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mattness

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just bought a 1980 honda cb400 twin cylinder off my friend for 115 bucks. needs a coil. hopefully im riding it home tomorrow. clear title signed it over to me and everything,

revs to 10 grand i think lol... should go 80 mph easy, 6 speed transmission. if i ride this thing to class 5 times it paid for itself.
only 13k miles
i bet i can sell it for 5 times that this summer once i get it rollin:punk:
 
i can ride this to work and not worry all day about it getting loaded into a van
 

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lol he thought for sure the bike was trash. you guys should have seen the look on his face when that thing fired up effortlessly with some starter fluid and i rode it home LOL.

i had to splice a spark plug wire but it appears to be firing just fine. revved it to 10k several times. its no vmax, but its quite a bit more peppy than i thought it would be. at 7k rpm it really pulls hard.

now that i rode it home and put fresh gas in it, it fires up effortlessly, no choke 35 degrees here today. i dont even have to hold the start button down, just a tap and its purring. i dont have to give it any throttle either. just hit the button.
 
i dont have to give it any throttle either. just hit the button.[/QUOTE]

can you say HONDA!
 
Way to go!
My first was a CB200t and second was a CB360t. Great bikes and completely bulletproof.
Those Honda parallel twins can't be beat for reliability.
 
While I love my Yamaha's for performance, IMO you just can't beat a Honda for absolute bulletproof reliability. They just don't die.

My '85 Magna had been sitting in a barn for about 15 years. The guy I bought it from "rescued" it, but said all it needed was a new battery. Drained the carbs, refilled with fresh gas, and it fired right up. The only issue I ever had was a plug wire rotted out and started arcing to the head...otherwise I never had a single problem. I wasn't exactly gentle with it either...slamming it through gears at it's 12k redline, cruising at 90 in 85 degree weather, ect.

They're just phenomenally built machines and house some of the best engineering the motorcycle world has ever seen. Can you say CB750? One bike that revolutionized the sport(and almost put HD out of business)
 
I've got an extra mill for that antique if you ever need one.
 
hondas are great bikes. no question. i had a 85 rebel that sat for 10 years. hadda rebuild the carb but as soon as i did it was amazing. you could pop start it by shoving hard once. nuts.
 
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