Topic: Sanity Check -- 175 twins

[BigJimG]

In the past year, I branched out into the world of the small twins, picking up a CB175 K7, and a CL175 K5. Just recently while browsing Facebook marketplace for parts and more projects I don't need, I stumbled upon an add for a CD175, as well as two different ads for SL175's. Am I insane for thinking about getting a full set? The one SL175 ad is for two of them with spare parts, so I could probably turn around and sell one of them.  (SL prices are kinda insane...)

From what I can tell, they're all clean, complete, and unmolested (including the SL exhausts)
I *Think* I have the room.
I probably have the money (at least it wont put me in a bad spot).
I am not married. (i.e. no bad decision governor).
Christmas is coming and I still have kids to buy stuff for.
I don't know if they're titled or not.

And yes, I realize posting here will probably give me the "of course" answer...

[Steve_K]

There may be some performance parts available do to vintage racing.  I have heard they are fun to roadrace, if you have that in mind. There was some CB 160's , too I think.  Might get the full set!!!
Steve

[carnivorous chicken]

Those 175s (and the 160s) are fun little bikes, but with other bikes around you gotta ask yourself if you'll give them the riding they need to stay running well.

[ekpent]

If they have a title and original paint and the price is extremely attractive I say go for it. If they don't have a title and are beat to crap and ugly I say save your money for the 'good stuff'. Especially in a down market there are still buyers for quality and its the low and mid level stuff that suffers the most.
  If you get in a jam with a problem on one I have a friend here in Michigan who has restored a couple and knows them well that I could get you in touch with I'm sure.

[BigJimG]

It's probably the CD that interests me the most, I haven't really seen that many of them around, plus the price is better.  I agree the 175's are fun little bikes, even at my size.  My middle daughter (14) has expressed her desire to ride regularly once she gets her license, and my son (6) already is tearing up the yard on his Razor 350, so I think I'll have plenty of riders. 

[Flyin900]

I moved to the smaller displacement bikes recently as I am getting too old for the 200+ pound motors these days. I picked up a 1967 titled CL175 with serial number 802 on the engine. It was a fun bike to restore, yet I sourced NOS parts worldwide to complete the restoration. Too small to ride for me so it has become a rec room trophy. I see it as a great link to the early Honda technology as they started moving up in the bike world.

[grcamna2]

That's a sweet,little CL175 'Sloper' Flyin900;very nice finished show bike and nice color. 
How many miles did you ride it before before putting it inside ?

[HondaMan]

The 175 is utterly indestructible! I have actually seen it toured at full throttle for 10-hour days, carrying well over 200 lb payloads by a couple of real big guys who rode them to Sturgis from Minnesota, multiple years. The bikes were so loaded they could just make 85 MPH flat-out, and they never broke a sweat doing it. One of the bikes had over 20k miles on it, the other was about half that, the guys were friends. I saw another one like that during another trip, had over 20k on the clock (but you'd never know it to look at it) in a gas station: the owner was riding coast-to-coast on it again (this was in the 70-75 MPH interstate days prior to 1974 and the 55 MPH speed limit thing) for his second time, and planned a third trip: each one was at a different lattitude, a planned 4th was to be across Canada, he said.

I think they are some of the coolest all-purpose city bikes Honda ever made, myself. I'm not sure I would have the courage (or maybe the butt?) to go coast-to-coast 85 MPH on one, but it would be tempting for 'light touring'...

[754]

The 67 CL 175 was my first bike.. mine was rough and I customized it.. lol..

[grcamna2]

That 67' CL175 reminds me a Lot of my 66'(first Real motorcycle)CL77 305, only mine wasn't perfectly restored like this beauty:that was a fun bike.

[rb550four]

 I've been finding allot of interest in the 175 . I sold both the 175 s I had to a woman in Boston . She runs road rallies  around here with a sidecar attached to her 175. She said the east coast was an expensive place to get a 175 in any condition but I find them around upstate NY like crazy. They are a little too small for my taste but I can see why folks like them.
    And like BigJimG said there would be those who say of course , get them.  I advocate getting as many as you want , we are only here once .

[BigJimG]

The CD sold the day I posted this originally, Still waiting on title status on the two SL's.  They're a little more than I want to pay for non-titled bikes...  Maybe that's the universe giving me hints   

I've been finding allot of interest in the 175 . I sold both the 175 s I had to a woman in Boston . She runs road rallies  around here with a sidecar attached to her 175. She said the east coast was an expensive place to get a 175 in any condition but I find them around upstate NY like crazy. They are a little too small for my taste but I can see why folks like them.
    And like BigJimG said there would be those who say of course , get them.  I advocate getting as many as you want , we are only here once .

I'm a little more than I'd like to be over 300 lbs... They're fun because I can wring the everloving crap out of them and never get a speeding ticket.  The big issue I've seen, at least around here, is the previous owners like to strip out the spark plugs.

[HondaMan]

     And like BigJimG said there would be those who say of course , get them.  I advocate getting as many as you want , we are only here once .

You have to at least get 2 of them: this is a Fours forum, ya know...

You guys are tempting me...

[Bankerdanny]

My second bike was an SL175. I loved that bike. My dad liked it enough to pick up a CB175 for himself. The SL was sold back in the late 1990's, but dad held onto the CB until the mid 2000's. I should have bought it from him, but at the time I lived in a condo and didn't have any place to store 2 bikes.

[HondaMan]

My second bike was an SL175. I loved that bike. My dad liked it enough to pick up a CB175 for himself. The SL was sold back in the late 1990's, but dad held onto the CB until the mid 2000's. I should have bought it from him, but at the time I lived in a condo and didn't have any place to store 2 bikes.

Riding the SL version was like flying on a butterfly after coming back from a 7000-mile tour on my 750, with my ex and all that 'stuff' aboard!