I looked at that $500 Sabre last night. NO WAY!. There was a serious rattle from the cam. Thanks Dennis for enlightening me to that problem. I waked away....
On Jun 5, 12:06 am, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > If you use the term "quicker" then the answer is yes. Top end, no. The V65 > Sabre gearing makes for a tick under 80MPH @ 4000 RPM. Effortless at highway > speeds, HUGE power. V65 Magnas require some real skill to ride in the rain. > With the lower gearing, you can almost melt a rear tire. Two very different > bikes, both fun to ride. > > --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Anybody remember the Honda Sabre? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 12:57 AM > > If I remember correctly, wasn't the Magna the faster bike? It made less power > but because of how it was geared, it was actually quicker. > Someone correct me if I'm wrong. > > -Kyle KK > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > > They share quite a bit but not everything. the frames are, of course, very > different. The Magna makes 118 HP and the Sabre 122. Overall gearing is > different. The carb pack is not the same. Most internals are interchangeable. > > --- On Thu, 6/4/09, NytWing <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: NytWing <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Anybody remember the Honda Sabre? > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 8:21 AM > > So the Magna and the Sabre share the same motor??? > > On Jun 3, 11:35 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
