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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: mmmPeanutButter on August 29, 2005, 09:24:57 am
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The first pic is a photo of the bike I just got. It's a 1977 Honda CB400F. 8)
The second pic is a pic of me and my father in 1986 (?) with his 1976 Honda CB400F.
I'm so excited to ride it, but I don't have insurance yet. Hopefully by the weekend.
What do you think?
(and yes, the bike is older than me)
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I am not sure how you are gunna get the knee down out of roundabouts with that pipe.
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Easy, we don't have roundabouts here. :)
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What do you think?
Your dad needed a new pair of jeans.
Green is NOT your color.
There's no bacon in those pictures.
what? OHHHHHH! Are you sure he meant the bike? OK.
I like that bike in yellow.
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hehehe that is the coolest "The Fonz" motorcyclle ive seen in awhile
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Needs a MUCH bigger donk.
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Needs a MUCH bigger donk.
I even "dictionary"-ed that. FTW is a "donk"?
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Needs a MUCH bigger donk.
I even "dictionary"-ed that.
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DONK?!?!
You crazy aussies
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To use it in a sentence, one would say;
looksbutemate. shegoawright?
showusya donk.
Fwooor! whatapearler!
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if someone said I need a bigger donk I'd be kicking her out the door in a jiffy.
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you jus tplan on riding that around the city, right? 400cc is a little small.
The bike looks like it is in great condition for how old it is. It;s a current fad to collect those late 70s and early 80s bikes right now. hard to find any with no rust or a good seat. I'm suprized you don't have a torn seat. Wonder if it is original....
Anyway, the Hond ainline 4 from that time is a pretty torque engine. Should be fun.
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you jus tplan on riding that around the city, right? 400cc is a little small.
The bike looks like it is in great condition for how old it is. It;s a current fad to collect those late 70s and early 80s bikes right now. hard to find any with no rust or a good seat. I'm suprized you don't have a torn seat. Wonder if it is original....
Anyway, the Hond ainline 4 from that time is a pretty torque engine. Should be fun.
I'll take it on the highway. But I don't think I'll be road-tripping with it.
For the CB400F purists:
- the seat has been recovered. But it is really nice. Not plain like a lot of the others I have seen.
- the muffler is not riginal, but like the seat, it is very close to original
- the front fender is from a 75 or 76.
- The sidecovers have been painted
But I am not a purist. I just wanted a bike that I thought looked good and that would run well.
I got the rest of my gear today.
Tomorrow the appraiser is coming. I need an apprasal for the insurance company cause it's older than 25 years old. Insurance s going to kill me.
The bike cost $2,000 but I'm getting $850 back from my credit card for my rewards (get the Citibank Drivers Edge Platanum card... 2% of all of my purchases towards the purchase or lease of any new or used vehicle)
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Insurance for a 28 year old 400cc motorcycle is going to kill you? I have ZERO experience with motorcycle insurance, but that sounds veyr odd to me. I would think it was very cheap to insure.
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Insurance for a 28 year old 400cc motorcycle is going to kill you?
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Sweet ride. 8) I'm a vintage Honda junkie, those 400F's are sought after.
I'd like to see some hi-res pics if you've got.
Here's a CB360 I just restored for my wife. This one has the original pipes and seat, only 5000 miles. I swapped out the bars for a straighter set and added some comfortable grips for her..
(http://members.shaw.ca/knievel/cb1.jpg)
(http://members.shaw.ca/knievel/cb2.jpg)
BTW insurance for a year is $500 on this little guy...I think Winnipeg is pretty cheap though.
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Um, try a different insurance company. My bike is 20+ years old, and all I had to do was go to the progressive website and order the dang insurance, it was $75 for a year.
You aren't thinking of getting full coverage on that, are you?
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OK. This thread is really going to the dogs, bloody toy Honda's and now paige claiming that his is a motorbike....? ::)
I have had enough and have come to rescue this thread. :police:
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hard to find any with no rust or a good seat.
