Felt like I won the lottery today

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Felt like I won the lottery today

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This woman I know said she was cleaning out her shed, and there was an old motorcycle engine she wanted hauled away. She told me it was an old Honda 250. i went today to get it. Thinking it might be an old XL 250. when i walked in the shed I bout craped my pants. It was a totally chromed out Black Bomber CB 450 DOHC. Now I know it is lacking 2 cylinders, but it is Honda history. Now what to do with it? I am thinking maybe a coffee table with a glass top, or maybe just a door stop. I just don't know, but damn it's pretty.
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1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
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Depending on what shape it's in, it'd be a nice project to restore.  450cc, DOHC, chrome and black...doesn't get any better than that.  Any pictures?

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Used to have a 1979 CB750L, sold it as a parts bike, now riding a slightly modified 1984 VT700C. Network/Field Engineer. Central OH, USA, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe.
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Burro
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You should put it on a stick in your front yard like the military does with old jets. That would would be F'ing awesome!
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sgtslag
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I like the table idea, assuming you don't want to turn it into cash by selling it.  Drain all the oil, seal it up, paint as needed, then rig a mount for it, and the glass top.  That would be very sharp to nearly every guy -- be careful if there is a lady in the house...  Cheers!
1979 CB750K (sold, 2012, but not forgotten)
1983 Kawasaki 440 LTD Belt Drive (sold, 2011)
1993 Kawasaki Voyager XII
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It's a little dirty, but here it is.
Sgt I have 3 bikes in the living room right now, and parts for at least 3 more scattered all over the apartment. Don't think a table will be a problem
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)