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Started by ryott52, May 27, 2011, 11:38:07 AM

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ryott52

May 27, 2011, 11:38:07 AM
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/2405681895.html


Who would do that to a classic CB? Ape hangers? Really? It could've been such a nice cafe racer...
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May 27, 2011, 12:07:13 PM
looks good...and it's got a "newish exhaust" hahahha

ryott52

#2
May 27, 2011, 12:12:40 PM
Newish... So the bike's 40 years old, but the exhaust is only 26! Brilliant!
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seamax

#3
May 27, 2011, 12:30:45 PM
I like it! It looks nostalgic to me. I would go with different bars though. Price is too high.

utgunslinger13

#4
May 27, 2011, 12:32:41 PM
To each their own.  I don't see anything wrong with it, however I wouldn't buy or ride it.
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#5
May 27, 2011, 01:59:13 PM
Quote from: utgunslinger13 on May 27, 2011, 12:32:41 PM
To each their own.  I don't see anything wrong with it, however I wouldn't buy or ride it.

BTW I hate to tell you, neither would the fools that are destroying what are good little bikes in their own right by turning it into what they are not.

Everyone with a welding helmet thinks he's jesse james. sadly they forget that jesse james is 1. Not the epitome of building a useable bike, 2. Rode for miles and miles before he hacked and welded his way into TV and 3. Jesse james bikes also fall apart mid ride leaving him trucking the bike to the show.

Anyway if you wont buy it or ride it trust me, so will no one else. These hack jobs appeal to people who know they are capable of doing their own hack job "better" than this "hack job".

I am at this present time encouraging one local Idiot to put the hacksaw down before he hurts his hondamatic. Crappy as that bike is, there is no way it can be better after a few hours with his hacksaw.

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Twisted

#6
May 28, 2011, 01:33:30 AM
I don't mind it but to each his own I spose. A set of drag bars would look sweet on it.

bombadillo

#7
May 31, 2011, 09:41:22 AM
Cool bike but I would have gone with drag bars.  or some superbike bars instead.  No grocery getter bars thats for sure.  Other than that, its  O0
GS500E with a bunch of cool stuff!

bill14224

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May 31, 2011, 02:58:29 PM
Quote from: ryott52 on May 27, 2011, 11:38:07 AM
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/2405681895.html


Who would do that to a classic CB? Ape hangers? Really? It could've been such a nice cafe racer...

I agree.  Put drag bars on it immediately!
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#9
May 31, 2011, 09:36:42 PM
aye i had drag bars on my 883c. loved em. apes? no way. i put apes on a moutain bike once in az lol. but other than that. not on a moto
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