I grade chicks based on very similar points ;D
If donk=engine, and you know it means "engine", why the eff don't you crazy Aussies just say "engine"? You're starting to be like those Spanish folks. It's like they've got a different word for EVERYTHING!
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If donk=engine, and you know it means "engine", why the eff don't you crazy Aussies just say "engine"?
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Is that like a plonk?
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a wowser doesn't touch plonk
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what about a hootenanny?
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Getting way off topic
i don't think that's aussie slang
so do you know what a wowser or plonk is
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so do you know what a wowser or plonk is
no.. not at all.
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OK. This thread is really going to the dogs, bloody toy Honda's and now paige claiming that his is a motorbike....? ::)
I have had enough and have come to rescue this thread. :police:
Man, that thing looks really uncomfortable.
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Man, that thing looks really uncomfortable.
Actually it was very comfortable. Sure if you were 7ft tall and 300 pound it would challenge the comfort register, but all said and done this shape fits the human profile very well. If you get the chance, throw a leg over one, get somebody to hold the front wheel and just settle in and relax. The riding position will surprise.
In very heavy traffic it did get heavy on the wrists after an hour or so but you are always going to get this on any sports bike besides, it encourages a tight stomach. 8)
I am getting sad now. I miss my bike.
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I have ridden quite a few sport bikes, and I have found all of them to be unconfortable.
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Sweet ride there MPB.
I started with a little CB125S, the traded up to a '75 CB750F when the motor on the 125 blew up on the freeway.
I'm up to 5 different bikes now, including another CB750F I bought from a guy with a garage full of CB400Fs. They aren't the fastest, or best handling bikes, but I wouldn't trade my old 750 for anything.
@Bones: This enough donk for ya? ;)
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I have ridden quite a few sport bikes, and I have found all of them to be unconfortable.
Are you fat?
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I have ridden quite a few sport bikes, and I have found all of them to be unconfortable.
Are you fat?
Eh, borderline. I'm 5'11" have a size 40 waist, and my weight varies between 235 and 245.
It is more the fact that I don't like leaning forward, I like sitting up. I borrowed a friend's sport bike several times a few years back when I had gotten down below 200, and I still thought it was uncomfortable.
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Hmmm... There are differences in sportsbikes.
250cc sports bikes are small, very small. 600cc and 1000cc bikes are roughly the same size these days. If it was one of the larger bikes you rode, and you were still uncomfortable, well I dunno....
I have also ridden sports bikes that were uncomfortable, it is a very personal thing. 20 minutes on a CBR600 and I was sore as hell and I was used to the aggressive riding position.
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Hmmm... There are differences in sportsbikes.
250cc sports bikes are small, very small. 600cc and 1000cc bikes are roughly the same size these days. If it was one of the larger bikes you rode, and you were still uncomfortable, well I dunno....
I have also ridden sports bikes that were uncomfortable, it is a very personal thing. 20 minutes on a CBR600 and I was sore as hell and I was used to the aggressive riding position.
Everything I rode was Japanese in the 600-750cc range. A Ninja and a CBR for sure, there was another one as well.
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I am hanging-out badly to take one of these for a test run. Roughly the same price as a Japanese sports so they are affordable.
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Well here's my baby:
(http://www.philspcmods.com/images/blade1.jpg)
CBR1000RR Firebalde ;D
I rode the CBR600 for about 20 miles, and it damn near killed me. It was so small and cramped up. The Blade is a much bigger bike and much more comfortable because of it.
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Cool ride. Looks like the 05 model.
Did you test ride the GSXR?
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Yeah, it is the 05 model. The bikes about 3 months old now.
I didn't ride anything else, and to be honest, I bought the Blade without riding it.
I'd wanted one for years and years, and last time I looked (about 5 years ago) insurance was about
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Hey Bones, if it make you feel any better, I've heard engines referred to as a donk too. Granted, it was always coming out of an Aussie on one of the Mini boards, but I have heard the term. :)
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I have to bring this thread back :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/SirPoonga/bike/kawasaki.jpg)
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I have to bing this thread back :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/SirPoonga/bike/kawasaki.jpg)
That's not a bike, that's a space station.
