Gee, I never thought they are any harder than any others. I have a V65 Sabre because I wanted it. It's a rush to ride. Now, on the down side.. they can have real problems and are the Kleenex of the bike world. Use once, throw away. The cost of repairs to the transmission or top end are too high to bear. There are no cams and top end parts available anymore. What you have is what you got. I rebuilt a 700 Magna top end a year ago and the guy kept trying to low-ball the job and picked up two motors from somewhere.. Yeah right, both had the same problem he had already. Bad cams and followers. I finally told him to get new parts or take it home. He found some somewhere. He wouldn't cough up all of my bill so I stuck him with putting the motor back in. Hymn 69. In my world CB means more than a type of motorcycle. Bottom line, if it makes any valve noise, run away. The cams pit from lack of oil. Easily avoided by not twisting the guts out of it on start-up. There is a special tool for adjusting the valves on the early model V's. Vital to proper service. I treat my V65 with TLC. I break it, it's done. The second generation V's are MUCH better.
--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> wrote: From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Anybody remember the Honda Sabre? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 11:23 PM That's a lot of miles...yes, they had an oiling problem and if the carbs need rebuilt good luck. The carbs are so difficult on these bikes that almost nobody will do them from what I understand. HotrodMamma. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Rogers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:19 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Anybody remember the Honda Sabre? > > 74k miles - too many miles I think. > > On Jun 3, 2009, at 8:12 AM, NytWing wrote: > >> >> I've got a chance to pick up a 1983 V45 Sabre for $500. It's got 74K >> on the clock, looks like it's in decent shape from the pics. I >> believe it's 750cc. Any known problems with them? What should I be >> looking for if I decide to take it for a ride? >> > >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
