Looking for a Bike from the 60's - late 80's

[Banned]

i think my budget is around $3000-$5000 max am willing to spend less if the bike is still in good condition as this would be my bike to learn on. Also just didn't want to spend a lot on it in case i dropped it which will probably happen according to statistics.

As for how large i guess whatever you would think manageable for a mature 24 year old male not looking to do wheelies and ride as fast as i can on public roads during the day or night for that matter. I drive a manual car now if it makes any difference.

[XB08]

Banned
If you are looking for something from the 60 or 70s I know someone that sell alot of them. Where do you live???

[Banned]

I am from Chico, CA.

[Big B]

most 80's or 90's hondas you really can't go wrong with for a first bike

[Soldano16]

1980-82 Honda CB650 Custom.

I'd move up one year to an '83 650 Nighthawk with shaft drive. Or did the 650 custom have shaft drive? I put 25,000 miles on an '84 650 Nighthawk. Great bike.

[meghna87]

According to me Honda is a good bike. It is very comfortable and light in weight.

[Banned]

just wanted to give you guys an update. i bought a 2000 Suzuki GS 500. had a friend ride it home. looking for a helmet to buy right now. i'm thinking i want only a DOT approved. not snell. any recommendations you guys can give. looking to spend about $250 max for a helmet. already have a jacket and gloves. Full faced as well, i'm not sure how i feel about a flip up front though. to me seems like it'd be risky but if others think it is okay then i could probably go with it.

also if a helmet is DOT certified and snell certified how exactly is that possible? from what i've read and understand i think i'd prefer the DOT standards for absorbing impact and would prefer the protection effects of the helmet not be negated by the effects of the snell rating. (i'm not completely sure of what i'm trying to say here, but i think DOT is the better standard.)

[gsJack]

Great choice for a first bike Banned, I've put my last 145k miles on two GS500s, my 5th and 6th bikes. Had a CB750 way back but prefer small nimble bikes. Not only a good first bike choice but also an excellent go any where do anything all around bike.

If you have any specific GS500 problems drop into gstwins.com, most any question you will have has been covered there, a very active board. It's a good choice of bikes for anyone who chooses to do their own maintenance and repair work.

http://www.gstwins.com/gsboard/

[bigricksharpe]

With Avg Miles, under 85K well kept wanting to dwon size a bit, it is full dressed, will trade for late model Suzuki C50T in good shape, in Saint Paul MN! email me pls!

[Batan]

Full faced as well, i'm not sure how i feel about a flip up front though. to me seems like it'd be risky but if others think it is okay then i could probably go with it.

Safety would not scare me, but try a few on you might find other things you don't like about the flip up helmets. I was thinking about a flip up for a bit, then I realized that I didn't care about the flip up part anyway. Visor up is enough and if I really need it off, I will just take my helmet off.
But the biggest thing with them, at least the ones I've tried is that they are heavy.