Motorcycles @ Lambville

Bikes of days past: We have since sold/given away/burried these bikes.

Look what we found for $350! It's a 1975 Honda CB550. It sure is ugly... It runs great, except that the carbs need to be tuned. It stops great, except for the front brake is broke. It handles well, except for that unearthly shimmy. The only down-side is that the forks need to be rebuilt. This bike pretty much rounds out our 1975 Honda CB collection.

Here's Lynnette's first bike. It's a 1975 Honda CB200. This thing is so tiny, it's like a bicycle with a motor. So far, it's longest trip has been an 80 mile round-trip to Modesto. We reached amazing speeds of 60mph on highway 132.

Here's the bike again. When we bought it, we had to install new tires and mirrors. Unfortunately, the mirrors we picked up at JC Whitney were too short, so we returned one of the old rusty round mirrors so that Lynnette could see.

The front brake on this bike is notorious for being a decoration. Most people seem to replace the disk brake with the drum brake from earlier CB175's. This bike is so stock, that we hate to do that. The bike seems to have enough stopping power, now that we cleaned and lubed up the mechanical caliper.

Instruments on the CB200. Don't believe the milage. The service record shows that the original owner had the oil changed at 30K miles, just two years after the original purchase.

Lynnette put a new seat cover over the old foam by herself. She cut up an old black leather jacket of her sister's. It turned out quite well, with the stainless screws and gromets.

Jeff's first bike. This is one powerful 1975 Honda CB750 K5. It has a legendary sound, coming from the stock four-port exhaust. After we bought it, all we had to do was change the drive chain, spark plugs, and oil. Oh, it also needed a new battery. We're very pleased with this bike.

Here's the sad part... After only having the bike about a month, the left-side panel blew off the bike, and was later shattered by traffic. The side panel was original, with original color and logo. It turns out that a good percentage of the bike's value was in the stupid little plastic cover, with the logo. I replaced the broken cover with this black, after-market, screw-on cover.

We added the windshield for comfort's sake. Hey, the bike matches the van!

Lynnette's helmet... What more can be said?