vintage motorcycles

[XJLI]

i'm looking into buying a bike before it gets too warm, i dont wanna spend more than $1k, and that is definitely possible browsing around craigslist. i wanna pick up an older zuki or honda type cruiser... something like this i guess?



i really dont know much about older bikes, and i've heard a few things about controls being changed or something non-standard before a year or whatever.

so if anyone could throw me some advice on what to look for or avoid, that would be great. also, if anyone knows someone that wants to get rid of something lemme know. aesthetically, i dont really care what it looks like as long as it runs, or i can get it to run. im not looking for a project but a bike needing carb rebuild or tuneup is fine... also dont need a giant 950cc bike. i just want something to poop around on and feel i'm a super cool dude from 1981.

[Lawn Guyland]

wait a second...

adam schwartz?


a motorcycle?



well...this is definitely interesting.

[XJLI]

interesting how? i've ridden dirt bikes for a long time.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/mcy/1536111291.html

[Quartney]

i know nothing of bikes and a friend of mine almost died in an accident so i reallllly have no idea about them. that thing LOOKS really cool though haha i love vintage type stuff

[Lawn Guyland]

interesting how? i've ridden dirt bikes for a long time.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/mcy/1536111291.html

not in a bad way, just never pictured you as a motorcycle type.

whats the deal with the subie? still wanna get rid of it?

[XJLI]

everything depends on my job situation after school. if i land a sweet local gig with good money, i'm gonna go crazy. i have a few projects i want to do, but it all depends on the job. if i dont land anything, i'm selling everything i dont need (including the jeep bc itll 'splode) and moving out west with the subie.

i just get bored easy... i like having new things. i might sell my JCM and orange cab... i never use it, i lust lend it to people who will while im at school... its worth about $1500 so i could sell that, get a smaller boutique amp, and use the rest for..... something else.

[Lawn Guyland]

no mike's xj?

[XJLI]

no mike's xj?

like i said, depends on the job.

[Saharicon]

I have a friend that has a 80s Honda Cruiser. Last I knew he was trying to get $700 for it, ill try and contact him and see if he still has it.

[XJLI]

that would be sweet cody.

[Saharicon]

Yep, he isnt someone I talk to all the time, but ill see if I can track him down. It is canary yellow FYI, but his brother has one two that is almost the same color as the one you posted I think he was thinking of selling too.

[XJLI]

CANARY YELLOW WOULD BE AWESOME

[Lawn Guyland]

[Ktmracer419]

any twin cylinder/4 cylinder honda from the late 60's and newer

they are cheap
they will run forever
and parts are still cheap


my dad and i collectively have owned about 20 of them in the past 10 years

[Adam]

After 1974 (I think, somewhere around there) all controls were the standard clutch and shifter on the left, brake and gas on the right. There are a lot of parts available on ebay and there is a forum dedicated to CB choppers and restores, can't think of it off the top of my head.