First image was the 1979 CB650 I had for seven years, didn't ever have to do any major mechanical stuff on it. Bought it running but in sore need of a tune up and it was Tennessee Vols orange which was hideous. Tune up, paint, replaced the handlebar and seat cover, the only real mechanical repair I had to do to it was rebuilding the master cylinder and replacing an ignition module that fried when the ground came loose out riding.
Second is a 1984 CB700SC Nighthawk that was owned by a buddy a few years back, he bought it off the side of the interstate broken down. We were working at a Hyundai dealer at the time, we pushed the bike to the shop he gave the owner $500 and a ride home. Ended up having to split the cases and replace the alternator/starter chain and repaired the chain tensioner guide with epoxy and a grinder. That bike we also painted and cleaned up the polished aluminum on.
Next couple are a 1982 Honda CB450SC Nighthawk and a 1981 Honda CM400C that I basically bought got running and flipped. Both were non running with the typical clogged emulsification tubes of those engines. My wife has said several times that she wants to learn to ride, and we bought both of those for her to learn on, both times I've got them running real well only to have her wind up pregnant immediately after and end up just selling them rather than let them sit in the garage taking up space.
I've also got a 1976 Honda CB550K sitting in the garage right now that I got running for a friend and put tires on but don't have any pictures of it. It's still in pretty rough shape appearance wise but it fires right up and can ride around now. He's been coming to pick it up for a couple weeks now.
Let me add this too, someone a few pages back said they don't like any of the Honda SOHC/4s but the 750s, While I mostly agree with that statement, if you get a chance to ride a good running 1979 CB650 I say take it and you'll probably change your mind. The CB650 was just as quick as the 750s, even though only for that one year as they neutered it the very next year. The engine was almost as powerful as the 750 engine but put into the smaller lighter CB550 frame. Where the CB550 feels like a dog that first year CB650 will slide you backwards on the seat.
Second is a 1984 CB700SC Nighthawk that was owned by a buddy a few years back, he bought it off the side of the interstate broken down. We were working at a Hyundai dealer at the time, we pushed the bike to the shop he gave the owner $500 and a ride home. Ended up having to split the cases and replace the alternator/starter chain and repaired the chain tensioner guide with epoxy and a grinder. That bike we also painted and cleaned up the polished aluminum on.
Next couple are a 1982 Honda CB450SC Nighthawk and a 1981 Honda CM400C that I basically bought got running and flipped. Both were non running with the typical clogged emulsification tubes of those engines. My wife has said several times that she wants to learn to ride, and we bought both of those for her to learn on, both times I've got them running real well only to have her wind up pregnant immediately after and end up just selling them rather than let them sit in the garage taking up space.
I've also got a 1976 Honda CB550K sitting in the garage right now that I got running for a friend and put tires on but don't have any pictures of it. It's still in pretty rough shape appearance wise but it fires right up and can ride around now. He's been coming to pick it up for a couple weeks now.
Let me add this too, someone a few pages back said they don't like any of the Honda SOHC/4s but the 750s, While I mostly agree with that statement, if you get a chance to ride a good running 1979 CB650 I say take it and you'll probably change your mind. The CB650 was just as quick as the 750s, even though only for that one year as they neutered it the very next year. The engine was almost as powerful as the 750 engine but put into the smaller lighter CB550 frame. Where the CB550 feels like a dog that first year CB650 will slide you backwards on the seat.
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