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Re: Good Feeling

Posted by lostson on Aug 03, 2012; 3:22pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Good-Feeling-tp4026322p4026359.html

 I must say as well I get more stares and people stopping to look at the bike and ask about it. My wife was at the farmers market and ran into a older gentleman with a 82 cb 750 c just like ours except in red. She went to talk to him about his and explain we had one and really like it. They talked for quite awhile and swapped numbers. Hopefully we can get in touch with him and go for a ride.

 On another note where I got my tires done is a motrocycle salvage yard and they had an 78 cb550 sitting in there for 1200 bux and I asked about it and the owner of the place asked me why I would want that old bike. Told him it would make a great starter bike for my wife, who really wants her own, he went on to say how much work it would be and that the carbs needed to be cleaned and probably rebuilt and the tank would need to be done up on the inside and on and on. That's when I asked him why the price was so high then, and he didn't have much to say. I explained to him that I like working on these old bikes, they have a character and class to them. Plus working on them and building something to be your own gives you a lot more respect for the machine and gives you a sense of pride. Plus it would be a fun hsuband and wife project as well. He wouldn't come down on the price at all though but maybe once the snow flies and he is sick of looking at it he will part with it for a more reasonable price.