03-12-2020, 07:24 AM
(03-12-2020, 06:22 AM)bflint_imp Wrote: Member thoughts on a 1984 Honda Sabre V65 project bike for $500 on Craigslist?
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/mcy/...38173.html
Seem to be manuals and parts on ebay. Guessing would have to put a couple grand into (exlcuding paint). Love this model ... but may have accept the money pit aspect of a project bike.
Yikes! V65 Sabres have a nice smooth, powerful motor. But they are heavy, almost 600 pounds. They are top heavy, and long, and built for the interstate, unaffected by sidewinds. They are also hard to work on, with 2 banks of cylinders and effectively 2 banks of carbs. This one has moderately high mileage at 65k, and needs carb work.
Many internal carb parts (jets, springs, needles, etc) are different between the front bank and rear bank. Mix them up, and no one will know where the parts went - the parts catalog and shop manual likely don't have that info. And it pops out of 6th gear, likely a bent shift fork, which means splitting the cases.
This would be a nice project for an inmate serving 8-10 years. Avoid it like the plague (or virus). Unless you really want it, in which case, buy it tomorrow on Friday the 13th and earn even more cojones points.
