Barn find!
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- blackbirdzach
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Barn find!
1985 Honda Spree.
Picked it up for $200.
It's getting new tires and tubes, battery, and a carb clean. Hope to have it on the road by Monday.
Picked it up for $200.
It's getting new tires and tubes, battery, and a carb clean. Hope to have it on the road by Monday.
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Unless it has been running recently, I would drain the fuel tank and fill with fresh gas.
Bear 45/70
'83 Aero 80 X 3
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'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
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Re: Barn find!
TheBear! Thanks for all the useful posts you put up around here. I'm sure I'll be using them for reference if I run into a problem.Bear45-70 wrote:Unless it has been running recently, I would drain the fuel tank and fill with fresh gas.
Yeah, going to do the same with the oil. Not sure what kind is in there. For all I know, the guy read "oil" on the cap and poured in some 10w-30. I use to restore old Honda CB's, but this will be my first scooter to tinker with.
Here's the last CB we did. It was '76 with 8k miles on it. I don't think the scooter will polish out this well.
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Re: Barn find!
btw, is your name a reference to one of the greatest rifle cartridges ever built or something else entirely?
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I had a CB750-4, the last year of the SOHC. Can't remember what year it was but I also had a CB175, CB305 and a CB350 over the years. The 750 almost killed me during an encounter with a deer in June of 1994. For rehab, I repaired it and sold it so that all I had was my pit bike, a 1985 Spree, which I still have.
Bear 45/70
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
- blackbirdzach
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Glad you're still around. I mashed a Ninja 250 into a guardrail years back. Wrecking on two wheels sucks, no matter what you're riding.
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Very much so, my favorite cartridge. I use these to shoot my handloads with 405 grain cast lead bullets with.blackbirdzach wrote:btw, is your name a reference to one of the greatest rifle cartridges ever built or something else entirely?
Marlin 1895, Thompson Contender Super 14 and a Ruger #1
H&R Buffalo Classic Model 1871
An H&R replica Model 1873
A real "Trapdoor" Model 1873
Here are the two Trapdoors with their bayonets attached with frogs on (a real one on the original and a replica on the H&R
Bear 45/70
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
- blackbirdzach
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Re: Barn find!
Wow, you don't see those Springfields down here very often, looks like it's in fine shape too! I like that H&R 1871, never seen that model....but if I had to pick one, I've always been fond of the Marlin 1895 Guide Gun. Hard to beat them for the price.
Nice collection.
Nice collection.
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My Trapdoor is in excellent condition and I'm glad I made the trade of the century for it. It had a piece of broken shell casing stuck in the chamber and you could not load the gun. The guy had no clue of how to fix it and traded it o me for a Makarov pistol. It took me 10 minutes to remove the piece of brass (I was very careful not to gouge the chamber walls). The rifle shoots fine now.
I have shot a number of Guide Guns, with and without ports and prefer my 22" barreled 1895SS made in 1983 long before the Guide Gun was thought of.
I have shot a number of Guide Guns, with and without ports and prefer my 22" barreled 1895SS made in 1983 long before the Guide Gun was thought of.
Bear 45/70
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
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Re: Barn find!
Scooters and Shooters; what else could a person need?
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And fast cars!
Very fast boats!
Very fast boats!
Bear 45/70
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
- blackbirdzach
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Re: Barn find!
Touche' my friend!
Can we include German Shepherds while we're at it?
Can we include German Shepherds while we're at it?
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Re: Barn find!
Never been in a fast boat.
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Re: Barn find!
What's the story on the Cyclone?Bear45-70 wrote:And fast cars!
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I haven't had a dog in decades, mainly because I wasn't at home enough. Now that I'm retired I get all the dog I can handle with the daughter's two Australian Shepherds.
I bought the Cyclone while still on active duty after Vietnam. It was one of the rare ones, 427 single 4 barrel. Sorry I ever sold it but the guy offered me 5 times what I paid for it. It was fast, but could get squirrelly if you weren't careful. The 428CJ was much better handling.
I bought the Cyclone while still on active duty after Vietnam. It was one of the rare ones, 427 single 4 barrel. Sorry I ever sold it but the guy offered me 5 times what I paid for it. It was fast, but could get squirrelly if you weren't careful. The 428CJ was much better handling.
Bear 45/70
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree
'83 Aero 80 X 3
'84 Aero 80 X 3
'85 Aero 80
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'84 Aero 125
'84 Aero 125 X 2
'85 Aero 50
'85 Spree