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I could pull wheelies on it.
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Your bike looks like a lot of fun, and it really is in fantastic shape. I'm restoring a real classic, a 1963 Honda CB72 (great little bikes).
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I talked to a guy about buying his Honda Spree.
It only had minor rock damage, mainly to his helmet and back, so the super sweet performance bike that is a Honda Spree is still in good shape.
No reply on any VIN numbers or how I might check to see if he's actually selling a legal super sweet performance bike that is a Honda Spree though, so I may have to keep looking. I'm hoping to find a phatty-phat-phatso Yamaha Razz. Those rock. Even Bones will have to admit it after he finds a few pics of 'em.
It sucks to be having to pay almost 3 bucks a gallon. I may have to replace my Cannondale I long ago parted with. Meh. I can live with rocks
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Man... I have never heard of a Spree or a Razz! These sound like diet soda drinks to me and not the name of a bike a real man would ride.
$3.00 per gallon? Hah, I wish! This morning I paid $1.39 per litre. That works out to over $6.00 per gallon. It certainly adds up when you put $50 in the tank just to get to work for the rest of the week. :(
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$3.00 per gallon? Hah, I wish! This morning I paid $1.39 per litre. That works out to over $6.00 per gallon. It certainly adds up when you put $50 in the tank just to get to work for the rest of the week. :(
I was just trying to buck up my American friends, since I knew we still get cheap gas even at the prices we pay, and someone would point it out for me just how cheap it is. It's the Evil ConservativeTM in me ;)
I'm gonna be looking into what it will require for me to start investing in oil shares. I've simply GOT TO get started using these prices to my advantage.
Go ahead, look up those bikes. I DARE ya. One look, and you'll be all like "Ducatiwhut?" ;) ;D
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A friend of a friend is an insurance broker.
Best quote for basic liability is $840.
He's waiting for the appraisal, but he's thinking with theft (no collision) it'll be close to $1200.
$840 isn't bad. But how pissed would I be if somebody walked away (or rode away) with my bike.
(I'll post again when I get some more numbers)
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A friend of a friend is an insurance broker.
Best quote for basic liability is $840.
He's waiting for the appraisal, but he's thinking with theft (no collision) it'll be close to $1200.
$840 isn't bad. But how pissed would I be if somebody walked away (or rode away) with my bike.
(I'll post again when I get some more numbers)
That best quote sucks ass.
I just got that bike quoted from Progressive online.
Your 12 month quote is $316.00 (Liability).
Your 12 month quote is $671.00 (Full coverage $250 deductible, with $3000 agreed value).
Progressives price on motorcycle and RV insurance seems unbeatable, they have always been half the price of the next lowest quotes I can get, and you don't need an appraisal, you can buy the policy RIGHT NOW.
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Depends on the state, though. Here in MA, rates are set by the state and you don't get a better price from one company than you could from another. You can get better service, but the price is pretty much set across the board.
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Depends on the state, though. Here in MA, rates are set by the state and you don't get a better price from one company than you could from another. You can get better service, but the price is pretty much set across the board.
Also depends on the country. I live in downtown Toronto. (that's in canada)(we like bacon)
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Depends on the state, though. Here in MA, rates are set by the state and you don't get a better price from one company than you could from another. You can get better service, but the price is pretty much set across the board.
Is EVERYTHING in Massachusets set up to screw people over? I have yet to ever here of any special Massachusets laws that didn't seem specifically designed to keep poor people out of the state. What a beacon of democracy.
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Oh, I didn't know those were Canadian dollars, that quote isn't AS bad now.
Still might want to see if Progressive has Canada policies.
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Is EVERYTHING in Massachusets set up to screw people over? I have yet to ever here of any special Massachusets laws that didn't seem specifically designed to keep poor people out of the state. What a beacon of democracy.
