Nighthawk vs. the new CB

[the Ferret]

Optical illusion..looks like it has a strap across it ( must be shadow off something)

[Guth_imp]

Looks like the standard seat with a bungee cord strapped over it just behind the seat strap.

[the Ferret]

Oh what a hoot...you guys are going to love this. I've had my bike 7 months, ridden nearly 7000 miles, and taken hundreds of photos of my bike and I thought " mine doesn't have a seat strap" so I just walked put to the garage and looked..uh yes..it does. Doh! (head slap)

Yes Virginia, there really is a seat strap lol

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[flynrider]

Oh what a hoot...you guys are going to love this. I've had my bike 7 months, ridden nearly 7000 miles, and taken hundreds of photos of my bike and I thought " mine doesn't have a seat strap" so I just walked put to the garage and looked..uh yes..it does. Doh! (head slap)

Yes Virginia, there really is a seat strap lol

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Don't feel bad. When you asked what kind of seat it was, I took a close look at the pic again. That was when I noticed the seat strap too. For some reason I was also under the impression that there was no seat strap as well.

I chalk it up to aging brain cells

[OldF7Guy_imp]

Oh what a hoot...you guys are going to love this. I've had my bike 7 months, ridden nearly 7000 miles, and taken hundreds of photos of my bike and I thought " mine doesn't have a seat strap" so I just walked put to the garage and looked..uh yes..it does. Doh! (head slap)

Yes Virginia, there really is a seat strap lol

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Its called a senior moment. I have them all of the time. Today, I started upstairs to put some dirty clothes in the dishwasher. I could go on and on but I do silly things like this all of the time and I am told it only gets worse.

[Rolls_imp]

Well, I know the factory seat pretty well, because I bungee my iPad to it every day to and from work. It fits perfectly lengthwise on the back part of the seat just behind that strap.

But even so, you're not alone on being tricked by the factory seat details. When I saw the CB on display at the motorcycle show this fall, I noticed the '13 model on display had a bit of vinyl piping that ran from the top of one rear shock, up and back around the tail of the seat and then forward on down to the top of the other rear shock. Oh, maybe a slightly different seat? Nope. A quick look at mine after the show and that subtle sucker has been there all along. I just didn't notice it.

[cbdtran_imp]

Oh what a hoot...you guys are going to love this. I've had my bike 7 months, ridden nearly 7000 miles, and taken hundreds of photos of my bike and I thought " mine doesn't have a seat strap" so I just walked put to the garage and looked..uh yes..it does. Doh! (head slap)

Yes Virginia, there really is a seat strap lol

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a lot to time, we don't see things right in front of our eyes!!

[the Ferret]

Oh what a hoot...you guys are going to love this. I've had my bike 7 months, ridden nearly 7000 miles, and taken hundreds of photos of my bike and I thought " mine doesn't have a seat strap" so I just walked put to the garage and looked..uh yes..it does. Doh! (head slap)

Yes Virginia, there really is a seat strap lol

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a lot to time, we don't see things right in front of our eyes!!

Don't you think I haven't heard that 1000 times from my wife?

[GoldOxide_imp]

I really liked my 750 Nighthawk and rode it all year round. The picture below was taken on my annual New Years Day ride ( notice fingers indicating 1-1 or jan 1st) which is a tradition with my brother and I. Usually possible in southern Ohio. I never had any carb troubles in the cold, but it is nice not having to thumb a choke lever. Even with a faulty rear brake on my CB 1100, the big CB s brakes are far superior to the Nighthawks. Power is a lot better as well as handling although I had my handling straightened out on the Nighthawk with a Superbrace and Progressive shocks. I wish the big CB had hydraulic valves though.

I really liked my 750 Nighthawk, but the CB1100 is really the superior machine in nearly all aspects.

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Which 750 Nighthawk did you ride again?

I had the '84 Nighthawk CB750SC (blue/black). Great looking bike for its time. Yes, I miss the hydraulic valves and a few other knick knacks. However, I believe there was an engineering design flaw in the intake air box. Every time a significant side gust caught my ride at freeway speeds, the carbs lost oxygen and very quickly freeway speed dropped. This was very scary given there was traffic cruising behind me. Just as scary was when the air returned to the box and the revs took off and sometimes resulted in an unplanned wheelie. Also, if the bike got too hot, the hydraulic clutch would fail and needed to cool down for about 30 minutes. This was rare, but happens in muggy hot summer days in parked traffic. I kinda miss the shaft drive.

[Paris_imp]

Yep fuel injection is hard to beat. The best of the carbed bikes are almost as good as fuel injection but in todays world with the crappy gas we have it sure is nice to not have to fool around getting it warmed up and running. I have one carbed bike in my collection and while it's a real nice running machine it might go to the top of the list when I thin the herd just because of the carb.

Motorcycles same as cars. They say "they say they don't make them the way they used to" and to that I say "thank God". I will admit a certain nostalgia for the "old" vehicles but if you want to use them on a daily basis the new stuff is far superior.

I like the 55 chevy and if you want to spend 50 to 75 grand to modernize one it would be a real usable car. But would it ever be the equal of say a Lexus or similar? I doubt it.

I understand the attraction for the old bikes and love to look but for me I'll take the new ones.

+100%, Fuel injection eliminates all of the carb problems that used to plague us, just like electronic ignition has made adjusting the dwell and points a happily forgotten chore.