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1973 Honda cb450 (Read 281 times)
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1973 Honda cb450
12/07/15 at 11:17:09
I had the honda and the Yamaha 750 for sale on Craigslist all last week. There was a little interest but never moved anything. Yesterday I pulled out the Honda, filed the points, pulled the plugs and cleaned them. Ended up with spark @ the plugs so I squirted a little gas in each cyl. And cranked her over. She popped but never started.
I didn't work on it more than an hour or so. I don't. Have a compression tester but the cylinder will blow your thumb off the hole. I will admit the spark wasn't the greatest. It just didn't have that nice blue color. So I suppose if I'm gonna go any further new plugs and points will be in order. It was interesting to find out it, at least, wants to rumble.
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12/07/15 at 11:32:27
If you were closer I would be interested myself. My first bike was a '69 CB 450, and if I found one for the right price.......
(Of course I might be sleeping on the sofa and condemned to eating my own cooking....)
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12/07/15 at 11:57:28
What I found interesting about his bike is the over all design. Very well thought out and solid. Everything seems accessed easily. Plugs and points are easy to get at; etc. I was just @ the farm store and ngk plugs for it are 6 George's. That's doable as long as points aren't much more. I hate to spend to much on it but I it runs I may go all the way and take Daves advice and get a new title from what ever state that is.
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12/07/15 at 21:38:49
Any small engine shop should have the points. Standard issue Briggs or Kohler item.
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12/07/15 at 22:02:03
Nice bike,... like a small bore Triumph with less leaks...
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12/08/15 at 04:51:17
Resurrect it, bondo up the rough edges of the frame , spiffy the dude up, maybe? Dang shame it's not a 750.
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12/08/15 at 05:20:05
From 1965 until 1969....the CB450 was the biggest, baddest motorcycle that Honda made (then came the CB750).
I can remember going to the local County Fair when I was in junior high and seeing the Honda motorcycle display....and being amazed by the CB450 on display. At that time I had been riding my dad's Yamaha 125 twin (YAS1C) off road......and the CB 450 was a bike I could only dream of owning someday.
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12/08/15 at 05:59:31
justin_o_guy2 wrote
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Resurrect it, bondo up the rough edges of the frame , spiffy the dude up, maybe? Dang shame it's not a 750.
Maybe I'm a simplton; two carbs is my limit. I've have my share of 4 cyl. motorcycles. But that's just me.
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12/08/15 at 07:15:46
Actually,I agree with the carb counting. Just a 750 will sell.
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12/08/15 at 07:55:12
Justin, you really think so? I been looking at bikes for a long time. In this neck of the woods, it seems, there are a lot of 3 & 4 cyl. bikes to choose from with very few big singles & twins being offered. At least road ready ones.
I think there is an exceptionally strong market for big singles and twins; here anyway.
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12/08/15 at 08:01:41
A lot of people buy multi-carb/cyl bikes and ride them 'till they see the maintenance bills...
That's when you see them show up on Craig's...
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12/08/15 at 08:20:55
Serowbot wrote
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Nice bike,... like a small bore Triumph with less leaks...
My buddy (Ham Lee, nice Irish kid and former R.T. man in my platoon) who taught me how to ride, had a BSA 650. He rode my 450 and pronounced it the better bike. Comparatively maintenance free and ELECTRIC START !!!!!
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12/08/15 at 09:38:27
http://www.cycletrader.com/search-results?make=Honda%7C2316874&model=Cb750%7C...
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Go look, that's an early year, done right, drool time.
I know a guy in Odessa who had a 450 , showroom floor till today ,I suspect. Dual leading shoe, I think. You might have a better bike than you know. Look it up, in good shape.
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12/08/15 at 13:06:05
justin_o_guy2 wrote
on 12/08/15 at 09:38:27:
http://www.cycletrader.com/search-results?make=Honda%7C2316874&model=Cb750%7C...
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Go look, that's an early year, done right, drool time.
I know a guy in Odessa who had a 450 , showroom floor till today ,I suspect. Dual leading shoe, I think. You might have a better bike than you know. Look it up, in good shape.
Justin, on that site, there were only 2 CB 450's. Both are at least 10 years newer than this one I found on a scrap pile.
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12/08/15 at 13:17:30
I SEARCHED the 750.
Then I searched the 450. I didn't post that link, because there are several. Do. a search of your model,CCs,
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