Ok so I just finished doing a full fluid change on a 1995 CB1000...that had been sitting for a few years.  Usually when a customer calls me and tells me they have a bike that's sat up for a few years they typically mean under the tree in the front yard.  This baby is pristine.  I just rode her around the block a few times and holy crap I miss that kind of power.  My little CX is gonna feel like crap tomorrow...

That's a sweet bike.

damn straight it's a sweet bike!  Kicker is the guy, after he gets the tags and title transfered, plus the work I've done for him, he'll have got it for just under $2000.  The original owner of the bike tried to sell it two or three years ago for $1800 and no one would touch it.  Had I seen it then I'd have bought it.  My new marriage would have been rather brief if I found it now for that much.

What a steal, I would have snatched that up in heartbeat.

yea the early CB series are great bikes.  The bloke I lived with had a CB900 and that thing could get up and boogy at only half throttle.

yup, im kinda fond though of slightly older rides, aka the cbx lol, ( im wanting one of those) opr a wing which i can strip the couch and bags and stuff of  of and make a decent sport tourer

This wasn't of the old CB lines.  This is the detuned variant of the CBR1000 in the mid 90's.

I am looking for an old (early 80's) CB900 or something akin to it, though.

CB900 fun

I always wanted to ride one of them, thought the dual range gearbox was quite interesting.

i used to have a 81 cb900 and liked the  bike...it was the only non sport bike i have ever owned.  i only had it for a season before i bought a 900 ninja but i enjoyed the time i did have with it.