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I am getting a bit annoyed with how loud my cafe CB450 is it currently has 2 emgo reverse shorty megaphones and it could wake the dead, my neighbors hate it, and im starting to hate it too. I like to hear it running but the straight through mufflers are just to damn loud. Anyways im wondering...

Ok its starting to get cold and im getting antsy, need something new to work on.... except im having a hard time finding something unique and interesting to start with. I've been looking at early virago's but the shaft drive is overly limiting. Anyways im looking for inspiration so anything...

Well been riding for about a year now without issue, was actually starting to have a sparkle of faith in humanity and people particularly there driving skills... until tonight, Almost ended up getting scraped off the highway. Im boiling mad about it!!!! I was in the fast lane making a lane...

I have a odd thing with my LED tail light and signals, while the bike is running, the lights brighten and dim according to engine RPM, when the rev's get higher it goes away, or possibly just cant be seen. Im just wondering if anyone else has noticed this problem and identified what is going...

Well i thought of a cool place to go do some photo's and the weather was nice today so i finally got some pics of the bike to share, If anyone wants to see the original build thread: http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=13449.0

I used modern cbr600 f4i brake master and clutch levers on my 450 to clean things up and modernize it a bit when i put the bike together. Now that its done and things are working OK with everything i am considering upgrading the stock beat up F4i levers for some CNC adjustable levers but...

hey guys, got thinking lighting again for the 450 and the HID thing crossed my mind again, i think with the poor charging system on the 450 I will likely have to use a 35w/35w or 45w/45w H4 bulb to not kill the battery. then i remebered reading somewhere that HID setups draw less power than a...

anyone tried DCC's cb450 clutch springs? My old ones are too short and compressed wanna replace them, tried some EBC (CSK 15) springs meant for a 500t and they are 3/16" longer than the honda manual suggests they should be (1.575") On a side note anyone compared cb450 and cb500t springs side by...

Ok got a mix and matched front end and the brake rotor i have dont fit, too big.... anyways i think i got it figured out just need one or more people with ..... CB450(K5-K7) or CB500t or cb500/4 or CB550/4 to measure there rotor, so i can figure out the missing link, for the whole version...

I was just going over all the parts i need to finish the bike up and I realized i dont have a signal flasher. The only problem is all my signal lights are LED, so a regular flasher wont work. I donno why i can't seem to find much, on ebay or whatever. Id love some suggestions for one. I just...

I got a chance to pull the flywheel and take a look at the starter clutch tonight, previously i bought all 9 parts, 3 springs, 3 caps, 3 rollers. To my surprise the caps and rollers are fine, the only thing i could find was the old springs are about 1/4" shorter than the new ones. Is this...

Hey guys have a question about my 71 cb450 but i figure this applies to most honda's of the late 60's early 70's. I like the look of the engine as it sits (except for the dirt) and id like to maintain the look of the cases, that sand cast texture and colour. Only problem has been i cant quite...

Hey guys, while getting some dirt bike stuff at my usual place (Oshawa Cycle) by complete fluke (carried in a NOS 1/2 set of rings) found out they have a good amount of NOS honda stuff from as early as the 60's, managed to get some rings and top end stuff to do my re-ring/clean up on my 450...

Was poking around on another forum and found these guys, http://www.motogadget.com/en/frameset.html they have some interesting stuff and some really nice looking gauges, anyways never seen them on here before so thoought i would post..

Ok up to now ive just made do stripping small amounts of chrome with glass bead. but now i have to do 2 rims and a front fender im estimating 6-10 hours worth of sandblasting with the glass bead. The chrome is just too tough and just powders the glass bead and takes freekin forever. Im looking...

Ok have gotten into my wheels with the sand blasting, on my way to painting them. I have noticed one rim has about 2" worth of pitting along the rim lip, and one side of the rear rim has gouge's around the circumference of the rim lip where some dumb-ass tried taking a tire off. I've been...

Looking to replace about 90% of the hardware on the bike I found Acklands Grainger can get what im after but I have a question about bolt grades? All the hardware im looking at is available in A2 or A4 grade, just wanted some opinions on what should be used especially since some of these are...

Ok Im looking for spokes for the build, Now CB450 spokes are a bit hard to come by, either ebay with a 4week wait, or Buchanan's $$$$$. But about half the places i look list spokes for CB450 - 1000 cc as common fitment, Now CB750 spokes are easy to get my hands on infact a local company makes a...

My chrome rims and plated spokes are a little rusty and I want to freshen them up. I know a lot of people on here have had rims sand blasted, and powder coated, wanted to know if anyones just used spray bombs or a catalyzed automotive paint? I want to try the catalysed acrylic urethane, i used...

Ok I just decided im offically bored of looking at the norton 961, so lets see some interesting backgrounds/wallpapers, gotta find something new and interesting. Im sure other people will find this interesting, one rule: High res, good quality, please