Hey all -
Question first, intro in a minute. I completely understand that this is the SOHC4 board, but I know there is a wealth of old Honda info here. My roommate (I am a college student) has a 1972 CB450 DOHC. He wants to replace the swingarm bushings when we blast and powdercoat his frame. Does anyone know a good source for these? CB450 in particular or Honda in general? Maybe the CB450 uses the same ones as a CB500 or something?
Intro
I've been on the board for a couple of years as Mborden. I didn't realize that with the new site that I would lose the login and the number of previous posts. Oh well. I've previously owned a very ratty CB350/4. That was the bike I learned on. Fun bike, but ultimately required more work than what I could handle at the time. I moved up (at least displacement wise, if not in character) to a 1973 CB500K which is still my main bike. Its been given a lot of attention, and its currently a pretty decent looking cafe racer. I rebuilt the engine 3 years ago, Ive put on several thousand miles, and its never given me a moment of trouble (probably right up until I wrote that).
Over the last 6 months, I have been doing a ground up rebuild of a 1975 Suzuki GT550. Its a 2-stroke triple, hence the new username (If it makes you guys happier, I am SOHC4 on the Suzuki board). Where the Honda was a pretty faithful refurbishment with some period-correct modifications, the Suzuki has been stripped to the bare essentials. Its set up as a cafe/streetfighter, very light (for a GT550 anyway), clip-ons, chambers, that sort of thing. Its sort of my alter ego bike, since its loud and obnoxious and smokey and I generally plan to bother people with it. I think only hard-core old bike fans will really like it. It fell into my lap for $66, so I had to do *something* with it. Ill post a link when I get final pics.
- Matt
