CivicWagonRUS

Meh, I prefer the simplicity (and relative rarity) of my 8-valve twin to the 4-cyl bikes. Cleaning/synching 4 carbs must be a bitch

I was also considering a Yamaha XS750 for some time, it's a really neat 3 cyl. sport tourer. Shaft drive, torquey, but sorta heavy.

CivicWagonRUS

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Starscream &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> a Honda Turuna (Brazilian model for the CG125)...the bike had been sitting for 20 years, The guy is going to polish the crankcase cover and chain guard.
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Fixed

Looks like a cool bike to commute on. I rode my brother's S90 today in pouring rain. There's a small hole that wore through on my rain gear right by my crotch... wet groin area FTL

mos

We just picked up this 69 350. Looking for CL pipes now if anybody wants to swap for these CB350 pipes!

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...a.jpg

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...b.jpg

bad-monkey

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by antballs420 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">respect to all the japanese bikes, but as a honda lover i couldnt see myself buying n wrenching on anything else. the 1969 cb750 was the original super bike. it was the first production bike to have a 4 cyl motor, disk brake, and the reliability that we know as honda. this bike single handedly put bsa, norton, and triumph to shame. bout 2 months ago i bought 4 cb750s for $200 bucks a piece, with titles for 2 of em. got a 73,74,75 and a 76. i got the 74 running the other day with just a carb rebuild ($70 in parts). and a new battery. it is currently broken down to the frame. and im almost done sandblasting it. its gonna be a cool lil cafe, for around town duty. ill post pics of my progress when i get a chance thou ill prob start a new thread for that. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i've got a 750. it just sits there, ignored, while my RD gets all the love.

I think i'll fix it one day. i don't like how heavy the bike is though.

nateg

the last ride and pic before the winter rebuild: skyline drive, rapid city south dakota

nateg

one more, next time you see her she will be white with a red frame, i'm such a copycat

EFinawesomeman

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that is beautiful.

CivicWagonRUS

Looks pretty good except for that ghetto rigged rear tail light. That's pretty unsafe.

Maireeka

mos

Here's my buddy's blingin h2..

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...n.jpg

nateg

the light was temporary i was just happy to get her out for one more ride before i tear it apart, btw it snowed about 16 inches out here last night now its time for the sled

EFinawesomeman

hey a jerry rigged tail light is better then no tail light. for gittin' er' done.

MSchu

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here's my buddy's blingin h2..

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...n.jpg
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That's banging...

Have him do this!!

mos

He hates that stuff. He's not enlightened like us.

Cleanest H2 I seen. Ever. Most of the bikes I get to see are riders. His is more of a show bike. Here's one of the pics I took of the other side:

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...2.jpg

And these because the blueish haze bugs the crap outta me:

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...2.jpg

http://home.mindspring.com/~va...1.jpg

CivicWagonRUS

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Good for him.

I'd hate to see that eye-wateringly mint H2 get transformed into another 'cafe.' Why not do all of that stuff to thrashed bikes that need various parts replaced anyways?

MSchu

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Good for him.

I'd hate to see that eye-wateringly mint H2 get transformed into another 'cafe.' Why not do all of that stuff to thrashed bikes that need various parts replaced anyways?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Taking a stock bike to cafe/RR it would be pretty dumb... BUT, there were so many made you have to bet there are a few engines running around that need love to

CivicWagonRUS

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True. The motorcycle junkyard I frequent is up to its ears in parts for CB350/360/500/550/650/750, all sorts of 2 strokes (lots of Zuk's and Kawis), and for whatever reason (cracked heads most likely) an unbelievable amount of Yamaha TX/XS500 twins. There are atleast 10 engines I can get parts from (I already have one) and at any time there is atleast 1 whole parts bike I can get for $150. There was even a totally complete '76 JUST like mine with better paint, the guy was asking $200, someone bought it before I did

With enough time I bet around 100 running motorcycles could be assembled just from this junkyard.

mos

I was just kidding about the enlightened thing, but I do likes me that black kawi up there with the chambers- of course everybody is entitled to like whatever style bike they want. I think I've seen that bike before, maybe on KTW forums.

Typing about conflict of styles reminds me of some of the bicycle threads on /26, where peeps remove all of the technology from the past 100 years from their bicycles. On purpose. I still don't get that.

bad-monkey

this is a smoking deal. even better than the deal i got on my 400

http://losangeles.craigslist.o....html

it'll go fast and it's worth every penny. you could get it running for cheap and flip it for more than double.

mos

Aww man, I want an RD. I totally would have picked that up, gone now.

bad-monkey

yeah, i knew the second i saw it it would be gone fast. I would have picked it up myself, if the garage wasn't full and I had $1000 haha

MSchu

Putting in a half hearted attempt at getting this unit...

bad-monkey

damn that thing is hOt.

I just decided to go w/ premix, so I removed the oil tank and the oil pump. but now i'm wondering what i should do with the space that those things used to occupy...

have some new DG chambers on the way. yeah, they're cheap and kinda shitty but, I'm still trying to decide whether I want to primp and preen, or ride this bitch.

also, Mschu what suspension options are there for the RD? Does Penske/ohlins make shocks for these things?

MSchu

To be honest... I would use whatever will fit... Look at the center to center distance you want(raising the rear is a good idea-lengthen the shocks slightly) and many Man. still make dual shocks... Ohlins, Penske, etc.

IF I do get lucky and score this(I ahev a lot on my plate right now)... I will swap out the front end and rear end shocks

i would probably also lower the rear shock mount pick up points

This thing is definetely AHRMA material

darren_1985

Hi everybody, this is my first post here. Have checked out some of the nice rides on this site in the past. Thought I'd share my sorta old bike with everybody.

It might not be vintage old, but the '93 is the same bike as the '89. Not to mention the 400 is the smaller version of the vfr 750r that was racing in the mid 80's in world super bike.

It's a '93 VFR400 R (NC30) Japanese model and it's my first bike. The previous owner lived in Japan somewhere! Got it from an importer north of Toronto back in May of this year. It had a bit over 20,000 km on it when I bought it and I put about 9,000km on it over the summer. These are very rare bikes over here so it gets a lot of attention.

I love it..it's verry fast for a 400cc bike. The little v-four just screams, has lots of torque and good linear power too. Sounds beastly with the race can on it, the gear driven cams make a great noise. The handling is just unbelievable, it just goes where you want it. It's very light at only 350lbs. However I was pushing it one day and dropped it on some fine gravel. Rashed the left side a tad on the fairings and exhaust. Oh well..first season what can you expect. I was wearing all my gear and was fine except a little road rash on my hip.

I plan on fixing/replacing the damaged fairing+exhaust and taking some weight off it this winter. Probably gonna try to find a single seat unit, some racing rear-sets and maybe even a set of light weight race wheels too. The rear could use some paint atleast if those are too much $$.

Mods I've done since I got it - red front wheel (original grey had a ding), sintered race pads for the front, tinted screen, afam sprocket +1 rear, new 525 gold chain, new high quality battery and upgraded reg. rectifier as the original was having problems. Got new tires as well!

On a side note, my dad has a vintage bike. He restored a '78 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD a few years ago. It's mint! He's also restoring a '75 Z1 900 as he's got a lot of parts for them and a couple engines and frames. I can post up pics of his bike if anyone is interested.

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