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1980 CB650 from Hawaii

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Yamahawk:
Hi All,
my friend Pat, who runs a cycle salvage in Toledo found this bike from a fellow, and it is a bit rough and missing the left side cover. He had never seen one without ComStars on it and this one has wire wheels, making it the standard model, I guess. The fellow he got it from used to be stationed in Hawaii in the service, and brought it back home with him. Just thought I would share it with the forum!
Charlie

mike the bike:
10 minutes with some Autosol and it'll be good as new.

Windycorner:
I like the piece of wood for the passenger foot rest, that would oil up nicely.

Clunker:
Same model as mine, Honda seem to have had a huge problem getting the chrome plating to stick to the rims.

Yamahawk:

--- Quote from: mike the bike on December 24, 2017, 03:30:56 PM ---10 minutes with some Autosol and it'll be good as new.

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...that would possibly be a world's record... unless it was four and twenty blackbirds doing the polishing...hehe


--- Quote from: Windycorner on December 25, 2017, 04:39:56 PM ---I like the piece of wood for the passenger foot rest, that would oil up nicely.

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Yeah, it is pretty rustic, possibly the limb that those blackbirds were perched in before they got the Autosol all over their feathers...


--- Quote from: Clunker on December 25, 2017, 08:28:16 PM ---

Same model as mine, Honda seem to have had a huge problem getting the chrome plating to stick to the rims.

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I can't for the life of me figure out how they got such poor quality chrome. Even the Brit bike marquee's with their limited pre-war technology did a rather good job of chroming (triple nickel plate) their inferior machines... it holds up quite well!
Charlie

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