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Author Topic: My new Honda......  (Read 5114 times)

dewjantim

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Re: My new Honda......
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2007, 11:06:54 AM »
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'70 Bonneville, a 650.  I've owned and ridden it since 1987; back then I couldn't afford car insurance so the bike was it.  Now it's worth about 4 cars like mine so I think I need to spring for comprehensive insurance.  Some day I'll get pictures of it....

The last older Triumph I had was a 1972 650, one of the first 5 speeds. It had TT pipes, european bars, a BSA seat, British Racing Green paint, with pearl stripes. Traded it off for a R90S.......Dew.

Offline Bill Conquest

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Re: My new Honda......
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2007, 12:02:51 AM »
I've owned a bunch of hondas over the years - too many funny stories to tell, though I did cross the U.S. on a 450 scrambler ( via trans - canada ),what was I thinking? They were all good, now have a '73 cl125 I got for free, am working on it!
aloha, bill conquest
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dewjantim

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Re: My new Honda......
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2007, 01:40:14 PM »
Hey Bill, when I was a kid the Honda 450 was the big boy on the block. You could take it anywhere......Dew.

Offline Bill Conquest

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Re: My new Honda......
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2007, 12:20:00 AM »
Yah, Dew - that 450 was quite alot of fun & always put up with my abuse! Actually, I kept it up well, toured thru the big national parks out west & only changed the oil & a chain, wish I had it back! Also had a 305 scrambler but thats another story..
Aloha, Bill Conquest
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Offline R65Guy

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Re: My new Honda......
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2007, 11:32:05 AM »
Back in "the day" one of our riding buddies had a gold CB450 hardtail..... he had long box end wrenches in place of the rear shocks.  Everything else was bone stock.  I always wondered how it handled.

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Re: My new Honda......
« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2007, 10:08:43 PM »
WRENCHES !?!?!?!?!?!!!
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I sure hope that they were Snap-On, or at least Craftsman ?!?
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