Author Topic: How long have you owned your Hondas? (Read 2734 times)

honda_dog · « **on:** September 12, 2019, 05:54:22 AM »

I just realized this morning that I've owned this beautiful machine for 37 years... it must have been love!

Tracksnblades1 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2019, 06:38:19 AM »

Four days longer than I've been married......
😎

ekpent · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2019, 07:31:30 AM »

I bought my first Honda 750,a K6 in 1981 and have a few pieces of it left still on another bike after a friend crashed it badly and totaled it

jlh3rd · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2019, 07:36:03 AM »

25 years....

Don R · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2019, 07:57:55 AM »

One, my brother bought new in 74. I still haven't sent in the title. I'll need to do research on the others. lol.

bhudders · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2019, 11:52:59 AM »

I’ve owned my CB750K1 since Jan 19 1971 and my CBX1000 six since August 1978, Repsol Fireblade 1000 superbike since 2005, a CB1100 retro since 2013, a Fireblade SP since 2017 and my Goldwing DCT since July 2018 all of which I bought new, there are others eg a 2nd hand VTR1000SP a 1973 SS50, and finally a 1962 CB77, I’m addicted is an understatement

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ekpent · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2019, 01:15:24 PM »

Old original owner 750's are getting rare to find. The better ones in my collection were bikes I was lucky enough to get from them or their family. Congrats on keeping all your favorite bikes bhudders.

tool14 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2019, 01:45:52 PM »

37 years second owner.

bhudders · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2019, 01:52:27 PM »

Quote from: ekpent on September 12, 2019, 01:15:24 PM

Old original owner 750's are getting rare to find. The better ones in my collection were bikes I was lucky enough to get from them or their family. Congrats on keeping all your favorite bikes bhudders.

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KPSguy · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2019, 06:01:57 PM »

Just getting back into the moto madness about 4 years back.. because I needed a hobby! LOL These " Vintage " bikes are fun. 2013 Cb 1100 new in 2015 , 73 Cb 500 Four , barn save grabbed it in 2016. 72 Cb 500 Custom 6 month built in 2017 .
1982 Cb650 Sc . barn save 1050 original miles fall 2018 . I see a pattern developing.

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jgger · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2019, 08:30:22 PM »

I still have my 65 CL72 (250 scrambler) in very bad shape since 1966. That would be 53 years, some day it may be a rider again. At least that is my dream. Bought it for $352 when I was 14. It was my 2nd bike and also my 2nd Honda.

I can't look at it because it makes me sad that I let it rot like I did.😢😭

spotty · « **Reply #11 on:** September 12, 2019, 08:46:03 PM »

nice bike but how do you keep it stock looking for that long ?

when i got my first K2 750 in '90 it lasted a whole half hour until i got it home.....front guard off - chopped and painted, changed the taillight , got rid of the indicators, sprayed it matt black ( it was BROWN....), pulled the seat cover and replaced with a calf skin, mirrors changed...and that was just the first day

my vmax i've owned for over 10 years now i guess, that lasted a couple of weeks before i started changing stuff on it, theres a few untouched bits left on it now...

the zzr i got off terry a few months ago will be stock in performance but its getting green braided lines, levers, bolt kit and a satin black/kawasaki green paint job, i can't leave things alone

even my turntables got a sticker job within half an hour of getting them out of the boxes

i had a helmet that was getting to the end of its use by date so i peeled all the stickers off that i'd put on and gave it a 'rust' paint job complete with bubbling and flaking, also did one in glo-in-the-dark paint, didn't show up until it was dark and then it looked like a glowing alien head atop a black clad body

ofreen · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2019, 09:07:47 PM »

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,23731.msg2069630.html#msg2069630

BenelliSEI · « **Reply #13 on:** September 13, 2019, 05:36:08 AM »

Honda_dog...... Love that K8! The K7/8 models are truly under valued. My K8 was my first CB750 and I still think it’s the best, all- day rider. A few years ago, I added a K7 (pictured), great bikes. Best looking pipes too. Enjoy!

honda_dog · « **Reply #14 on:** September 13, 2019, 05:51:08 AM »

Quote from: BenelliSEI on September 13, 2019, 05:36:08 AM

Honda_dog...... Love that K8! The K7/8 models are truly under valued. My K8 was my first CB750 and I still think it’s the best, all- day rider. A few years ago, I added a K7 (pictured), great bikes. Best looking pipes too. Enjoy!

