The 650 is probably one of the best Nighthawks... where in CA are you? I'm close to Pasadena. Javier.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 11:32 PM, 64alpha2 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I recently purchased an '85 cb650sc from a New York dealer at 35,000 miles > and had it shipped all the way here to California! Attached are some of my > pictures of my adventures. I've had the bike since early October 2017 and > as of two days ago, 1/14/2018, I've developed rod knock :(. Seem's like > it's the end of the road for my Nighthawk. > > Considering taking it apart and fixing it myself, although I don't have > really any technical experience of that nature except a small engine cover > fix I did on a Kawasaki Ninja 300. > > Regardless, the 650SC is a fantastic bike in many aspects. It's > lightweight (~480lb wet), low maintenance (shaft drive and hydraulic > lifters on such a small bike? WHAAAT?), and quite nimble. The descriptions > on the hondanighthawks.com website match the character of the bike > completely. I only wish modern bikes are as good as these old things! > > Even if this is the end of my ownership of this bike I've had a fantastic > experience. Crashed it in the rain once, went on several late night (2am) > adventures around the San Francisco Bay area in the freezing cold, and road > trips to/from Los Angeles. I don't think another motorcycle has given me as > much pleasure and happiness as this one has. In the short time I've owned > it I have put over 3500 miles as it's my daily. > > Hope to stay in the Nighthawk family. > Cheers, > Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
