Check Out This Ebay Seller....

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:23 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-CB ... 9653QQrdZ1

He doesn't even know the year of the bike that he is selling! What a schmuck!!!

alimey4u2 · Post by **alimey4u2** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:46 am

Inverted oil cooler is "interesting"....

steve murdoch icoa #5322 · Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:32 am

I missed the oil cooler itself. It was the mounting brackets that caught my eye, one of the many non stock bits.
How about the muffler?
It certainly looks like the DG head pipes but i have not seen that muffler end cap before. Is it a new Kerker muffler?

alimey4u2 · Post by **alimey4u2** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:37 pm

Not too sure Steve, my expertise is limited to RC, OMT, it looks to me like he has a 1980 with 79 Comstars, a mixture of components for sure...

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:14 pm

Pretty sure it is a 1980. Tailpiece compartment and Speedometer, as well as the air assist forks indicate so. Besides, the seller admits the wheels are not standard which, if true, can only mean it is a 1980 and not a 1979. Listing the VIN-number would easily solve the mystery, but I don't know why so many sellers just don't want to do it. Even one of the largest and most reputable - by his own perception - dealers of CBX motorcycles and parts never lists a VIN-number when selling a bike on ebay.

I am not an expert in 6into1's, but I know that the DG and Kerker used the same header, just different mufflers.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:24 am

alimey4u2 wrote:Inverted oil cooler is "interesting"....

My 79 that I owned since it was two years old was like this. Upside down cooler with spacers just like in the picture. When I bought it it had a Vetter fairing on it. Maybe that was a relocation kit to work with the fairing ? Never dawned on me it wasn`t originally like that till I parked next to Steve Passwaters 79 at AMA Vintage days last year and compared them. Nice to have a standard to compare with. :)

alimey4u2 · Post by **alimey4u2** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:54 am

Phil wrote: Maybe that was a relocation kit to work with the fairing ?

That would explain it Phil, Thanks......

I wonder if there is a down tube inside the cooler (on the entry end) to improve the performance.... ??

Post by **Ringnalda** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:24 pm

Well a quick picture of the VIN plate and the Engine # seems to be almost a requirement, as a bunch of these 'experts' grab a bunch of CBX parts and assume interchangeability. I have just fixed a very wobbly rear end on a bike to discover someone had used a 1980 swing arm with 1980 footrest plates in a 1979 frame. And the 1979 bolt to hold it in place. Now THERE's an interesting ride! We have seen 1979 bikes with 1980 engines, we have seen frames with NO VIN but '80 vintage with 1979 engines, all from 'expert' outfits.

Of course the guy selling this bike just doesn't have a clue, but with that much chrome, it has to be expensive, right?

Be careful out there,

Jan

cbx4evr · Post by **cbx4evr** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:38 pm

alimey4u2 wrote:
Phil wrote: Maybe that was a relocation kit to work with the fairing ?
That would explain it Phil, Thanks...... I wonder if there is a down tube inside the cooler (on the entry end) to improve the performance.... ??

I had a Vetter on my 80 when I bought it and the oil cooler was not inverted as this one is.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:11 pm

Interesting....

daves79x · Post by **daves79x** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:20 pm

Phil:
I put a brand new Windjammer on my '79 in 1980, for a few years (fairing gone now). Those spacers DID come with the Windjammer kit and you did turn the cooler upside down. Anytime you see a naked CBX with those spacers - it had a Windjammer on it sometime during it's life. The owner just didn't know enough to take them out with the fairing.

Dave

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:01 pm

Phil wrote:Interesting....

I second that remark, Phil

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:25 am

daves79x wrote:Phil:
I put a brand new Windjammer on my '79 in 1980, for a few years (fairing gone now). Those spacers DID come with the Windjammer kit and you did turn the cooler upside down. Anytime you see a naked CBX with those spacers - it had a Windjammer on it sometime during it's life. The owner just didn't know enough to take them out with the fairing.

Dave

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