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1981 Honda CBX SuperSport followed me home...
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<blockquote data-quote="dcarver" data-source="post: 1411857" data-attributes="member: 956"><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Well, I pulled the trigger on a 1981 HondaSuperSport. I'm now the the 3rd owner, 10,930 miles. It arrived with a Corbin seat and pillion back rest, the original seat, original wind screen, factory service manual, and a bunch of other stuff. Best yet, it was bought locally from a guy I've known for a couple of years who rides with us regularly. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">If it's true that you can judge a bike based upon where it lives, I will have no problems. The man's shop, house, vehicles are ALL in *excellent* condition. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Gary has owned the bike for 18 years. He bought it from a friend, and former dealer, who didn't have the heart to donate the bike to trade school for practice on by young technicians. He saved the bike.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Turns out CBX's were made from 79 to 82. And Honda could not give the damn things away, which is why Honda corp was donating them to for the tax write-off. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">I was seriously debating the purchase. Let's say I paid a damn good price for the bike, arguably a bit too much. I reached out to some of my very long-term and best trusted moto buddies for advice. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">The advice from a fella named Mark was best. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Mark wrote the following -</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">Which I have translated to my new life motto -</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode'">With out further ado, here's a 1 minute video of my new to me kid!</span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/311321985" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/311321985</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcarver, post: 1411857, member: 956"] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Well, I pulled the trigger on a 1981 HondaSuperSport. I'm now the the 3rd owner, 10,930 miles. It arrived with a Corbin seat and pillion back rest, the original seat, original wind screen, factory service manual, and a bunch of other stuff. Best yet, it was bought locally from a guy I've known for a couple of years who rides with us regularly. [/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']If it's true that you can judge a bike based upon where it lives, I will have no problems. The man's shop, house, vehicles are ALL in *excellent* condition. [/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Gary has owned the bike for 18 years. He bought it from a friend, and former dealer, who didn't have the heart to donate the bike to trade school for practice on by young technicians. He saved the bike.[/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Turns out CBX's were made from 79 to 82. And Honda could not give the damn things away, which is why Honda corp was donating them to for the tax write-off. [/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']I was seriously debating the purchase. Let's say I paid a damn good price for the bike, arguably a bit too much. I reached out to some of my very long-term and best trusted moto buddies for advice. [/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']The advice from a fella named Mark was best. [/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Mark wrote the following -[/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']Which I have translated to my new life motto -[/FONT] [FONT='lucida sans unicode']With out further ado, here's a 1 minute video of my new to me kid![/FONT] [URL="https://vimeo.com/311321985"]https://vimeo.com/311321985[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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