It ran beautifully and turned out nice. The young guy that bought it was happy, so that’s what made the work worthwhile. I have the 1984 CB450SC Nighthawk now at a bargain price, so it all worked out in the end.
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guzziart
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My '72 CL350. In 2001, the owner just wanted it out of his garage, it hadn't run since the earlyy '80's , so I gladly took it for no charge along with the title. It took the usual to get it back up (tires, fork & carb work, elbow grease, etc. I had it running within a few months afterward. In '07 I was out for a ride with friends and it started making a racket....cam chain tensioner came apart and I parked it until 2010 when I pulled the top end off and replaced the tensioner with a Bore Tech unit. It ran great until last summer when the carb float bowls developed a leak, darn float bowl orings only lasted about 20 years.
guzziart
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My '71 CB350. I bought this in Nov '23 (trailer pic), it showed up on CL a few times before I ran over to take a look at it. It had been accident damaged, the former caretakers planned on cafe-ing it but ran out of enthusiasm before they chopped off anything. I figured I'd just buy it for parts but the dude ended up having almost everything that wasn't on the bike in the CL ad photo. I got it up and running by March (other pic) but it's in pieces again.....low compression so I pulled the engine apart to initiate repairs.
1dmfreitas
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Here are some pics of my '65 CL77 Scrambler. My first real ride since finishing up on the resto.
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Johnnydarkgt350
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Time for us in north Idaho to tuck and get out the battery chargers , they like sitting together as they all came from Honda . The 1969 S90 is in the back by the FXDWG . Most are sitting with aviation 100 low lead to preserve their carbs 
Johnnydarkgt350
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Came out beautiful, and California black plates! Wow . I’m originally from Pomona, what city are you in? Congratulations
fxray
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A couple of CMX450 Honda Rebels that were a 2 year only bike (1985/86) vs the much more common CMX250 Rebels which had a very long run as a beginner bike. I restored both of these a dozen years ago and sold them to female riders who were upgrading from their initial learner bikes. Great bike overall with a low seat height and 6 speed transmission with decent power for any riding situation when needed.
The best wheel technology IMO was they were spoked wheels with tubeless tires. The spokes connected to a ridge around the circumference of the outer rim and didn't penetrate into the inside of the rim. Quite a novel spoke arrangement for the mid eighties from Honda. There may have been other manufacturers who used the design too, yet my knowledge is only Honda based.
The best wheel technology IMO was they were spoked wheels with tubeless tires. The spokes connected to a ridge around the circumference of the outer rim and didn't penetrate into the inside of the rim. Quite a novel spoke arrangement for the mid eighties from Honda. There may have been other manufacturers who used the design too, yet my knowledge is only Honda based.
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ballbearian
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Thanks for pointing that out. Pretty interesting. Nipples in hubs too.
Boosted
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Yeah, and as much as I like the metallic FireWing on the tank of the black one, I like even more the first two years CMX250 Rebel Limited black tanks with the hippie-colored flames and artwork that (in my opinion) clobbered the look of the "tie-dyed" tanks of those special early-70s Flying Dragon 350s and 450s
Wow, if the females looked as good as those Rebels, I'd say Hugh Hefner missed out on quite a cover and issue opportunity !
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Yes, but I like the highlighted Comstars even more and I think they'll grow on you as they have me...The best wheel technology IMO was they were spoked wheels with tubeless tires. Quite a novel spoke arrangement for the mid '80s from Honda.
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Cycleranger
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I never cared for the styling of those Rebels but they sure were popular back-in-the-day as I remember seeing a lot of them. They seemed to be pretty robust too, soldiering on with minimum maintenance.
The CMX 450 version was quite rare here in Canada. They are designed for people with a shorter inseam, ideal for newer female riders.
The CMX 250's were and are very plentiful back then and still today. I think Honda produced the CMX250's well into the 2000's. I have only ever seen a few CMX450's come up for sale over the past number of years recently, now all in the $4-5K range. I was able to find those two shown above within about a year of each other and paid just over $1K for each one. Fortunately there were mostly just cosmetics required along with some minor regular service items.
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