Did ya ever nick your dads bike and go for a sedate spin to the beach for ice-cream? has to be sedate, she's 60 years old now, runs like a watch. with loud exhausts coz' them internals have long rotted away :)
Think I'd better bring home some ice-cream.
Hahahaha.
To be fair to OP, it sounds like he at least respects the bike, and treats it well. Maybe just a good beating. 😆
I love old bikes, back when it was simpler, no electronics (other than ignition system, though magnetos do "just work", you just don't have much juice to work with). Oh, and carbs are black magic, but at least on bikes they were pretty basic. No vacuum lines and emissions garbage to make them wonky.
Edit: looks like a CB450.
I love how tank pads were standard back then.
God damn, this just reaffirms my complete adoration for the Honda CB series. Absolute perfection.
Same here, I love the simplicity. I've got a 1980 Honda XR500 (built 08/1979, and yes it still has the 23" front tire and cable-actuated drum brakes) that's going to be my street-legal "apocalypse build". Since the ignition circuit and the lighting circuit run off separate coils, everything essential to the bike physically running has been stripped to the absolute minimum. I stripped out the original lighting wiring entirely except for the coil itself, all replaced with a Tusk Enduro lighting harness that will eventually be tied into the bike's lighting circuit with a 12V reg/rec unit and a capacitor bank. No battery, kickstart-only, and that's the way I like it. Though I'm going to be modifying the Tusk harness as well; it's a bit chunky. I also built an adapter for the lighting circuit that accepts a Milwakuee M18 battery (via a 12V regulator). For science, of course.
The only thing I actually changed about the ignition circuit was adding a key and hiding the wiring, so the average opportunist thief can't just kick it over and go without having to think about it first.
Cb450 blackbomber, lots of firsts for honda, 100mph, dohc, torsion valve springs, 1965.
It's restored, my dad loves this era of hondas, we have quite a few, another 450 is in the works, hopefully this time a 5 speed. Had a fun time barreling along back roads
I didn't get murdered, I came home bearing a galaxy ice-cream.
I love it. Tell your dad that some internet weirdo said it's absolutely gorgeous.
Hah, nice. My 1980 XR500 is a 5-speed. I kinda wish it had a 6th, but the top speed is already ~90MPH, and I don't think a big dirtbike has any business going that fast anyway.
Gifts of ice cream always go well with dads.