First ride in a couple years.

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:08 pm

I am still messing with the fried electrics on my naked '81 so i dusted off the '79 for the first time in a couple years.
It has a couple warts but i had forgot how much fun it is to ride.
I had also forgot how much attention a red '79 seems to attract.

daves79x · Post by **daves79x** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:26 am

Steve: Looking good! Wire wheels are also a real eye-catcher.

Dave

Gearheadgregg · Post by **Gearheadgregg** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:15 am

Nice ! The Pipes are so cool,, and the Old school spokes just scream Vintage ! What size rear Tire ya got..notice the chain guard is off..i had to modify the chain guard on the inner side for clearance for a 160 tire

Larry Zimmer · Post by **Larry Zimmer** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:10 am

Ditto on the wheels and the pipes, Steve. Those will be eye-catchers anywhere/everywhere. Nice day, too, eh!

NobleHops · Post by **NobleHops** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:51 pm

Those wire wheels get me EVERY TIME.

I LOVE this bike Steve, it is one of my favorite CBXen.

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:07 pm

I am amazed, Steve, that you had no problems getting this on the road running after parking it for a long time. What did you do, to preserve it?

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:42 pm

Gearheadgregg wrote:Nice ! The Pipes are so cool,, and the Old school spokes just scream Vintage ! What size rear Tire ya got..notice the chain guard is off..i had to modify the chain guard on the inner side for clearance for a 160 tire

Always liked the look of spokes.
Got a 150/70-18 BT45 on the rear which is 3.5"and a 110/90-18 BT45 on the front which is 2.75".
It has a GS1100 swingarm and i just recently acquired a decent chrome chainguard from an '80 GS.
The brackets will need some quality time with a hammer.

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:49 pm

EMS wrote:I am amazed, Steve, that you had no problems getting this on the road running after parking it for a long time. What did you do, to preserve it?

Ha, i wouldn't say no problems. I think the carbs will be coming off tomorrow.
It ran great for a couple tanks of gas but was acting up today. Going to look for a cracked coil as well.

It is so much easier to muscle this one around with the Superbike bars and fork bracket from Rick Pope than the Tomaselli clip-ons on the '81.

Thanks for the kind words, Gents.

Mouse · Post by **Mouse** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:57 pm

Guys, I think "TIMS" will still do up spoke rims for the CBX. I almost went for some a couple of years back but backed off due to cost.( customs, shipping etc. etc.) I'd like to know what brake rotors are those off of? Or are they just a custom drill pattern on stock rotors?

Z Grand · Post by **Z Grand** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:31 am

Great looking bike, Steve -- but shame on you for letting it sit for two years!

Syscrush · Post by **Syscrush** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:47 am

Love it.

It's funny how you can know in your brain how good something is, but your heart can forget until you're reunited. :)

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