1983 honda CB1000C

I am looking for a 1983 honda CB1000C head gasekt does anybody know
where i can get one of these. please let me know thanks.

 

Ooooh, tricky, tricky.....

I don't want to show you up as a complete dimbulb, but have you tried a
Honda dealer?

 

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There always will be a polite MO who googles up the answer for them.
That's why.

Rob.

 

Heh. As opposed to a rude old git who'll tell them to **** off and try
the obvious ;-)

 

Utter and complete nonsense.

 

"I saw it on the internet so it has to be true"

 

That's not a 10 year-old bike, it's a 23 year-old bike, so you're not
being consistent, are you?

I'd expect that. I wouldn't expect many dealers to devote shelf space to
gaskets for relatively unpopular bikes that are nearly a quarter-century
old.

An OEM head gasket for a 1982 CB1000 is available, price
US$14.47+carriage, from BikeBandit. Are we feeling foolish yet?

Incidentally, the firm can also offer an OEM head gasket for a V65 Magna
can be had for US$29.98, OEM, carriage extra. Plus loads of other bits

What you've highlighted is the inadequacy of some (many?) Honda dealers,
*not* Honda's spares back-up.

 

See other posting. I just have.

This may come as a surprise to you, but I restore old Jap bikes, both
for fun and as part of what I loosely call "work".

Honda's parts supply is absolutely extraordinary. Yes, it's getting
harder to source components for pre-1980s bikes, but as I said in my
other post, you can't expect Honda to keep making all parts for all
their bikes ad infinitum.

Your assertion that Honda doesn't support bikes more than a decade old
is utter tripe.

That would mean that, for example, a CBR600, 1997 vintage, now no longer
has parts made for it....

 

Might be the case in the US but it certainly wasn't in the UK last year.

Certainly spares for late '80s & early '90s CBRs aren't a problem. Mind
you, spares for my mid '80s, limited edition, never a UK model 750
aren't as easy to get a hold of. Got to go to Dave Silver for them.

 

Well, on the example he gave me, it isn't a problem as regards Honda.
Just crap dealers.

We have them here, too, of course. I can understand dealers not keeping
parts for elderly bikes on the shelf, but I do get irritated when they
say they can't be obtained, because I know full well that they can.

 

You are jumping to unsupported conclusions again (still).

A single incident does not a pattern make and a single incident does not
mean whatever you mistakenly believe it to mean.

The simple fact that their initial response was "We will try to order it."
directly refutes your claim that they offer no support.

If you actually dig long enough, instead of just pulling wild guesses out of
your ass, I think you will find that they don't GUARANTEE support for things
over XX years old (more like 20 I think) but will always try......feeble
though the attempt may be.

Over the years I have been amazed at some of the 20 year old "real" Honda
parts they have been able to come up with. There have also been cases where
they can't get things that old from Honda and won't take their time to root
them out somewhere else. That should be no surprise to anybody though.

 

It's a genuine Honda part, and it's available. So a Honda dealer can
obtain it.

That's because I'm not the one looking an ass.

They as sure as hell support bikes older than 10 years, which is what
you *did* say.

Yes, you *will*,if you use a good dealer. Once again, you are confusing
an idle dealer's policy with that of Honda itself. This crucial
difference has already been pointed out to you and you are choosing to
ignore it.

I acknowledged that some parts are unavailable. I pointed out that an
'85 Magna is nearly a quarter of a century old, and your assertion was
that bikes over 10 years old, not 23 years old, were not supported. I
also pointed out that this was not a particularly popular model anyway.

 

Oh yes, agreed. *But the cut-off period is longer than 10 years*.

And Honda *does* still keep making parts for bikes far, far older, if
there is sufficient demand (and thus profit).

 

So what's the problem with that?

You were misinformed. Some parts, almost certainly. Again, it was not a
super-popular model

Not for all parts.

 

You said Honda don't make parts for bikes *more than 10 years old*, and
this is nonsense.

That's a dealer failing, not a Honda Motor Co failing.

If Honda ceases making parts, yes, right, but this is the same of *all*
vehicles. There comes a point when you stop making bits for them. When
there are so few on the road that it's just not worthwhile.

You seem to deliberately be picking one of Honda's least successful
model lines - the early V4s.

Look, I can order brand new OE Honda stuff for my 1974 SL125, if I want
to. OK, not stuff like panels, tanks and suchlike, but certainly service
items and even quite a few engine parts.

 

No you didn't. You said "Honda doesn't support bikes over 10 years old."
That statement is easily disproven but egotistical ass that you are, you
refuse to give up.

You can back-pedal and side-step and claim not to have said what you did but
the fact remains that your initial spew was (and is) bullshit.

 

See the Honda 400 Four in my sig? You can still get brand new OE
exhausts for it (largely due to pressure from David Silver Esq who sells
hundreds every year). The price has recently gone up significantly, from
£250-odd to £425 or so (double it for US dollars), and these are *not*
NOS parts. They're still being made.

OK, so they're pricey, but you can buy one from D.Silver Esq or from a
Honda UK dealer.

That's cast-iron proof. What proof have you got for your assertion that
they don't make any parts for bikes older than 10 years?

(I can still get brand new camchains and points sets for my 1974 SL125.
I don't know whether these are still being manufactured, though)

 

See my other posting about the SL125. That's an engine that Honda
stopped making in, erm, well, its last incarnation was in the mid-1980s.

So I seriously doubt that parts like camchain, piston, etc fit other
bikes.

Anyway, you're *still* changing your markers. Originally it was "no
support for bikes over 10 years old". Now it's "not manufacturing unique
parts for bikes over 10 years old".

Don't keep moving the goalposts.

 

By choosing to completely ignore my request for a source for you
statement that Honda does not support bikes older than 10 years you show
that this is only your impression, NOT a policy of Honda. As so well
pointed out to you, many parts are available. I do a lot of work on Gold
Wings and can assure you that I still am able to get what I need from
AHM for bikes older than 10 years. Of course it is true that SOME parts
are no longer available. If Honda was to continue to stock all parts for
everything that they sold for the last 10, 15, 20 or 25 years do you
have any idea what the cost to you would be? You would be starting a new
thread about how Honda was ripping of the public with their high prices.
As was pointed out before, the whole V-4 line of the mid 80's was not
one of the best efforts of Honda. I have worked on them from the time
they came out and there were times when a bike left the shop that we
crossed our fingers and hopped that it would hold together, and this was
using genuine Honda parts. It is not a big surprise that the parts
supply for these is running low.
I would once again ask for a source for your statement that bikes older
than 10 years are not supported. You silence will speak volumes.

Bruce

 

Ah, so because *you* dont buy them, that means Honda doesn't make them.

Ri-ight.