Hi my name is Chris, and I now ride what you may call a classic Japanese motorcycle. It is a 1979 Honda CB900FZ. I had the 750cc version many years ago. When I saw this Beastie it bought a tear to my eye and I just had to have it.
The poor beast, had a little crash damage, Clocks, rear indicator, and grab handle, scuffed engine bars. but otherwise not in bad condition. As it had spent a while off the road, I stripped the carbs, changed the plugs, new battery and oil change. Then spent a while trying to start her. Eventually she fired on one, then two........ three....... four... The monster lives....
I spent a short while chasing a set of clocks for a reasonable price, filed the rough edges off the grab handle, straightened the indicators and changed the tyres. The rear was bald and the front was a trail bike tyre , yup thats right trail bike. She flew through the m.o.t , but one thing did come up, the headlamp was for continental roads. Turns out my beastie was imported from Europe, that is as close as I can get from the frame number. It is now used on a fairly regular basis. Handling leaves a little to be desired, a little top heavy to say the least, but performance is good, . The only problem with her is if left for more than about a week she can be a pig to start.. before you email to tell me, the FZ has a manual fuel tap.
This is the Bike now, I did not have to do much to it. I do have a 4 into 1 exhaust that is the correct age etc, But its so loud I got a headache when it was fitted from the noise echoing back from vehicles/walls etc. Personally I dont agree with loud pipes save lives, think it just upsets people and puts them against bikes
I have owned many bikes over the years, all of them old as such. All work on these has been done by myself. Being heavily into electrics/electronics and with lots of time served on most forms of engineering. Below is a list of some of those I have owned.
Honda
SS50
CD175 X2
CB175
CB200 X2
CJ250
XL250
CB250N
CB500 Twin
CB750KZ
CB900FZ
KAWASAKI
KH250 X2
S1 250
Z250
KH400
MZ
250 Single and sidecar
SUZUKI
TS250
YAMAHA
RS100
RD200 X2
SR250
RD250 X2
RD400
Moto Guzzi
V35
