With modern, CAD/CAM and 3-D printers, one should be able to make any part, quickly, cheaply and easily. I wanted to highlight their unique design.”Even with the least obtainable parts needing no restoration, sourcing all the parts he wanted and rebuilding damaged components took Dane over a year. Re-jetting the carburetors allowed the bike to start easier and warm up faster.”The former Craigslist parts bike was now ready to go. But if, for example, the mufflers are rusted out and replacements aren’t available, the restoration is doomed. The Triumph T140V Bonneville The 650 version with the new engine was sold in the U.S. between 1983 and 1985, and few changes were made during the model history — Honda got it right the first time and saw no reason to argue with success.The demise of the 650 Nighthawk may have had nothing to do with its popularity — or whether or not it had become technologically obsolete.
Like most bikes of the era, oil and oil filters have to be changed every 2,000-4,000 miles. “I have a friend who really wanted one back in the day, but they were sold out.
Drum brake size at the rear. Submit more pictures. Triumph 1916 Print “I kept running into things. The 750 was the longest-lasting Nighthawk, appearing on showroom floors through 2003. “I had the fork tubes straightened, refinished the fork lowers, refurbished the anti-dive system, and installed new fork seals, new rider footpeg rubbers, shifter rubber, and shift linkage dust covers,” Dane says. Proud owner Dane Berens aboard his sympathetically restored Nighthawk 650. I immediately agreed to purchase the bike and arranged a marathon road trip.
1 in U.S. sales. 1985 Honda CBX 650 E Nighthawk. I drove several hundred miles, bought the bike, had dinner with my brother, and then drove a couple hundred more miles before stopping for the night. Eye Candy Print At 6000 rpms it cruises at 70 mph in overdrive 6th gear never hesitates. I was working on the bike one day, and I realized that the forks looked bent.”There aren’t many suppliers for Eighties Honda parts, and new-old-stock can be hard to find as Honda bought back parts at that time, giving dealers few reasons to keep old parts on their shelves. Over 15,000 miles, all I’ve done besides routine maintenance is replace a battery and rebuild the master cylinder.” Good for just about anything you would want to do with a street bike — getting to work, riding around town, going on trips and even doing a little canyon carving, what they aren’t good for is keeping mechanics in business, as they’re legendary for their reliability.The Nighthawk was an outgrowth of Honda’s classic CB750 Four. One thing it really is not great at is going fast on twisty roads. The Honda CBX 650 E Nighthawk model is a Custom / cruiser bike manufactured by Honda . full of exciting and evocative articles and photographs of the most brilliant, unusual and popular motorcycles ever made!Already a Member/Subscriber but haven't activated your account? With this drive-train, the Honda CBX 650 E Nighthawk is capable of reaching a maximum top speed of 200.0 km/h (124.3 mph) . How To Repair Your Motorcycle Where? “I painted the center of the mufflers.
Plenty of power.
This is a fast motorcycle that looks good. I resurfaced the rear shoes and drum, rebuilt the clutch slave unit and replaced the sight glasses in the brake and clutch master cylinders. Honda had also started making some components out of plastic, which, while light and durable, doesn’t last like metal does. It’s happy running at 1,500rpm, and it’s happy running at 7,500 rpm.
Talk about a trouble free bike this is it. My 1985 Honda Nighthawk has only 12 thousand miles.
“It has a lot of character and sounds great.
I was debating whether to tell him about it, but he emailed me to tell me he had found a Nighthawk, a 1983.
Marcus. During the 1970s, the popularity of the CB750 led Honda to try several different engine sizes and a slew of different cycle parts. Discuss this bike Rate this motorbike This bike's rating Write a review Sell this motorcycle Such bikes for sale Insurance quotes Finance options Tip a friend List related bikes: 1985 Honda Nighthawk Engine: 656cc air-cooled DOHC inline four, 60mm x 58mm bore and stroke, 9.5:1 compression ratio, 72hp @ 9,500rpm (claimed) Top speed: 119mph (period test) Carburetion: Four 32mm CV Keihin Transmission: 6-speed, chain final drive Electrics: 12v, capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) Frame/wheelbase: Dual downtube steel cradle/57.5in (1,460.5mm) The Honda Nighthawk was bombproof, easy to ride and is worth a look over 30 years later.
I repaired and repainted the cracked headlight shell and installed a new chrome bezel. The alternator won’t charge the battery at low rpm, prompting owners who do a lot of stop-and-go riding to keep their bikes on a trickle charge. Le Mans Print I like to cruise at 55 on the county roads of Kansas with this 83 650 nighthawk. Their tactics ticked off Harley-Davidson, which had just been spun off from AMC and was, frankly, floundering. Great article on the Nighthawk 650, I now have owned my 650 nighthawk for 3 years and its been a fun bike to ride. Past rides 1969 HD Sportster XLCH, 1988 Suzuki Gs 450. Starting from the top end, its all-new engine sported 16 valves, double overhead cams, hydraulic valve adjusters, an automatic cam chain tensioner, a hydraulic clutch operating the 6-speed transmission and solid state ignition. In response, Honda cut down on the number of models exported to the United States and made its 750 into a 700 (actually, 696cc), the better to avoid tariffs: The 650 might have been too close to the 700cc tariff-evader.Even so, many Nighthawk owners kept their machines, and those who didn’t found plenty of interest on the second-hand market.
“It does just about anything well. “I had paintless dent removal performed on the fuel tank, flushed it, touched up the nicks, and buffed the paint. Heritage Revisited: 2016 Moto Guzzi V7 II Stornello “It had a stripped oil drain plug, badly faded plastics, and a gooped-up tank and carburetors.