It is set up to screw people over in a lot of ways, but this isn't really part of it.
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Kind of a pointless law really, as the kind of people who have trouble with auto insurance are the kind of people who can't afford to live in Massachusetts.
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Kind of a pointless law really, as the kind of people who have trouble with auto insurance are the kind of people who can't afford to live in Massachusetts.
It's true. My mother has had years where she couldn't afford to have a car at all. It's not even the cost of the car, it's the cost of insurance that pushes it over the edge. Young men get hit the hardest. My 21 year old cousin was paying something like $4000/year for his insurance a couple years ago.
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Oh, I didn't know those were Canadian dollars, that quote isn't AS bad now.
Still might want to see if Progressive has Canada policies.
I'll take a look. I also heard that State Farm offered good bike quotes.
The Canadian Dolars VS USD isn't really a fair comparison.
I mean, I make Canadian dollars and I have to spend them. So $800 to me is still $800 to me. If you were working in the US and somehow insuring a car in canada, then yes, you could convert.
My job would make me $50,000 here or $50,000 in the US.
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Oh, I didn't know those were Canadian dollars, that quote isn't AS bad now.
Still might want to see if Progressive has Canada policies.
I'll take a look. I also heard that State Farm offered good bike quotes.
The Canadian Dolars VS USD isn't really a fair comparison.
I mean, I make Canadian dollars and I have to spend them. So $800 to me is still $800 to me. If you were working in the US and somehow insuring a car in canada, then yes, you could convert.
My job would make me $50,000 here or $50,000 in the US.
Well, there is a reason there is a conversion rate, an American dollar buys more than a Canadian dollar.
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Oh, I didn't know those were Canadian dollars, that quote isn't AS bad now.
Still might want to see if Progressive has Canada policies.
I'll take a look. I also heard that State Farm offered good bike quotes.
The Canadian Dolars VS USD isn't really a fair comparison.
I mean, I make Canadian dollars and I have to spend them. So $800 to me is still $800 to me. If you were working in the US and somehow insuring a car in canada, then yes, you could convert.
My job would make me $50,000 here or $50,000 in the US.
Well, there is a reason there is a conversion rate, an American dollar buys more than a Canadian dollar.
yeah, when you walk across the boarder.
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Conversion rates are more about large scale transactions, commodities, that sort of thing. It isn't really driven by consumers.
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Conversion rates are more about large scale transactions, commodities, that sort of thing. It isn't really driven by consumers.
All I'm saying is that when an american looks at what I'm spending on insurance (say $800 cdn), they can't say "oh, he's only paying $640 US" It doesn't really work that way.
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I have been out of the MC game for a while, though I found myself checking out ads this weekend. I was always a big fan of the KZ1000 line ala Mad Max.
I restored / rebuilt three including a Police Model, the old school version from Chips, not the new ones.
There is one bike that is hard to find and seems to appreciate every time I go looking for one, very cool and it has always been on my list, the 1982 Suzuki Katana 1000 / 1100 -
Here is a pic of a Katana
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Some cool Mad Max / KZ1000 Links...
I always wanted to build a MFP bike
"Don't write off the Goose, 'till you see the box go into the ground!"
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/Replica/Bikes/
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/fanstuff/cars/MikeAcebo/index.html
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax/Goose/whitehouse.html
http://www.uponone.com/member-11658.php
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax/Goose/
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I always wanted a Cushman Eagle, but even Paige would throw rocks at me.
(http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2002/daytona2002/pics_021302/58_cushman.jpg)
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The cushmans are cool, and I will say that H2 minibike earlier in the thread is S-I-C-K. I've "ridden" an h2 before, twisting the throttle is ls not unlike getting whacked in the back of the head with a sledgehammer. The real fun comes when you try to brake....
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I almost got into an accident on the way to work today because I had to try and go around some kid on a motorcycle the size of a loaf of bread. It looked like he was riding his own genitals down the road because you couldn't see the bike.
That kid should be in porn.
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Could have been Tommy. Was he wearing a Giants helmet?
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No, this kid looked like he was breathing through his nose.
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No, this kid looked like he was breathing through his nose.
Ouch!
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No, this kid looked like he was breathing through his nose.
OOOOOOOOOOOH! This one ain't pretty folks, Tommy's down for the count, and I don't think he's gonna make it back up before the bell. This could be the end of our hapless hermaphrodite, Tommy "Strawberry Speedbags". ;)
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The thing we need to find out about tommy is whether or not they make him wear a helmet all day or just when he's doing something that would require normal folks to wear one.
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Why is the cork on the fork?
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The cushmans are cool, and I will say that H2 minibike earlier in the thread is S-I-C-K.
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As to that H2 minibike, it puts out 122 HP at the rear wheel. :o
Can this be correct?? It really doesn't sound right.....
Most 600cc and 750cc superbikes are only just producing this type of power.
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Can this be correct?? It really doesn't sound right.....
Most 600cc and 750cc superbikes are only just producing this type of power.
Are superbikes two stroke or four stroke? The H2 was a 750cc two stroke triple. Stock H2s make about 80 HP at 10,000 rpm, though with head work, big carbs and expansion chambers it's not too hard to get 120+ HP out of one.
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Everything worth owning these days is four stroke. Power delivery is much smoother, easier to ride hard and with less chance of high siding etc.
With the exception of some of the little sports 125's and 250's.
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Everything worth owning these days is four stroke. Power delivery is much smoother, easier to ride hard and with less chance of high siding etc.
With the exception of some of the little sports 125's and 250's.
Agreed. The H1 & H2 had a wicked power curve and a willowly frame. The combination put the fear of God in more than a few riders, and earned the bike a rep as a widowmaker. Toss in insurance agents outright refusing to cover them, and a legend was born. ;)
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All these motorcycle posts are making me covet one of those big Hondas from the late 70s that don't have a clutch but do have gears. I want one of those.
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All these motorcycle posts are making me covet one of those big Hondas from the late 70s that don't have a clutch but do have gears. I want one of those.
CB750A, aka the Hondamatic. Nice bike but rare as they were only made for three years. ('75-'77)
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All these motorcycle posts are making me covet one of those big Hondas from the late 70s that don't have a clutch but do have gears. I want one of those.
CB750A, aka the Hondamatic. Nice bike but rare as they were only made for three years. ('75-'77)
Yeah, that is the one. I hate clutches on bikes.
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Everything worth owning these days is four stroke. Power delivery is much smoother, easier to ride hard and with less chance of high siding etc.
And you don't have to add oil to the gas!
About insurance, wow. Here, in WI, for a year's worth of minimum full coverage if you are 27 with a 2000 Yamaha VStar Classic (650cc) is only $114. When I was in Minneapolis it was $214. When I first got the bike in 2000 it was like $370 with one speeding ticket on my record.
A friend of mine in Milwaukee just picked up a '92 Yamaha Seca II (600cc) and is paying the same as me.
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My bike, yamaha R1 purchased new, myself being over 30 years old and no lost demerit points in 5 years plus a 60% no claim bonus, was $1800 per year to insure.
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Depends a lot on the bike. My '92 Nighthawk costs all of $150 a year for full coverage, where my '01 ZRX1200R costs $800 a year for the same.
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Yep, unlike cars the class of a bike doesn;tmake a difference to insurance companies, it's engine size.
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Yep, unlike cars the class of a bike doesn;tmake a difference to insurance companies, it's engine size.
True. But bikes with bigger engines are normally higher up in the purchase price so you are insuring something of greater value.
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Everything worth owning these days is four stroke. Power delivery is much smoother, easier to ride hard and with less chance of high siding etc.
With the exception of some of the little sports 125's and 250's.
Agreed. The H1 & H2 had a wicked power curve and a willowly frame. The combination put the fear of God in more than a few riders, and earned the bike a rep as a widowmaker. Toss in insurance agents outright refusing to cover them, and a legend was born. ;)
Also Known As "H-Bomb"
:)
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I'm paying 360 bucks a year for my 95 Ducati 900 SS for full coverage and a 250 buck deductable.
