Everyboy run. Look what I got

Onkel Neal · 04-02-12, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by gimpy117

Can't wait to pick this baby up. 73 honda 450 been waiting on a bike like this for that price for 3 years. We've looked at it and it seems all it needs is a good carb cleaning...or at most a rebuild and a battery and I'm ready to go

Very cool, looking forward to hearing how the carb rebuild goes. I had to pull the carbs off my '75 GT380 six times before I got them right (but I have to admit, I did not have much experience with MC carbs previously).

That's a really sweet bike!

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Originally Posted by I-25

great find!

i myself just picked up an 79 XL185 to restore

gotta love the old honda bikes

You too, pics and rebuild log would be very welcome here, buddy.

BossMark · 04-02-12, 08:23 AM

Nice bikes

gimpy117 · 04-02-12, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Very cool, looking forward to hearing how the carb rebuild goes. I had to pull the carbs off my '75 GT380 six times before I got them right (but I have to admit, I did not have much experience with MC carbs previously).

That's a really sweet bike!

You too, pics and rebuild log would be very welcome here, buddy.

ill let u know. ill call my dad today and see whats up with it

AVGWarhawk · 04-02-12, 12:32 PM

My roommate had a CB650. Great bike and took a bunch of abuse. Just kept on going! Have fun with it!

gimpy117 · 04-02-12, 01:09 PM

I will!. Lol called my dad, and he already has a battery and carb rebuild kit in the mail. He takes his bikes SERIOUSLY, and apparently does not waste time. Actually I think he's happy to have a project again after his resto on his 62' sprite

Sailor Steve · 04-02-12, 02:55 PM

Good news! I learned to ride on a Honda 50, graduated to a 125 and then a 400-four. I currently own an '82 Kawasaki 750, but it has been laid up so long that I may never afford to get it running again. So I'm trying to save my beans to get a Honda 750 Nighthawk, but what with also trying for a new computer and a car of some kind, I may actually never ride again.

I-25 · 04-03-12, 07:07 AM

Thar we go

im working on getting the carb to work right still, i got the whole manual and lots of XP on working on my 83" XR200R which is pretty much the same engine so lets see how it goes.

also turns out its a 82 not a 79

I-25 · 04-03-12, 07:15 AM

Heres me racing my XR...

i love racing the old bike against the modern machines. brings out the smiles on the older crowds and the bike dosent do bad at all

this was my 1st race and i got 5th out of 14 racing in my class.
and this with a broken clutch cable i fixed at the pits on my 3rd lap and after giving a broken down rider a ride back down from the hills

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,281 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	My roommate had a CB650. Great bike and took a bunch of abuse. Just kept on going! Have fun with it! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	I will!. Lol called my dad, and he already has a battery and carb rebuild kit in the mail. He takes his bikes SERIOUSLY, and apparently does not waste time. Actually I think he's happy to have a project again after his resto on his 62' sprite __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Good news! I learned to ride on a Honda 50, graduated to a 125 and then a 400-four. I currently own an '82 Kawasaki 750, but it has been laid up so long that I may never afford to get it running again. So I'm trying to save my beans to get a Honda 750 Nighthawk, but what with also trying for a new computer and a car of some kind, I may actually never ride again. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Thar we go im working on getting the carb to work right still, i got the whole manual and lots of XP on working on my 83" XR200R which is pretty much the same engine so lets see how it goes. also turns out its a 82 not a 79

04-03-12, 07:15 AM	#8
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Heres me racing my XR... i love racing the old bike against the modern machines. brings out the smiles on the older crowds and the bike dosent do bad at all this was my 1st race and i got 5th out of 14 racing in my class. and this with a broken clutch cable i fixed at the pits on my 3rd lap and after giving a broken down rider a ride back down from the hills