Yeah, dunno what happened to the pics but I'll try to get them reloaded. The paint LOOKS like it may have once been red, but has faded to orange. Strange thing is that the paint is in really good condition. Did Honda ever offer anything in orange in the early years? It also has knee pads in the tank, so I'm thinking it may have been off of a different model, maybe a CL450?
Anyways, the clock says under 6000 miles, but I'm not sure how much I trust it because the original clocks should have been solid mounted and these are rubber mount, like the later style. They also read innaccurately, i.e. I was riding her home at a pretty quick clip, probably 40-50, the speedo read upwards of 75 and the tach was bouncing around all over the place near redline. I was clearly nowhere near redline. Wrong gear ratio maybe? Not sure, it's a pretty small gripe.
I've had it out a few times now and she runs really well, with the exception of a low idle. Keeps wanting to die on me if I don't keep blipping the throttle. Also have to keep the choke on just a hair to keep the mixture in the "sweet spot." Needs a little tune, but I'll tell you, she runs pretty darned well.
The guys we bought it from claimed to have picked it up from the PO in boxes, poor guy bought about as much as we paid for the whole bike in parts and just couldn't get it back together. So these guys scooped it up on the cheap, put her together, and here we are! They also had a K3 or K4 CB750 with a sidecar, a nice looking cafe job done on another 750, a couple Triumphs, another CL350, a bad little old Ducati single, and many, many more. They also told me everything's for sale except the sidecar, so if anybody in Dallas is in the market, shoot me a PM and I'll get you their info. Good couple of guys.
