$3,000
Winchester, Massachusetts
Category
-
Engine
605 cc
Posted Over 1 Month
1972 Honda Cb 500, Vintage PROJECT bike / Caf racer; 1972 Honda CB500 has been sitting in heated garage for many years. Next owner should be one who craves a fairly easy restoration of a serious beast with a completely unique one-off addictive sound track. Back in the day, this giant killer regularly kicked butt on Norton Commandos, Triumph Bonnevilles, Harley Sportsters, CB750 Hondas, Moto Guzzis and more on a daily basis. It was all good fun on the the way to biger fish to fry! This machine was being street tested and developed to eventually break the 650 cc top speed world record at Bonneville Salt Flats in the early/mid 1970s. That record was documented on the cover if Big Bike magazine at 137 mph. The owner / rider of that Honda CB500 was an employee of Pop Yoshimura in California. This gent enthusiastically helped me via regular phone chats back then even as he knew we were going to obliterate his record. All the building, racing, and riding stopped for my family when we lost my brother / co-conspirator Jeffrey in an unrelated bike accident in August 1975. Original buildout included 605cc kit, balanced, blueprinted, shot peened crank, shortened piston skirts, modified Headman headers/pipes, oil cooler, Barnett racing clutch, Yoshimura cam setup, Yoshimura magnesium front lower forks, Koni adjustable rear coil overs, dual custom mounted front brake calipers, CB400 shorty handlebars, rear mounted foot controls. Who knows what else I might not remember however some manuals and OE parts catalogs are included. Under 10k total miles on the chassis, way less on the fourth build out of the engine. $3,000.00 6178409797
