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My parallel twins
#503102 10/05/2012 3:24 PM
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2003 Bonneville America






Just bought this evening .... 1978 Honda CD 185



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Funkletrumpet #503103 10/05/2012 9:00 PM
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That's a nice little Honda. Looks to be in very good condition for a 78. How many miles and how much did you snag it for??

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beanache #503104 10/06/2012 3:00 AM
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£350
Fires up first kick but when warmed up, it revs quite high.
Pull the choke out and push it back in again and it settles down.
It IS a little bike. Fits me like a thong!
Bought it as a do up and sell again bike.
Not expecting to make much / anything. Just bought it cause I liked it.
I'm hoping it might just need the carb cleaning and setting up


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Funkletrumpet #503105 10/06/2012 9:53 AM
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Nice CD, my first bike was a CD 175.

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NIbiker #503106 10/06/2012 1:40 PM
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Your America is very very cool.


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BCarnage #503107 10/06/2012 2:43 PM
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Your America is very very cool.



Cheers. It should look even better when it's finished.
Few small jobs to do over (hopefully) the next few weeks.


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NIbiker #503108 10/06/2012 2:48 PM
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Nice CD, my first bike was a CD 175.



Mine was too!!!
Strictly speaking, it never got past being several boxes of bits!!! I gave up and bought a brand new Kawasaki KH 100 - looked exactly like this ...



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Funkletrumpet #503109 10/09/2012 8:55 AM
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The chain on your BA looks a little dry.

I really like the black out!

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goregalore #503110 10/09/2012 9:01 AM
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Dry?!! WTF? I know it's a good pic but tell me how you can tell it's dry?
FYI, it is coated in Scottoiler lube. Not quite dripping but it's had a good seeing to.


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goregalore #503111 10/09/2012 5:36 PM
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The chain on your BA looks a little dry.




and that's made me laugh I would say looks a little clean!!!


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Grzegorz #503112 10/10/2012 2:16 AM
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Yeah cleaner.
I dunno, grubby as it was, I hardly noticed it taking very long at all to come up as good as new.
It's almost as if someone else did it ...


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