It's got its flaws, though... It CERTAINLY ain't worth $6k.
1) He deleted the front turn signals, but he kept the stock headlight ears so he's got a couple of open holes. He took off the reflectors, too. Should've just swapped to the '71-'73 CB500 ears.
2) The front brake line is original from the factory. The metal tubing into the caliber appears to have been bent. The master cylinder was replaced, but the rest is original. Should've got the braided stainless and upgraded to a better caliper. Stock ones weren't very good...
3) Honda badges on the gas tank and alternator cover (left side) aren't properly painted. I guess the gas tank could've been a style choice?
4) Original swingarm grease fittings... those'll pop out the first time you actually try to lube it up.
5) The paint has been scraped off/messed up above the right rear mounting tab for the seat pan/rear fender.
6) He didn't even put rearsets on it! The seating position is probably a bit awkward.
7) Battery charger pigtie is hanging out from under the left side of the seat. Ought not that be tucked away neatly?
8) The light/rear fender fiasco was already mentioned...
9) There's some hodge-podge welded on to the kickstand so that it stops against the exhaust instead of fabbing a proper kickstand stop.
10) RFY shocks are the bargain brand, even cheaper than used stock. Nice and... squishy...
11) Old, stock cables minus the throttle... and the speedo cable that isn't hooked up into the housing on the right of the front wheel is just zip-tied to the fork! Also, that housing needs to be capped off to prevent things from getting in there, interfering with the wheel...
12) I can see at LEAST a couple of nuts on the front disc that don't have the locking tab bent against them... at all...
13) Paint spray on the VIN badge... Is it that hard to tape it off?
14) Could he not be bothered to clean up the stock handlebar controls?
15) Spliced wires next to the horn... Who doesn't love spliced wire?
16) Of course, the piece de resistance: velocity stacks. I bet the A/F mixture is all OVER the place, and it only gets worse at speed. Without something to even out the air flow, 1 & 4 will always get more air than 2 & 3
Oh, I'm sorry... I'm nit picking... but as a classic Honda SOHC4, for $6K that bike should be a lot better than it is.
Oh, and while I'm nitpicking, someone should tell the guy with the old, red Toyota pickup to fix his license plate. It's just HANGIN around!
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