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Old 03-27-2008, 09:40 PM   #18 (permalink)
omegajim
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I had an '82 (I think) CB750. It was a pig and turned me off of large bikes. I still drool over the night star though.
They weren't the best handling bikes.

The bike was built with the best engine technology of the time and they slapped a frame and suspension around it.

If you had an '82, then you had front forks that you could adjust the pressure on.

Which reminds me of something; I took a 86 something or other honda for a test drive (I want to say Magna, but who knows) and mentioned something about the squishy handling to the owner.

He said "I don't know what can be adjusted."

Much to his chagrin, I reached over to the plastic fork cap, and exposed a nice std pneumatic fitting. Needless to say, I didn't buy the bike.

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