cheap motorcycles what to buy?

Really? He was right...your assertation was utter shit. Gunk works,
you don't and for that matter. At least some of us know how to and
when to change ALL fluids on a motorcycle...even the air.

 

I was right. The Old Gasbag has his hand up your ass and is making you
wiggle like a sock puppet.

 

actually you would be wrong again. When you startr using ACUTAL
experience instead of google let me know.

 

Oh, I see. You have actually experienced manual penetration...

M'kay...

 

Don't get a 250cc bike if you have experience, you will wish you hadn't.

Get a 500cc or above, a mid 80's Nighthawk, or sue sucki, or kawa sucki 650
or
some such.

Ted

 

Oh bollocks! Unless of course you are thinking of that dog the CB250
or a GV250. The EX250 is more fun than a house full of puppies with
much less mess.

heh, who needs anything bigger than 650 anyways. The only reason I got
a LS650 years ago was I got a better deal than the GS500 or EX500. Not
sure if Yamaha even has a 500 comparable to either.

 

im actually talking with a guy on a 1985 night hawk with 28,000 miles
on it. hes asking $1000 is it worth that?

 

that was 650cc btw

 

Miles are low, so keep an eye out on all gaskets and such. Just like a
low mile older car. Also give the carberator (sic) boots a close look
for cracks and such. That could cause airleaks, which cause running
issues and headaches running down the problem.

But yeah, that's a good deal if it isn't beat up. Damn good deal imo.

 

That's okay, important thing is does it make you smile like your 8
years old again and you just scored the latest Batman comic book and a
Klondike bar. 8^) Well it's a standard that works for me.

 

What, is The Old Gasbag your "mentor" now?

 

Do you know how to use google to read the archives of this group?

If you read about all the electrical problems other owners have had
with those
particular motorcycles, you might not want one...

 

Do you realize your an ass...any Honda has always had issuses with the
voltage regulators, except for the GL1000, 1100, 1200 then it was the
connector from the alternator to the wiring harness.

 

thats exactly why i bought my truck......

 

Ansolutely wrong. I have 3 different CB750s, 80, 81 & 82 (the predecessor
to the Nighthawk he's looking at) in my garage. Parts are still available
from the
Honda dealer. Parts are also readily available from many online bike
wrecking yards.
And consumable parts are readily available from the aftermarket. Hell,
Walmart
sells the oil filter used on this engine.

Honda made tons of these bikes. The weak points are also well known and
there
were not a lot of them. Now, go forward 10 years to the Ninjas, that's
different.
But the 80's Nighthawks were good machines.

My daily rider is a 1980 CB750 with 34K miles on it. I put 10K of those
miles on it since I bought it in 2006. Meaning that the bike had
accumulated 20K
miles on it during 1980 through 2006, a period of 26 years, so you know damn
well it was sitting for years, unridden, much of that time. In other words,
prior
maintainence on it was obviously crap.

A new front tire for my bike was $88 including the tube. A set of front
brake
pads and rear shows is also $80. Front and rear sprockets plus a new X
ring chain was $190.

Ted

 

Nice analogy.

Not here.

www.davidsilverspares.co.uk

 

You do not have to do that with that model, or with my model. The Honda
dealer will be happy to sell you whatever parts you want. I buy from the
wreckers
to save money.

Nor do I.

Name a model 750cc, post 1999 that you can get a set of tires significantly
cheaper.

And he needs to check this out when he buys it.

Name a newer bike of the same CC that has a cheaper exhaust. You can
easily weld new mufflers on the old pipes or find someone to do it. Or
do what a lot of people do and get a decent 4-into-1 exhaust.

Your complaint was about lack of availability. Now your changing your
tune to agree that the stuff is available, just more expensive than you
like.

If your in process CB750 is that far gone perhaps you should part it
out.

It is completely dependent on the condition of the bike and how low the
seller is willing to go. Newer bike prices climb rapidly. If the bike is
in
good shape and the exhaust isn't rotted out and the chain isn't stretched
and it's well maintained, then $1K is a great deal. If it is high mileage,
runs like crap, with a lot of rotted out pieces, well then if the seller
won't
go under $1K then he would be better off looking elsewhere.

Ted

 

I can only imagine ONE truck that could do that. M35A2 but if you
haven't mud bogged one you wouldn't understand...or set off 2-3 miles
worth of car alarms. Ah, those were fun hooliganized days.

 

No experience with Suvivor Honda's I take it. If they survive this
long...the it's unlikely anything major is going to "meltdown" but
what could I know. I just have a Honda with 100K plus miles. Nice bike
let's me hoon with the kids when I choose.

 

That's pretty much my take on old high-milers. If they've got this far,
then they've been looked after and they should keep on going.

And it's not like many old Hondas are tough to fix anyway.