to get a nil result and a list of search results for "Honda CB1100" instead. All I can say is that the eBay gods were clearly on my side when this advert came up:
K10 kit? Tick.
Wire wheels? Tick.
4-4 exhaust? Tick.
ABS? Tick.
6 Speed? Tick.

It took me less than a minute to pinch myself, look over my shoulder to check nobody was winding me up, then shoot off a private message to see if it was still available. The advert finished that night, but not before I had saved the photos to my laptop.

At that price I figured three things:
1. That it's a Honda, so at 35,000 miles it's barely run in
2. For an owner to ride it for 35,000 miles, it must be a comfortable bike (I'd never tried one)
3. At that price it is worth it for the K10 kit alone, so even if the bike was a nail I could swap the parts with another bike and still be in pocket

Thankfully Bassel replied on the following morning (Sunday) and set the wheels in motion for me to buy the bike unseen.
These were the photos from the advert:

Holy s**t Nm, great find, this is Great White K10 edition, supper look =

...I must visit the UK with my CB, so the two whites can ride parallel...don't laugh, my European moto trip is scheduled in my calendar and was cancelled once..

Holy s**t Nm, great find, this is Great White K10 edition, supper look =

...I must visit the UK with my CB, so the two whites can ride parallel...don't laugh, my European moto trip is scheduled in my calendar and was cancelled once..


I know. When the advert dropped off eBay I actually messaged Bassel to check that it had not been pulled because the bike had been undervalued. Seriously! Probably not the best way to start a purchase negotiation but I was in shock knowing how much this would have cost to build.
To their credit, Motor Giant stood by the price (I paid full asking) then as a courtesy gave the bike an oil change, a fresh MOT and delivered it for me a couple of weeks later. I have nothing but praise for how they dealt with the sale and would certainly buy from them again.

As for getting the great white sharks together - you may want to hang on a little as things are about to get more interesting...