Author Topic: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made. (Read 182045 times)

Stev-o · « **Reply #1325 on:** July 28, 2013, 07:33:20 pm »

Evening guys. I'm back!

toytuff · « **Reply #1326 on:** July 28, 2013, 08:08:53 pm »

Quote from: Stev-o on July 28, 2013, 07:33:20 pm

Evening guys. I'm back!

Oh Joy!

tt

fendersrule · « **Reply #1327 on:** July 28, 2013, 10:52:54 pm »

http://www.livablelandscape.org/CYCLES/450K1detail.htm

Talk about a nice posted quarter mile time.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #1328 on:** July 28, 2013, 11:41:28 pm »

Fantasy with no substantiated cycling magazine test getting close to that number.

Sept 65 Cycle World article of cb450 road test. 1/4 mile in 15.2 seconds
look on Rivet Restorations website for a copy of the article...can't get this tablet to attach the file or I would attach the pdf scan

Honda was not beneath publishing fantasy numbers the motorcycling press could not reproduce.

Cycle magazine and Cycle World are two different magazines...so, best to use same mag for more consistent test results, as it was generally one or two riders who did the testing, given close dates for that testing...

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #1329 on:** July 29, 2013, 12:08:36 am »

I believe that you guys are being very harsh on Fenders. You see, while he has no "first hand" experience, he can only rely on what he reads, and he doesn't realise that while the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times that he sees for the CB450 are genuine OEM Honda times, they were achieved using entirely different methodology.

You see, while the CB750's times were conducted on a horizontal plane (drag strip) the 450's testing was conducted vertically. (dropped down a mineshaft)

Problem solved, evening all.........

trueblue · « **Reply #1330 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:18:27 am »

Still a fantasy Terry, unless you greased the mineshaft first

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #1331 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:23:47 am »

Damn! There goes that theory........

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #1332 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:33:16 am »

Quote from: fendersrule on July 28, 2013, 10:52:54 pm

http://www.livablelandscape.org/CYCLES/450K1detail.htm

Talk about a nice posted quarter mile time.

Grabbing at straws now Fenders, you said on more than one occasion that you weren't talking about quarter mile times, now that its convenient to your argument, even though no stock 450 would come close to that time, you use it..... This is getting more stupid by the minute and shows a glaring lack of knowledge about the bikes in question...

Evening Blue and Terry.....

kghost · « **Reply #1333 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:34:10 am »

evening retro

kghost · « **Reply #1334 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:34:34 am »

Evening Terry

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #1335 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:37:53 am »

Evening Tim...

dhall57 · « **Reply #1336 on:** July 29, 2013, 02:55:52 am »

Quote from: fendersrule on July 28, 2013, 10:52:54 pm

http://www.livablelandscape.org/CYCLES/450K1detail.htm

Talk about a nice posted quarter mile time.

This time must of been produced during ideal weather and track conditions and the wind at your back

Or maybe Honda had enough pull to borrow one of those catapults from the Navy that they use to launch planes off aircraft carriers. Just joking Fender.

Marcia says Hey!

trueblue · « **Reply #1337 on:** July 29, 2013, 03:29:29 am »

Evening Mick

trueblue · « **Reply #1338 on:** July 29, 2013, 03:29:44 am »

Evening Terry

trueblue · « **Reply #1339 on:** July 29, 2013, 03:30:00 am »

Evening Tim

trueblue · « **Reply #1340 on:** July 29, 2013, 03:30:26 am »

Evening Marcia

trueblue · « **Reply #1341 on:** July 29, 2013, 03:30:49 am »

Evening Dhall

trueblue · « **Reply #1342 on:** July 29, 2013, 03:43:41 am »

I finally figured out how the CB450 can be faster than the 750 (or 550 or even the 650). This will be hard for you 750 guys to believe, but I have figured out a way that a standard 450 can beat a 750 and it is IMPRESSIVE.

First get anyone on a 750, have them ride at 35mph, then fenders can hop on his IMPRESSIVE 450 and ride at 55mph. In this instance the 450 will easily beat the 750, hell if he keeps at it long enough he may even be able to overtake it, now wouldn't that be IMPRESSIVE.

maduncle · « **Reply #1343 on:** July 29, 2013, 05:18:04 am »

Evening Trueblue, impressive use of font options in posting there.

Evening Terry, don't suppose you know the frame number and engine number off those BSA parts I plan to play with?

'night Marcia...

Stev-o · « **Reply #1344 on:** July 29, 2013, 05:31:42 am »

Mornin Marcia

kghost · « **Reply #1345 on:** July 29, 2013, 05:35:08 am »

I must say....I enjoyed Terrys whole "down a mine shaft" scenario.

In Aviation there are certain performance claims that everyone automatically assumes comes with the ol'*

* on a cold day, Off a cliff, With a tailwind.

toytuff · « **Reply #1346 on:** July 29, 2013, 07:27:38 am »

Or...

tt

RAFster122s · « **Reply #1347 on:** July 29, 2013, 07:37:09 am »

Quote from: dhall57 on July 29, 2013, 02:55:52 am

Quote from: fendersrule on July 28, 2013, 10:52:54 pm
http://www.livablelandscape.org/CYCLES/450K1detail.htm

Talk about a nice posted quarter mile time.
This time must of been produced during ideal weather and track conditions and the wind at your back Or maybe Honda had enough pull to borrow one of those catapults from the Navy that they use to launch planes off aircraft carriers. Just joking Fender.

Marcia says Hey!

Hey Marcia and dhall!y

I know how they did it...
They had a typhoon back in 1969 hit Japan and an IMPRESSIVE engineer recognized their drag strip/test track for 1/4 mile times would be aligned with the wind to their backs. So, with a 130 mph wind to their back they were able to get the cb450 pushed down the strip in 13.2 seconds. 2 seconds faster than under normal conditions. Naturally they had to ply the rider with incentives like a week off and copious number of bottles of Soichiro's finest reserves of Saki. The ad didn't run long because when the old man found out his saki was missing and the numbers were enhanced he was furious! He had the ad pulled, never to run again as it was a loss of face.

Want to read an interesting article then download the cb450 super sport article by Cycle magazine back in the day on rivetrestorations.com/docs.html folder... the 450 was not selling and they were not pulling punches in discussing the bike and its response in American showrooms... They still thought it a marvel of engineering.

Elan · « **Reply #1348 on:** July 29, 2013, 09:59:59 am »

I think it all depends on what kind of oil you are using.

vfourfreak · « **Reply #1349 on:** July 29, 2013, 11:26:45 am »

It's all torque, torque, torque !!

I think there's been enough torquing !!

Kev

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Author Topic: I believe the CB450 is the most impressive bike ever made. (Read 182045 times)

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