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Honda help needed
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:08 am
by splifford
Hello
I have a Honda bike and I need some help identifying it
http://lostbrooklyn.org/bike/index.html
can anyone help me, or tell me where I can find the model #?
thanks
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:12 am
by MASHBY
First Guess is a Honda CX.I bet it is probaly the CX500.Dont know the year im afraid.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:17 am
by splifford
Thank you so much!
It was dark and I couldnt see but i'm gonna bring it up the freight elevator tonight and inspect it more
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:20 am
by splifford
http://motorcycles.about.com/gi/dynamic ... .bikez.com
I looked for CX500 and it doesn't really look too much like the ones listed here - how did you make this determination?
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:23 am
by mswarrior
Looks like an old 2 cyl. CB series. I'll browse some more pics and see what we can find.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:49 am
by mswarrior
From what I can see it looks like a Night Hawk. I can't seem to find any other pics than this 1982 Night Hawk 450. The rims,seat,front of engine seem to match. Yours of course is older.
EDIT: Boy was I wrong on this one
. I found the right bike below.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:01 am
by cb360
Did you look here?
http://www.100megsfree4.com/honda/
they have a couple hundred pics of hondas on there - check it out, you might be able to narrow it down anyway.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:07 am
by mswarrior
I think we have a match
1980 Honda CX 500
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:34 am
by cb360
The site I listed says the cx500 was made in 78-79 and then they started with the cx500C in 1980, the 'c' being for custom... For whatever that is worth. They also list the year to year changes in various models so you might be able to nail it down definitively there.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:45 am
by cb360
If that blue paint color is original I think it has to be a 1979 CX500C. If you can find a serial number on there somewhere you can nail it down for sure. I can't see any pinstripes on the tank though and I think it should have some so who knows? I assume you don't have either side cover?