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New toy. 1982 Honda 900F

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I got this from a friend of mine. He gave it to me! He's had it since brand new, and has gotten nowhere fast working on it. He saw my GS and figured I'd take good care of it. I upholstered the seat about 20 years ago in a class I was taking in the evening. It's not too shabby, but I want to get it and the GS seat reupholstered in the same style, but nicer than I did. I haven't done anything except adjust the handle bars as it fell over in the trailer he brought it in and turned them down a little. V&H header is all he's done to it, performance wise.



 
Nice! One of my favorite bikes of all time. Had 3 of them. 1st stolen, 2nd totaled, 3rd eventually sold. The factory accessories (sport control kit, full fairing kit) could make these very sweet sport touring bikes. Congrats!
 
Thanks! Yes, it's an 1100F tank on it. I guess he's had several due to the fact that he'll get one, put it on, start the bike up, then let it sit for a year or so, collecting rust. I think this might be his 3rd or 4th tank. I did a really nice dark blue, red, and silver paint job on it back around 1984, but he got a black tank at one time, and painted the side covers, tail section, and fender black to match.
 
Congratulations.......what are your plans for the bike? Since you bought it right, you may be able to restore it and not be upside down.
 
My brother still has his '82, though it is rotting away in his yard. There's a nice enough one for sale locally for $895, but I am limiting myself to one vintage sportbike from Japan.
 
It needs a lot of love, but I don't see a whole lot that was "tastefully" done. Looks more like "slapped together" to me, but what do I know. I've only had a few 900/1100F's in my time. LOL.

 
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Show off. I remember how you blundered into that bike. Did you ever get a fairing for it?
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No, I sold it to a doctor in Cinci who actually drove down to look at an 83 GS750E I had for sale. Talked me out of both of them for $8000. I was asking $1500 for the GS but would have taken a grand, so I made out like a bandit. That scratch on the fairing was the only obvious issue on that bike, but the new owner didn't care. A buddy of mine in Texas just bought a red one in pretty darn nice shape with 15K miles for $5500. The prices on the 1100F's are only going up!!!!

 
Unlike these GS bikes. I can get more for my hi-miler 1100F than for my mid-miler GS by a significant amount.
 
Wow, I guess I missed a bunch of your posts. One question was how it ran. It's okay, but needs further tinkering. That can all be done now that I got the bodywork painted and back on. The bike was free, so I don't think I'll ever be upside down in it. Here are a couple of pics. I need new tires and brake lines, to begin with.

Here is the before picture again, and what it looks like now. All the bodywork, except for the tank is original to the bike. My buddy that gave it to me certainly isn't an idiot, but he acts like one sometimes. :p





 
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