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Offline keener

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #90 on: September 20, 2017, 08:26:33 PM »
Brand new 72 450 Honda.



great looking motor on the 450...always liked the 450/500 twins :whip2: never had one perhaps some day
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #91 on: September 21, 2017, 06:45:20 PM »
Out here a lotof the 450's were black, and got the nickname "Black Bomber".

Torsion bar valve springs I believe. Seemed to be a pretty nice bike and went pretty well.
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #92 on: September 21, 2017, 08:21:19 PM »
 Yes, good looking motorcycle, but as soon as the Honda 550/4 came out, I sold it and bought  that. Wish I still had both of those motorcycles.

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #93 on: September 21, 2017, 08:40:55 PM »
Yes, good looking motorcycle, but as soon as the Honda 550/4 came out, I sold it and bought  that. Wish I still had both of those motorcycles.

I had a 550 four SS.  It was my adventure bike.  Took that thing anywhere, but slowly.   :wink:

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Re: What was your first bike?
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #94 on: September 21, 2017, 08:46:14 PM »
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #95 on: September 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM »
1947 Doodle Bug , Made by Hiawatha Mfg in Webster City, Iowa  .    I think I was 12 years old when I  got it.  Grew up on a farm not far from a very small town it Iowa and rode it everywhere until I turned 16 and bought my first Harley.

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #96 on: September 21, 2017, 08:58:59 PM »
Out here a lotof the 450's were black, and got the nickname "Black Bomber".

The CB450-K0 (first version, 1965-1967) were mostly black.    Those were the "Black Bombers."   They also made a very few K0's, which were called the "Red Dragon."


Torsion bar valve springs I believe. Seemed to be a pretty nice bike and went pretty well.

Yes, torsion bar valve springs, and valve adjustment was done by rotating the the rocker shafts, which have an eccentric on the ends where they attache to the cylinder head casing.
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #97 on: September 22, 2017, 07:55:08 AM »
The CB450-K0 (first version, 1965-1967) were mostly black.    Those were the "Black Bombers."   They also made a very few K0's, which were called the "Red Dragon."


Yes, torsion bar valve springs, and valve adjustment was done by rotating the the rocker shafts, which have an eccentric on the ends where they attache to the cylinder head casing.

And the Death Knell for the British Twins that had ruled the roads for so many years .... since the 450 would outrun any but the most desperately-ridden BSAs and Triumphs .....

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #98 on: September 22, 2017, 06:56:20 PM »



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My first big bike, still have it and its a keeper.....
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