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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Altamont, Kansas
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Look what my wife found on the back edge of the property.
1970 Honda CB100. Last registered in 1973.
![]() ![]() ![]() It has been laying in that ditch for years. Not much left. I noticed that the kickstart has snapped off.
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It was under that chunk of concrete. She helped me pull it out. Talk a valentines day. :oops:
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Awesome! You should totally clean it up and see what's left. If you could restore it, it would be the most epic resto on this forum so far.
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BTW, Mrs. Kato is the perfect woman.
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This would be a major restoration. The front wheel is missing have the spokes from rust.
It would be fun to make it go again, but funding is not there. Maybe I will shove it into the back of the of my little outbuilding. It can't get much worse than it is now.
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Is the frame rusted in half? I wonder if you could claim the title and transplant parts onto the frame. I was looking at spokes from Taiwan on eBay, and they're cheap as chips.
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I think that I can register it since its more than 35 years old. The frame I think is fine.
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Wow! You never know what you'll find in your own back yard!
![]() I bet that old bike has a story, too bad it can't talk... Cool find! 8) |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southeastern Washington desert
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You know you have a big yard when you find buried treasure. :P
There was a restored CB100 on CL in Yakima that was priced at $1,800 IIRC a week or so ago and it's sold/removed now... :wink:
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If a Chinamotor 200 would fit in there you have it made.
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Holy cow! 8O By all means, move it into the outbuilding!
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I am going to bring it up to the shop tonight. Will need a tractor and the the cart.
The front wheel is beyond repair, but the forks and frame looked okay. The exhaust looks gone. I may be able to bring this back, but it will require a long time to acquire parts. Would make a nice little commuter bike.
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![]() This has to be similar to the cb100. I wonder if I could turn it into an SL?
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That's what I'm talking about!
![]() Git 'er done! 8)
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I'm not an expert on the 100's but on the 175's pretty easy change. The exhaust is the biggest difference. Also fenders and maybe another detail or two. I believe the suspension and chassis are the same.
If not identical, if you like the look it would be easy enough to acheive inexpensively. The SL's are worth a little more on the collector's market.
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