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Yeah.... I got my insurance.
$860 for liability and theft with a $500 deductable.
I am very happy about this. It could have been a lot worse.
Good thing I'm an engineer. Partly cause I got a group rate with my insurance company (Meloche Monnex) and partly cause we're smarter than everybody else. ;D
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$860 for liability and theft with a $500 deductable.
Is that for the '77 Honda? Why would you pay insurance that costs more than the bike?
$500 deductable should cover the cost of the bike, even in canadian dollars. I know it is in good condition but it's still an almost 30 year old bike and only 400cc. (I'm assuming canada, that insurance company is a canadian company.)
Is it law in Canada that you have to have insurance in order to drive? Then I can understand that you are forced to do that. But then you gotta ask is the bike worth it or get something newer.
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Man, 860 does sound high! What is that in U.S.?
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860.00 CAD = 724.475 USD
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The bike was appraised between $2,000 and $2,500.
I am required by law to have basic liability. I was quoted $760 for this.
I decided to get the theft added for an additional $100 a year.
Yeah... Canada sucks pretty bad for insurance. Plus I live in the city, which doesn't help. But as far as canadian insurance, and me being a new motorcycle rider, I did really good.
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Cool, thats all that matters. I remember my first bike, a Suzuki GS 500, that was alot of fun. I'm lookin for an old Honda CB350 to make a retro cafe bike as we speak.
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DONK?!?!
You crazy aussies
donk is short for 'donkey'. as in some sort of motive power. aussies tend to be self -effacing in their euphemisms...
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Some cool Mad Max / KZ1000 Links...
I always wanted to build a MFP bike
"Don't write off the Goose, 'till you see the box go into the ground!"
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/Replica/Bikes/
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/fanstuff/cars/MikeAcebo/index.html
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax/Goose/whitehouse.html
http://www.uponone.com/member-11658.php
http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax/Goose/
for some cool z1000 action you have to check out the aussie movie 'Stone' which is about a bikie gang who rides z1000's. all the actors rode their bikes, all the time so it looks pretty cool...
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I am hanging-out badly to take one of these for a test run. Roughly the same price as a Japanese sports so they are affordable.
i test rode a buell a few years ago. how tall are you? they look goofy tall like some kinda freaky trial bike but are actually a bit small feeling for me (im 182cm, or 6' 1") . ran ok at 200km/h but when i slowed down the fuel injection played up. very disappointing. gear box was surprisingly smooth though.
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The first pic is a photo of the bike I just got.
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I am hanging-out badly to take one of these for a test run. Roughly the same price as a Japanese sports so they are affordable.
i test rode a buell a few years ago. how tall are you? they look goofy tall like some kinda freaky trial bike but are actually a bit small feeling for me (im 182cm, or 6' 1") . ran ok at 200km/h but when i slowed down the fuel injection played up. very disappointing. gear box was surprisingly smooth though.
I am a short ass, about 5-1/2 foot. I read the Buell's really struggle in Australia with the legal pipes and putting an aftermarket pipe on, although illegal, gets them running a lot smoother. Strange what you say about the gearbox, I heard they had a real clunker!
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They used to, but the new gear box, from what I read, is supposed to be sweet shifting. Buell has gone through some huge changes since that first bike back in 96.
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Well they certainly have street cred, there is no denying that.
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The bike was appraised between $2,000 and $2,500.
Wow, is it appraised like that because it is over 25 years old?
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The bike was appraised between $2,000 and $2,500.
Wow, is it appraised like that because it is over 25 years old?
The CB400F is a classic. And it's in good shape. I've been looking for a while and it seems like $2k is about the asking price.
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The bike was appraised between $2,000 and $2,500.
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Better not spend an arm and a leg on the bike, since you'll end up losing at least one of them in your first accident anyway. ;D