This looks like fun (CB750)

[Triple]

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[Dave]

Love it

[Homeslice]

nice, but do something about that seat

[Dave]

nice, but do something about that seat

Def, king seats are great to sit on but awful looking. Cb750 may earn a place in my garage as my new work hack next year. At least if I can't find a nice ring a ding or something else that grabs my fancy.

[ontwo]

I agree about the king/queen seat. Jeez

[caveman]

Yes, seat definatly needs to go

[Adeptus_Minor]

:dthumb: everything but the seat.
And don't you dare try to stick a new Nighthawk motor in that thing. :nee:

[Dave]

If I bought the thing, I'd do away with the cafe look and make it a touring mount. I'd keep the big fat seat, mount up some Givi E21's, put on some real handlebars, maybe find a donor Nighthawk for the engine/head and solid wheels + brakes...

No time, not enough money. Some day, maybe.

if thats the plan why not dig up a magna or a madura? maybe a naked goldwing?

[Gas Man]

Awesome. Get it!

[Dnyce]

fucks that, gotta keep the engine-put a 836cc kit in there, some 29smoothbores, a rc pipe, and ride the wheels off that mofo:rockwoot:

[Adeptus_Minor]

maybe a naked goldwing?

For what he wants to do, that sounds like a better choice.
I love those unplasticky Goldwings. :dthumb:

[Dave]

I browse for naked Goldwings on a regular basis, actually...

I just really like CB750's, though. Smaller, more maneuverable, and with a later model engine, zero-maintenance valves. That's what I loved about my Nighthawk: oil/filter changes, new plugs once in a while and that was it.

It actually makes more sense right now to just buy another Nighthawk. Ugly, but cheaper than rebuilding an old bike and I'm finding several with less than 10K miles. Not *so* bad in black...

http://images.craigslist.org/3n63k93p75V35O55T0aag2e929ffd7f5d1b98.jpg

hrm another option might be a v65 sabre

[Smittie61984]

That seat could haul some serious fat bitches!

[Particle Man]

Awesome. Get it!
This

[Dave]

That's a beaut. Prolly sounds tits with the shorty pipe and pods too. And its a kickstart model? Dave approves.

[tommymac]

I feel yer pain, I have had a bug for an old cb as well, I started ou ton a 77 cb750, but have also been jonesing for an old 900 supersport ducati. Guess I should put my TL back together first LOL

[Adeptus_Minor]

I feel yer pain, I have had a bug for an old cb as well, I started ou ton a 77 cb750,


I myself have wondered if I could buy and fix up an old CB, KZ, or XS for less than my Buell payment...
But those thoughts are fleeting.
What I'd end up with is a torn apart, no-running project in my garage or whatever storage space I end up with when I move. :rolleyes:

[tommymac]

I myself have wondered if I could buy and fix up an old CB, KZ, or XS for less than my Buell payment...
But those thoughts are fleeting.
What I'd end up with is a torn apart, no-running project in my garage or whatever storage space I end up with when I move. :rolleyes:

Problem for me is I already have one of those with my TLS, was going to powdercoat it and reapint it along with some other things. Well I took it apart and that was about it :(

[Adeptus_Minor]

Problem for me is I already have one of those with my TLS, was going to powdercoat it and reapint it along with some other things. Well I took it apart and that was about it :(

All I have to do is wait until Tracy moves down here, then I can just buy him a mexican martini now and then in exchange for all the help I need working on a bike. :lol:redflip

[shmike]

Well, well... my old Nighthawk resurfaces on Craigslist:

2003 Honda Nighthawk - $2150 (Marietta) (http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/mcy/2059255486.html)

http://images.craigslist.org/3na3m23p25Z35U55X1abd3268d87cdaae1ca3.jpg

Looks like it's only been ridden about 2,000 miles since I sold it in February of 2009. He's asking $450 more than he paid me almost two years ago.

Offer him what he paid you.

He rode a bike for two years for free. You got free storage for two years.

