My '79 Ltd - Finally finished

[2smoooth]

Purchased this bike from another guy on this forum nearly 5 years ago. Had planned on restoring it myself, and quickly found I was in way over my head. Been a while, but back from restoration and finally put some miles on it today.

 

[loxley007]

Looks great. How does it feel to get it out on the road after all that time?

 

[2smoooth]

Amazing, and nostalgic at the same time. My dad had the same model bike when I was a kid. My goal was to make this happen while he was still alive, and I was able to make it happen.

 

[BAHNST]

Amazing, and nostalgic at the same time. My dad had the same model bike when I was a kid. My goal was to make this happen while he was still alive, and I was able to make it happen.

Did your Dad get to sit on the final build or take it for a quick spin as pilot or copilot?

 

[Old_Crow]

Nice bike. Wish I could have saved the 4 into 4 pipes on mine, but the PO replaced them for a reason. The 4 into 2 doesn't sound too bad, but I always preferred the 4 into 4.

 

[2smoooth]

Did your Dad get to sit on the final build or take it for a quick spin as pilot or copilot?

In this case (he is 86 now) I will have to settle for the smile on his face when he saw it. Combined with talking about rides he used to take me on make this effort well worth it to me.

 

[2smoooth]

Nice bike. Wish I could have saved the 4 into 4 pipes on mine, but the PO replaced them for a reason. The 4 into 2 doesn't sound too bad, but I always preferred the 4 into 4.

This one got to me with 4into2 as well. My restoration shop produced the pipes for me. It would take a real enthusiast to see that at first glance though. Super happy with how it turned out. Likely some better pictures soon.

 

[Old_Crow]

This one got to me with 4into2 as well. My restoration shop produced the pipes for me. It would take a real enthusiast to see that at first glance though. Super happy with how it turned out. Likely some better pictures soon.

Like I said, I've had 2 of them, and when I bought the current one, I went looking for specifically an Anniversary bike. I never understood why the DOHC bikes weren't as popular as the SOHC bikes. I had a '75 SOHC before I bought the first Anniversary bike and the difference in power between the two bikes is fairly awesome. My bike came with the original 4 into 4, but it was all rusted out on the bottom like they tend to get. It also came with a luggage rack that doesn't fit any Honda I've ever owned (8 bikes ranging from a CB160 to the CB750 DOHC).