My new ride
 

Well, I just bought a little winter project for myself. It's a Honda, It's a 4 cyl, and it's RWD. :D It needs a little work, but I picked it up for a song. With a little Can-Do attitude it should be ready for spring.

It was kind of an impulse buy, but if I wouldn't have snatched it up right away, it probably would have been gone within a few hours. I'll have some pictures after I pick it up sometime this week. :D

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Oops, I forgot to mention what I bought. It's a 1981 Honda CB750. :D

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Get use some pics of the rear drivetrain, too. I think it would be cool to see.

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Dude I should have showed you my 71 cb450 that I am almost done restoring.. I would have sold it to you ;)

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sweet, i picked up a '91 CBR600 a few months ago. Just need some framework and little of that can-do attitude also.
Good luck man!
(THis is Aaron/Brownman/turbotalon1g)

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Nice! Sounds awesome! Post up some pics when you get a chance!

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Here's the ebay pics. The first thing that's coming off when I get home is the front fairing, I think it looks hideous. Then I'm taking off the backrest and luggage rack. That should clean it up quite a bit.

This bike should be pretty good for getting around town and saving gas on everyday trips. Long term, I'd like to find an old '74-'76 Suzuki RE5 and restore it. Those things have a 500cc (or 1000cc depending on how you count the displacement) rotary engine in it. They sound bad ass, and talk about having an rare classic. That's probably a few years off though, unless I find a good deal on one.

Anyway, here's the pics.

http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/08/19/62/84_1.JPG

http://i3.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/2d/ca/da_1.JPG

This is a different bike, but it's the same year and color without the fairing and luggage rack. That's what it will look like when I get it home.

http://i19.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/0d/62/8e_12.JPG

http://i11.ebayimg.com/06/i/08/10/6e/db_12.JPG

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Bikes are fun but I need to get rid of my F4 since I don't really have time to ride it.

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There was an old one next door to my old house that I thought would be fun to restore. That seventies look was pretty cool, although I would've had to put a decent size tire on the rear. They were tiny back then.

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My grandpa has 3 of them... 2 - 75's and a 76 I believe. They are cool bikes. He also has a 1941 indian all original with sidecar, a couple 82 CBX's w/ inline 6 cyl engines, a Turbo Honda 650 and a Turbo Yamaha 550.

I was born into a family that loves motorcycles.

My dad also has a Honda 900 custom. Looks pretty damn identical to your bike. Nice find!

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i would say, keep that fucking front air dam off that shit, its hideous.

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Are you sure you don't like it? I'm sure there's a way we can graft it on to the front of your car. :D

I'm getting pumped to go pick this thing up. I'm going down there on Thursday night, and I'll have a nice long weekend to work on it. I don't think I'll get it running this weekend, but I'll get a good start on it. We have an ultrasonic parts washer at work, so if I get some rebuild kits, taking care of the carbs should be pretty easy and I will probably save a couple hundred bucks doing it myself. I just have to get them adjusted properly when it's back together. I'll have it running good before the snow falls. :)

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Got 'er torn down to the frame and motor. There's some surface rust on the frame that I'm going to touch up, but I wont worry about it too much right now. If I really like riding this thing and want to keep it for a while, I might take it down to the frame and bead blast it and have it powder coated. But that's a winter project. For now I just want to get it running. I might end up getting a new gas tank, but we'll see once I take a closer look at this one. It's a little rusty.

I power washed the whole thing and started polishing all the bits and pieces. I'll work on doing that this week while I wait for a few parts so I can start putting back together. Depending on the tank situation I might have it running in a couple weeks, and it will be like a brand new bike. (well, almost)

Here's a few pics.

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Psshhhh, Cruisers... haha jk, it looks nice. My bro had an '86 nighthawk that looked pretty similar to that.