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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #75 on: February 13, 2014, 11:09:56 AM »
I think this is pretty crap.


'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #76 on: February 13, 2014, 01:39:29 PM »
Lester, clearly they you have a thing for blue fetish, as seen in the background too evidenced by the background wheeled object...
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #77 on: February 13, 2014, 03:06:10 PM »
It's in my yard.  ;D
'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #78 on: February 13, 2014, 03:07:22 PM »
Change of pronoun required, Rafster
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #79 on: February 13, 2014, 05:05:33 PM »
Those old honda Hawks were hideous.  I had a '78 for a spell a few years back.   this..
This was my wife's bike until we fixed it

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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #80 on: February 13, 2014, 05:14:10 PM »
Fixed it as in moved it on?   :D
'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #81 on: February 13, 2014, 05:15:48 PM »
Lester, clearly they you have a thing for blue fetish, as seen in the background too evidenced by the background wheeled object...
I only own the blue object in my avatar.
'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #82 on: February 13, 2014, 09:40:22 PM »
Fixed it as in moved it on?   :D
Sorry,
I was referencing your picture of the red Hawk when I wrote fixed it. Her 'new' bike is the '78 CB400A pictured in cream and brown
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #83 on: February 13, 2014, 09:47:49 PM »
Hondamatic can barely be called a motorcycle, lol. If you can learn to ride a motorcycle you can learn to use a clutch and gear shifter, the worst thing about the cb400t's though is the lunch box of an instrument cluster. So glad my wife ripped hers off and replaced it with mini gauges, she got so tired of looking at it that I came home one day and she had bought and installed a mini speedo and hucked the old one in the trash can haha.
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #84 on: February 13, 2014, 10:09:25 PM »
Hondamatic can barely be called a motorcycle, lol. If you can learn to ride a motorcycle you can learn to use a clutch and gear shifter, the worst thing about the cb400t's though is the lunch box of an instrument cluster. So glad my wife ripped hers off and replaced it with mini gauges, she got so tired of looking at it that I came home one day and she had bought and installed a mini speedo and hucked the old one in the trash can haha.
I hear you, a new 'dashboard' is in the works.
 I'm just happy she can go on rides with me on her scooter/motorcycle and begin a life-long love of motorcycles

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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #85 on: February 13, 2014, 10:31:22 PM »
^^^right on, I love that my wife is into motorcycles. I enjoy the hell out of it everytime we rip around together, one of a few things we like to do together.
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #86 on: February 19, 2014, 01:36:26 PM »
I thought I'd post a HIDEOUS "not impressive" picture of my girlfriend's POOP bike. Had a very nice ride yesterday in the Northwest. It was up to 57F on that day.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #87 on: February 19, 2014, 02:01:58 PM »
I don't mind brown, as long as it sparkles.
I keep eating sprinkles but my poop is always flat brown.   :(
'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #88 on: February 19, 2014, 02:07:58 PM »
I don't mind brown, as long as it sparkles.
I keep eating sprinkles but my poop is always flat brown.   :(

 ;D  Try glitter mate.... ;)
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #89 on: February 19, 2014, 02:46:46 PM »
It's a really nice metallic brown. I forgot the name of it. I wanna say Garnet Brown Metallic or something like that. It may even be a Candy color. It becomes very dark depending on the day. If you compare it with Bill's first picture on post #1, it's a remarkable difference because the picture he posted is flat out boosted and made to look ugly on purpose (to prove some sort of point that I don't get).

It was her first "real" ride on it yesterday moving up from her CB125. She had no problem keeping up with my 750, even though we only went on city speeds on up to 55MPH. It was hard for her to give up the CB125s...she even cried...but I kept persuading her to do so (she made a lot of profit on it). It was nice because after that ride, she realized how much of a better bike she has now.

Such a cool bike! Nimble and quick, the way I like 'em. When the sun hits it, it looks beautiful. I'll see if I can take a picture when it's really bright out.
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #90 on: February 19, 2014, 03:15:34 PM »
Could be worse fenders.


'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #91 on: February 19, 2014, 03:17:06 PM »
Fenders - you've got issues... You can't seem to let go of it. If she likes the bike, then who cares? Ride what you want, but please stop whining. You're spoiling a perfectly good thread of bike color bashing!
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #92 on: February 19, 2014, 03:18:50 PM »
Could be worse fenders.



That's exactly what her bike looked like before....extra 4" extension...yuck on a CB450 IMO.

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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #93 on: February 19, 2014, 03:25:23 PM »
Fenders - you've got issues... You can't seem to let go of it. If she likes the bike, then who cares? Ride what you want, but please stop whining. You're spoiling a perfectly good thread of bike color bashing!

I think it's in bad taste to take a perfectly good color, boost it to make it look ugly, and create a thread to reference to someone else's bike. Just my opinion. I know I have issues, so no news there. No whining here.

I can certainly post some pictures of ugly colors to help out with the hatred here. :)


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #94 on: February 19, 2014, 03:28:59 PM »
Hatred is such a strong word, I prefer disdain.   ;)
'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings. Same with 'of' and 'have'. Set and sit. There, their and they're. Draw and drawer. Could care less/couldn't care less. Bought/brought FFS.


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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #95 on: February 19, 2014, 04:19:17 PM »
panties in a perpetual wad...
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #96 on: February 19, 2014, 04:35:44 PM »
panties in a perpetual wad...

Seriously. STFU already.
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #97 on: February 19, 2014, 06:38:19 PM »
Fenders - you've got issues... You can't seem to let go of it. If she likes the bike, then who cares? Ride what you want, but please stop whining. You're spoiling a perfectly good thread of bike color bashing!

I think it's in bad taste to take a perfectly good color, boost it to make it look ugly, and create a thread to reference to someone else's bike.


There was no reference to anyones bike Fenders, just a color, you made the association and it went from there.... ::)
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Re: Most Unimpressive Honda Paint Scheme Ever
« Reply #98 on: February 20, 2014, 02:09:02 AM »
She had no problem keeping up with my 750.
But the burning question you left open there is, is it faster over the 1/8th mile ;D
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