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Good Evening Everyone,

Just thought I would share my current bike (CBX) and my faithful GT750 which I sold to a close friend. However, taking on-board everyone's comments from the forum and research the CBX will may have to go, to fund project Kawasaki.

Enjoy

Cbx, the only Hodna I would buy! What's it worth?

warren3200gt wrote:Cbx, the only Hodna I would buy! What's it worth?

Hi Warren,

I suppose it's all depending what you are willing to pay. However, I have heard many stories buying them cheap and then paying for it in the long run.

Kind regards,

Mark

Can't beat a good old kettle to go with a nice Zed.....

newz1owner wrote:

warren3200gt wrote:Cbx, the only Hodna I would buy! What's it worth?

Hi Warren,

I suppose it's all depending what you are willing to pay. However, I have heard many stories buying them cheap and then paying for it in the long run.

Kind regards,

Mark

That goes for any 40+ year old vehicle.
I do a lot of work on 650's for SE owners and the number of bikes I've seen that people buy cheap as non runners expecting easy and cheap fixes only to have wasted their money as the the cost of repairs to a moderate standard far outweighs any value the bike could possibly return.
I had a bike this week that only needed a "carb clean and set up" as it ran when put away! Three of the carbs had no floats or float needles in. The compression was 90psi on 1&4 and 80 on 2&3 when 650s should have 170ish. The starter clutch was slipping. Clutch hub rubbers were absolutely destroyed. Suspect both cam and primary chains were beyond wear limits.
The only way to get health back into that engine is a rebore and total rebuild. The rebore & parts alone would exceed what he paid for the bike.
I did get it running for him, smoked like a kipper and the crankcase vent bowl had a pool of oil after 30 seconds.
He wasn't happy!

warren3200gt wrote:

newz1owner wrote:

warren3200gt wrote:Cbx, the only Hodna I would buy! What's it worth?

Hi Warren,

I suppose it's all depending what you are willing to pay. However, I have heard many stories buying them cheap and then paying for it in the long run.

Kind regards,

Mark

That goes for any 40+ year old vehicle.
I do a lot of work on 650's for SE owners and the number of bikes I've seen that people buy cheap as non runners expecting easy and cheap fixes only to have wasted their money as the the cost of repairs to a moderate standard far outweighs any value the bike could possibly return.
I had a bike this week that only needed a "carb clean and set up" as it ran when put away! Three of the carbs had no floats or float needles in. The compression was 90psi on 1&4 and 80 on 2&3 when 650s should have 170ish. The starter clutch was slipping. Clutch hub rubbers were absolutely destroyed. Suspect both cam and primary chains were beyond wear limits.
The only way to get health back into that engine is a rebore and total rebuild. The rebore & parts alone would exceed what he paid for the bike.
I did get it running for him, smoked like a kipper and the crankcase vent bowl had a pool of oil after 30 seconds.
He wasn't happy!

I total agree with you and let say that bargain Z900, Z1, CBX, RD, GT750 etc you purchased needs work just like your example above, you may end up spending more money, which you should have done in the first place. That's why being a new member, I hope I get the guidance from the forum members to steer me in the right direction.

Wrigers wrote:Can't beat a good old kettle to go with a nice Zed.....20210226_135135.jpg20200429_164112.jpg

Nice bikes Wrigers, I like the GT but the Zed, makes me dizzy.

newz1owner wrote:

Wrigers wrote:Can't beat a good old kettle to go with a nice Zed.....20210226_135135.jpg20200429_164112.jpg

Nice bikes Wrigers, I like the GT but the Zed, makes me dizzy.

You should see it in real life.STUNNING.

zapo wrote:

newz1owner wrote:

Wrigers wrote:Can't beat a good old kettle to go with a nice Zed.....20210226_135135.jpg20200429_164112.jpg

Nice bikes Wrigers, I like the GT but the Zed, makes me dizzy.

You should see it in real life.STUNNING.

I bet it is....

Cheers guys,
Zapo did you manage to purchase a Z1b, I think you were looking at one last time we spoke???....

Wrigers wrote:Cheers guys,
Zapo did you manage to purchase a Z1b, I think you were looking at one last time we spoke???....

In a word, yes.
You didn't want to part with yours ( and I don't blame you) so I have this one for now (and still my trusty A4 for now).

nice Thats a posh looking double garage you have there mate just needs filling with bikes now

Very nice.....

Bill P wrote:nice Thats a posh looking double garage you have there mate just needs filling with bikes now

Yes, room for a couple more but will never be a patch on your emporium.

zapo wrote:

Bill P wrote:nice Thats a posh looking double garage you have there mate just needs filling with bikes now

Yes, room for a couple more but will never be a patch on your emporium.

Very nice zapo....