Fair deal all the way around.

[Gas Man]

I wud offer him $450 less than he paid u. That's only $0.225 per mile.

[Dave]

As nostalgic as the ad makes me, I don't think I want my exact bike back. Too many miles. I've found a few other Nighthawks with less than 10K miles in the $2,000 (and under) range.

I would like my Givi racks back, though.

Miles? Hondas don't care :lol:

[Adeptus_Minor]

Wasn't too crazy about many of the 80's bikes once a lot of them went to the squarish tanks, fairings, bodywork etc.

[caveman]

I feel yer pain, I have had a bug for an old cb as well, I started ou ton a 77 cb750, but have also been jonesing for an old 900 supersport ducati. Guess I should put my TL back together first LOL

Tommy my Dad has an 82 Honda CB 900 Custom. Needs a little work but is in overall good condition.

[Dave]

Tommy my Dad has an 82 Honda CB 900 Custom. Needs a little work but is in overall good condition.

those are pretty cool. not sure about that tractor trailer tranny though. seen a few this way for a grand or less

[Porkchop]

Wasn't too crazy about many of the 80's bikes once a lot of them went to the squarish tanks, fairings, bodywork etc.

I didnt like square/angled 80's bikes until I found mine and fell in love with it....

http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Honda%2520VF500F%2520%25202.jpg&sa=X&ei=leHtTPAsgYKUB72Fof0J&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNHjQiCxHV6qIJ3e5Dsrl64mAO58Yg

[Adeptus_Minor]

I didnt like square/angled 80's bikes until I found mine and fell in love with it....

http://www.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Honda%2520VF500F%2520%25202.jpg&sa=X&ei=leHtTPAsgYKUB72Fof0J&ved=0CAQQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNHjQiCxHV6qIJ3e5Dsrl64mAO58Yg

Well, the Interceptor was always a different story altogether. :wink:

[Gas Man]

Tommy my Dad has an 82 Honda CB 900 Custom. Needs a little work but is in overall good condition.
Inherit that shit and chop the crap out of it.

[Thumper950]

Wasn't too crazy about many of the 80's bikes once a lot of them went to the squarish tanks, fairings, bodywork etc.

Hey now, here is my old girl and she is an 82. Bought her new off the show room floor in 83.

Still got her and she looks just like the pics below. My plans now are to convert her to a SuperF, which is basically swapping the forks for CBR600F3 forks and triple tree with the stock triple tree pin welded into the CBR triple trees. Then install a set of CBR600F3 wheels so i can run sport radial tires 120/160 setup with CBR calipers. Bike will retain the stock look with headlight, but have better forks and wheel size with radials instead of bias-ply tires today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/Thumper996/CBF/Engine2-512.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/Thumper996/CBF/LeftSide512.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/Thumper996/CBF/RightSide512.jpg

[Dnyce]

Happened across this the other day... retro looks, modern performance. Racks and hard cases are readily available and it looks pretty hot in blue... and valve adjustment intervals are spaced at like 24K miles.

2003 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - 3,033 miles (http://macon.craigslist.org/mcy/2035307626.html)

http://images.craigslist.org/3n13m83o45P15R05S1aaj45ac380e2cc31a08.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/3n83kc3l45Y65T65Q5aaja3d407623a0319a6.jpg

Guy may be interested in trading for my Miata. He says the carbs may need cleaning (to be expected). May just go cash if he'll take $3,500.

this is nice.:boobs:

[caveman]

Inherit that shit and chop the crap out of it.

Yeah, Gas, you have seen what happens to my project bikes. They end up sitting on your lift for 3.5 weeks in pieces. Or they end up leaning against the outside of the garage for 2 months before some lost cause comes to buy them.

[Gas Man]

Yeah, Gas, you have seen what happens to my project bikes. They end up sitting on your lift for 3.5 weeks in pieces. Or they end up leaning against the outside of the garage for 2 months before some lost cause comes to buy them.
Yeah but not if I buy it and it's my project bike. :D