How long have you owned the bikes?

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #15 on:** September 13, 2019, 09:15:21 AM »

Bought my first K8 in 1986, so thirty-three years and counting.

dave the welder · « **Reply #16 on:** September 13, 2019, 10:43:18 AM »

built my chopper in 2007 using some parts from my first 750 that I owned when I was 20(I am 60 now) so I guess 40 years sorta

magnum56 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 13, 2019, 12:34:26 PM »

My wife purchased my current 750 "basket case" for me in early 2001, if I remember correctly. So 18 years.

I originally had a 74, purchased used in 1975, but that one slipped away.

Bailgang · « **Reply #18 on:** September 13, 2019, 03:28:56 PM »

10 years or so I'm guessing. It all started when an older brother of mine gave my son a 73 cb350 twin. My son and I went to someone's house nearby that had a bunch of old bikes and we were looking for parts, that's when I laid eyes on a thoroughly neglected 75 cb550 and I just had to have it. After bringing it back from the dead (literally) I sold it a few years later when I got my 77 F2. Along with it I now have a 71 cb350 twin, 75 cb400-4 and a 83 GL1100. Some people have asked what it is about Honda's that I prefer them, it's nothing really, it's just how it has worked out.

HondaMan · « **Reply #19 on:** September 13, 2019, 05:12:53 PM »

Quote from: Tracksnblades1 on September 12, 2019, 06:38:19 AM

Four days longer than I've been married......
😎

Good job!

My current 750K2 arrived in my hands 2/72 (over 47 years, now).
My (2nd) wife has said (many times) it should have been on the altar with us in the wedding.

But, I had it before the first wife, too.

dhall57 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 14, 2019, 04:22:04 AM »

Of course I had a half dozen or so Honda's back in the 70's the largest being a 1976 CB550. Didn't hold on to any of them

and it wasn't until 2009 when I got my very first 750, a garnet red K6

Here's a pic when it still had the 4 into 1 Mac pipe on it. Now I have a set of 341's on it that I got from a forum member.

WhyNot2 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 14, 2019, 03:25:10 PM »

I've had these SOHC/4s for several years, 2007, I think, and the more I touch them the worse they run.

I'm just old , fat, and ugly azz lazy.

Always a reason not to mess with them.....too cold.....too hot in the garage. Lately, it's been too tired after work.

Just this 750 the only tagged and insured at the moment, runs beautiful one day, the next, won't even sputter.

But........one of these days................one of these days.

carnivorous chicken · « **Reply #22 on:** September 14, 2019, 06:09:27 PM »

1975 CB550K since 1992, and 1973 CB350F since 1997. The former in Seattle at my dad's place so I have something to ride when I go home, the latter with me in Mexico City. Probably had another 30 or so pass through my hands since '92, but tose two are the keepers.

dusterdude · « **Reply #23 on:** September 15, 2019, 10:18:36 AM »

15 years

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HondaMan · « **Reply #24 on:** September 15, 2019, 06:06:42 PM »

Quote from: WhyNot2 on September 14, 2019, 03:25:10 PM

I've had these SOHC/4s for several years, 2007, I think, and the more I touch them the worse they run.

I'm just old , fat, and ugly azz lazy.

Always a reason not to mess with them.....too cold.....too hot in the garage. Lately, it's been too tired after work.

Just this 750 the only tagged and insured at the moment, runs beautiful one day, the next, won't even sputter.

But........one of these days................one of these days.

For occasional-use riding, try the X22ES-U sparkplugs...

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Author Topic: How long have you owned your Hondas? (Read 2734 times)