FS: 1973 Honda CB 450 :: cafe'ish motorcycle

Discussion in 'For Sale : Car Parts' started by Topher, Aug 23, 2010.

  1. Topher
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    I bought this bike about a year ago, as a project/beginners bike. Since then I've put about 3k miles on it. And over $2,500 not including purchase price of the bike. The bike has been maintained by BlueCat Motors, specializing in old school imports and cafe bikes.

    In short, I've done the following:

    Last August:
    new battery
    new rectifier
    plugs
    tune-up
    rebuilt carbs
    clubman bars/Beneli grips

    This spring:
    (the short version)
    Tune up with valve adj
    Oil and filter change
    Sych carbs, set idle speed
    Replace spark plugs
    New throttle, clutch and speedo cable
    Reset timing, replace points
    New chain and sprocket
    Countershaft, pushrod, shiftshaft oil seal replacement
    Rewire headlight control and charging system
    New headlight
    Rebuild front fork
    Replace headset bearings
    Wrap exhaust

    This spring I spent over $2k.

    The bike runs fantastically. Three weeks ago I took it on a two day 900mi trip around Northern MN. At this point, you could literally hop on this bike and go (as far as you wanted).

    The pipes are in awesome shape, seat is in great shape. Tank and side covers are in good shape, but if I kept the bike longer I would sand and respray. Inside of tank is clean (no rust).

    Seriously, all of the expensive stuff has been done and within the 1,200 mi.

    Bike has 20k miles on it.


    $1,750


    $25 to you/club if it sells here.

    NE MPLS
     
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    Beautiful ride man, and it looks well taken care of. If I wasn't on the hunt for a Goldwing to strip down, I'd be all over this. Bump for a super clean, reliable classic Honda!
     
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    thanks!