Subject: RE: Shopping for old Honda CB ...ideas?
Author: Rich Zink
Date: Jan 23, 2002, 9:07 AM
Post ID: 1709463410
I have passed on so many '70s japanese bikes that I have lost track.
There are thousands of them sitting in the backs of garages (if your lucky),
barns, sheds and outdoors in the field. I find all you have to do is let
enough people know you are looking and somebody's uncle used to ride but
gave it up and the old CB350 is in the yard collecting spider webs.
Sometimes you get lucky, most of the time they are major projects but
usually they are either free or next to nothing. I won't touch projects like
this anymore but they are out there. But as Mike said, if you are going to
be paying for one don't listen to the 'Just needs the Carbs cleaned out'
sale. Just not worth the time, money and effort.
Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Kruse [SMTP:bkr-@idcomm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:03 PM
> To: Loopfram-@topica.com
> Subject: Shopping for old Honda CB ...ideas?
> I'm helping my dad search for a bike. He has his mind set on an
early
> '70s honda 4 cylinder that runs but needs work - he'd prefer a
350, but
> a 400 through 550 is OK. We just lost a '73 CB350 on ebay the
other
> day. Some guy snuck in with 5 minutes left and I was taking care
of my
> son, who's getting teeth and cranky about it, and I couldn't get
logged
> in to counter-offer in time - oh well, the little guy is
definitely
> higher on the list than a bike.
> Anyway, I've been searching all the usual suspects - ebay,
> motorcycleshopper.com, motorcycles.com, and I have an adhound set
up on
> abracat (searches all newspaper classifieds every day).
> Does anyone know of such a bike or any other good sources to look
in?
> There's no real hurry and the most important criteria is that the
bike
> be in the midwest - preferrably Iowa but surrounding states are OK
too.
> I'd appreciate any ideas.
> BTW - if he can't find a Honda he'd like to find a loop! I don't
think
> he's there yet, though.
> Thanks,
> Brad
>