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Offline MikeSimon

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Which CB450?
« on: March 17, 2018, 06:32:40 AM »
Went to the Piston Power Show in Cleveland yesterday and they had this bike on display. It said the base was a Honda CB450. I had a hard time and could not identify it. What was it originally?
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2018, 06:41:59 AM »
Never mind! After I posted the picture I saw that there was conflicting info on the tag. It said 1978 CB400 on the printed part, but the handwritten specification list said CB450. 1978 CB400 Hawk
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2018, 06:48:33 AM »
cm 400..i think.use the drumbrakes/hveels from a cb 450.(.the cm-400 had comstars..450 must be a usa thing..ve only had the boring 400 in Europa..if i renember korrekt..
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2018, 09:10:13 AM »
Yeah, there were SOHC CB400/450 twins in the US ("Hawk" series, late 70's, early 80's).
Difficult to discriminate between the 400 and 450, nearly identical.
There was an automatic tranny variation of the Hawks in the US too.
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2018, 01:43:03 PM »
Well, If we look at the various years, the 78/79 CB400 TI Hawk I had spoke wheels and a mechanical drum brake in the front. The 78/79 CB400 TII Hawk II had Constar wheels and hydraulic front disc brake. There were no CB450s between the 1974 CB450K7 and the 1982 CB450SC. The SC engines which were similar to the 400s in the Hawk had black cases.
Again, the confusing issue here was, some guy who wrote the display spec sheet, mistakenly put CB450 on it, instead of CB400. I did not see that. Need better glasses. Or watch more thoroughly.
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2018, 04:00:10 PM »
What a turd...boring bike rendered useless, I guess the paint is nice.  Anyone check out how not to set up rearsets?
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2018, 04:40:57 PM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on March 17, 2018, 04:00:10 PM
What a turd...boring bike rendered useless, I guess the paint is nice.  Anyone check out how not to set up rearsets?

Really don't know what is going on. Seems like the "builders" are all following the same cookie cutter pattern, no matter what marque.
After every other custom car had a surfboard attached to it, not come the motorcycles with the skateboards... ::)
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2018, 06:10:36 PM »
That may be the ugliest 550 I've ever seen.   

We're there any nice bikes?
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2018, 06:40:51 PM »
 Always keep and extra skateboard around incase you need to make another seat !
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2018, 10:27:50 PM »
Quote from: ekpent on March 17, 2018, 06:40:51 PM
Always keep and extra skateboard around incase you need to make another seat !


right-0, could always be used to make a cafe racer seat....
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2018, 11:58:00 PM »
Quote from: MoMo on March 17, 2018, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: ekpent on March 17, 2018, 06:40:51 PM
Always keep and extra skateboard around incase you need to make another seat !


right-0, could always be used to make a cafe racer seat....
no.  skateboards go under your feet, not your ass...and that #$%* has nothing to do with cafe racers
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2018, 09:17:59 AM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on March 17, 2018, 11:58:00 PM
Quote from: MoMo on March 17, 2018, 10:27:50 PM
Quote from: ekpent on March 17, 2018, 06:40:51 PM
Always keep and extra skateboard around incase you need to make another seat !


right-0, could always be used to make a cafe racer seat....
no.  skateboards go under your feet, not your ass...and that #$%* has nothing to do with cafe racers



It'd be the natural progression for the hipster cafe crowd.
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2018, 11:46:11 AM »
Quote from: Stev-o on March 17, 2018, 06:10:36 PM
That may be the ugliest 550 I've ever seen.   

We're there any nice bikes?
It would indeed be difficult to undo all of the damage.
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Re: Which CB450?
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2018, 12:00:16 PM »
I'd like to add further that it seems to be to me much easier to cafe a bike than to do a quality stock restoration.
I cafed the Canary 20 years ago; easy job.
The 400F is basically done as absolutely near to stock as I can manage.
For me anyway, this was the much more care intensive of the two.
Love em both though.
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