A Few of my Old Honda's

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Okamoto · #1 Post by **Okamoto** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:07 am

Thought I would be the first to post on here

First is my old Honda 650 Bros...what a cracking bike!! torqey vtwin motor, genuine 110 mph, great handling, single side swinging arm ...all this in a 1988 bike

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#2 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:09 am

Is that the original exhaust?

That looks great. I was considering one of those when I got the Z440

Okamoto · #3 Post by **Okamoto** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:19 am

It is the original exhaust but slightly modded (most of the guts removed and a tail bit put on) ...gave a nice rumble

Samray · #4 Post by **Samray** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:22 am

Not really dated much has it.

Okamoto · #5 Post by **Okamoto** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:31 am

Second one is my old XR600 Another cracking bike ...this pic is after its revamp, the gearbox gave up and needed a rebuild, sold it to a bloke in spain.

sadly missed

Okamoto · #6 Post by **Okamoto** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:52 am

Last one is my old flatracker ...Honda FT500 chassis and XR500 full race motor (came out of a Rickman Road Race Bike with lots of goodies inside!) including mugen cam, polished/ported/big valve head, close ratio box, S&W carb, high comp piston, Race exhaust blah blah blah

Bloody Great fun!!!

Gio · #7 Post by **Gio** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:35 am

I love the last one, looks like a lightweight CB500 sizewise.

Are there any of these still floating about?

Any info much appreciated

Okamoto · #8 Post by **Okamoto** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:38 pm

you still see the odd FT500 on fleabay ...last one I bought as a project for roughly £100....Same motor as XL 500 so spares still available off the shelf... only thing to watch realy is the cam bearing surfaces wearing...but these can be fettled by a head shop.
Roughly the same as a Yamaha SR500
Easily modded into something like this ......

A decent site for "thumpers" here ...
http://www.thumperclub.org.uk/