TheSamba.com :: View topic - any cb500 or cb350 or cb400 or cb450 owners?/cafe racers?.

Fri May 09, 2008 6:16 am

The best all around Honda was the SL 350 single enduro model! I have a friend that commutes on a 10 year old 250 twin full dresser he bought for $4000.

Sat May 10, 2008 7:52 am

I picked up a pair of 450s for $334 on eBay a couple years back. Both had been sitting for at least 10 years and needed alot of work.

One was a CL450 with around 8k original miles. I tore the top-end of the engine apart, rebuilt the carbs and replaced all the ignition components. It was a great first motorcycle, not to hard to work on, parts are available and they run great when they want to. It's a bike you have to tinker with, and i did that everytime I rode it, sometimes just to get home...

The other was a CB450 with around 23k miles, much rougher than the CL, so I chopped it up and made it into a bobber...

Still a work in progress and I've yet to ride it. Have a set of S12 pistons and a cylinder set that I had bored out to up the displacement, still need to get an electronic ignition and maybe Mikuni's

Sun May 11, 2008 7:26 pm

anyone got any leads on a header for a 72 500?

Sun May 11, 2008 8:14 pm

Any old Honda is a good bike. Some just take more work than others!

But the XS bikes from Yammy are sweeet! I liked the pic of the 650. Nice the way they are and easy to chop and bob as well.

Sarge

Tue May 13, 2008 4:59 am

Going through the ads at the grocery store saw a 1981 Honda CBX1000 6 cylinder with only 5 miles on it! $10k. I'd get it but there is only one and I want a his-and-hers set... :wink:
JiI

Tue May 13, 2008 12:48 pm

Any CA riders out there? I had a CA 160 once upon a time. It was great putting around the town bike. I'd love to pick up a Dream someday.

Tue May 13, 2008 2:55 pm

just seen an old KE125 for sale today. going to call tonight and get the price. not a bad looking bike for the age and was the very first bike I had so may pick it up.

Wed May 14, 2008 5:56 pm

hey just throwing this out there, but my dad has a 83 CB 750 and hes been having trouble with the carbs and hes been shopping around for a shop to do the work and so far his quotes have been from $800 -$2000 which if insane for just rebuilding the carbs.

any one know of any socal shops that would be good for this?

Wed May 14, 2008 7:03 pm

They aren't that complicated, just buy some kits and go at it.

Wed May 14, 2008 8:46 pm

My CL 350

Sat May 24, 2008 3:06 pm

I have a '74 CB350F and love it! 7100 original miles and an engine that loves to rev. Great bike, I highly recommend it. I am looking for a luggage rack to fit it if anybody knows of one...

Wed May 28, 2008 12:09 pm

Not your Honduh, but I just bought a Yamahahaha Virago XV750.

Just a glimpse of the stable:

Fri May 30, 2008 12:03 am

i think that the CB350's are the best overall ride of this family- so cheap for insurance and they still have the trace of british copycat style when stock and are sooo easy to make into a sharp cafe racer.

350 - 400 four are a fun ride but as mentioned before a bit pricey to be a daily driver ( the supersport models win best header pipes on a motorcycle - ever), the 550-750 four are excellent bikes but IMHO are gas piggies and a bit heavy for just gettin around .

this may spark another thread but i have always believed the CB350 to be the ride in "Zen and the Art .."

I also go by the '2 carbs better than 4 carbs' maxim.

Fri May 30, 2008 1:33 am

The CB400F is arguably the best of the early-70s Hondas.

Fri May 30, 2008 2:29 am

man this is the best thread i have ever made, right behind this one was the burnout one :D :D

Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:29 am

I'll try to remember to get pics up, Got my first bike last summer, a 75 CB550. It needs some cleaning up and I have it on standby until I can sink money into it. It runs but needs the chain adjusted, brakes adjusted, the tires are 15 years old etc.

I picked up what I thought was a nice and clean and already gone through 78 cb750, converted to dual front disc breaks. Looks like it's leaking oil from the head, shortly after I bought it. It's a bit above my mechanical experience, they just don't teach shop in school anymore, so I'm trying to find the time to read up on pulling the engine.

Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:29 am

Check out this site:

http://www.cyclexchange.net

Lots of cool custom stuff for hondas, including this:

Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:08 pm

not a honda, but heres my cafe-ish bike

Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:09 pm

this one is my brother's...and it IS a honda

Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:08 pm

jacobdillingham wrote: this one is my brother's...and it IS a honda

Awesome! I just picked this baby up:

Looking to make it look a little more like your brothers.... 8)