[kazlx]

My brother and I are planning on driving from SoCal to Branson, Missouri to pick up a couple motorcycles. They are older (mid 70s Hondas). Normally, I wouldn't drive that far to get a couple bikes, but the one I really want was my old man's. The guy that we are meeting is one of my dad's old friends that he used to ride bikes with. He was an engineer at Honda and designed a lot of the parts for the bikes at the time. Cannonball run. My old man on the right at 24 years old.

The gold bike in the pic is one that we are picking up. The other guy in the pic is his buddy, the one that still owns them. He's older now, I think in his 70s. My dad is 65. The other awesome part will just be road tripping with my bro.

 

[skibunny24]

Sweet! Fly out, ride home? Sounds like a great trip! Don't forget to check the oil kids!

 

[kazlx]

We are planning on driving out and back. The gas is way cheaper than flying and renting a U-haul one way.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Want some Super Hawk parts?

 

[kazlx]

Want some Super Hawk parts?

Hmm...possible, you got stuff that needs gone? Not entirely sure what we are working with yet. My dad's bike is a '76 CB550 and the other one *I think* is a CX500. This whole thing has been though letters and phone calls. AFAIK they are both complete and should run.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Hmm...possible, you got stuff that needs gone? Not entirely sure what we are working with yet. My dad's bike is a '76 CB550 and the other one *I think* is a CX500. This whole thing has been though letters and phone calls. AFAIK they are both complete and should run.

Super Hawk was a 305 cc twin, ca. 1965. I racked a lot of miles on one.

 

[kazlx]

I'm sure if you got stuff you don't need anymore, I might be able to make it work. I'm sorta handy that way. Plus, a garage full of machine shop helps. If my dad's bike is still relatively stock and looks like in the pic, I'm hoping to keep it that way. The other bike is going to be open season for mods.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

To pm.

 

[kazlx]

Few more hours until I'm out this biatch for a week. Rolling out around 9pm tonight with my brother, stopping in Vegas, probably grab a room and then on to Colorado to stop with some family friends.

 

[Nick]

and then on to Colorado

how long will you be in CO?

 

[kazlx]

Probably roll in Saturday and spend the night and leave Sunday morning.

 

[Nick]

ok well hit me up if you're near golden and have time for a beer.

 

[kazlx]

Cool I think the people we are spending the night with are in Aurora?

 

[stevew]

Cool I think the people we are spending the night with are in Aurora?

cruise colfax for the night life!

 

[Nick]

Cool I think the people we are spending the night with are in Aurora?

well that's the other side of Denver, but if you're coming through the Rockies and want to stop in the foothills, it's on the way to Aurora.

 

[kazlx]

Cool. I'll know more when we are headed that way. We'll be posting up in LV tonight.

 

[kazlx]

Man, crappy days. We were supposed to leave last night and my brother gets a call that his father in law is in a diabetic coma. His mother in law came home to him passed out in a chair. Needless to say, that put the brakes on our trip. Looks like we'll be rescheduling. He is out of ICU and doing ok, but still has a problem remembering certain things. We are all hoping it's nothing permanent

 

[mandown]

Ishty

 

[kazlx]

So this trip finally happened. We rolled out Thursday the 17th and did 3400 miles in 7 days. Lot of driving, but good food, quality time with my bro and now have my old man's CB550 in my hands, even though it needs some (maybe more) work.

 

[mandown]

So this trip finally happened. We rolled out Thursday the 17th and did 3400 miles in 7 days. Lot of driving, but good food, quality time with my bro and now have my old man's CB550 in my hands, even though it needs some (maybe more) work.

Shouldn't you be producing wallets?

 

[kazlx]

Being produced concurrently.

 

[TN]

Love CB's. The 550's are sweet.
pics?

 

[kazlx]

Uploading a few to Flickr right meow.

 

[kazlx]

Needs 'a little' work. Actually leaning towards buying a complete wrecked Gixxer for the front end, brakes, etc. and parting the rest out. Simple conversion to replace the whole front suspension. The rest won't be that complicated to go through. At least I don't think, anyway. The motor turns over, but need to change fluids, clean the carbs, etc to fire up.

 

[kazlx]

Also scored a few mini-trails, both 50s and 90s, on the way back in Phoenix.

 

[kazlx]

Here's the place we got the two CBs. My dad's long time friend. He was an engineer for Honda until 99. He has 77 acres outside of Galena, MO.

 

[TN]

Gonna Cafe it out?

 

[kazlx]

Gonna Cafe it out?

Yea, I like the style, but still want modern features. Keep it minimal, along with factory original parts being expensive and hard to get. Way easier for me to just build what I want. Something along this line, even though this is a 750: