Mike Everett (Mike.Everett@COMPAQ.com)

I’ve been wrestling with this bad boy for 7 months now. I finally have her running pretty good. I do have problems with the choke not wanting to keep the bike running. I have to keep the bike running by hand until she warms up. Then, she screams…

John Foreman (jforeman@faithadventure.com)

left picture --- My first day on a borrowed '81 CB900C with 31,000 miles. The bike was given to me three months later... a deal I couldn't refuse!
 
right picture --- My adventuresome niece tries some "hands in the air" acrobatics... as long as the bike isn't moving!

Rick Forsythe (rforsyth@raex.com)

"I found (and quickly purchased) mine in Sep of 98, with 6800 miles, and in perfect condition. It had sat in a lady's garage for the last 10 years without being started. After some sprucing up, (and extensive carburetor, brake, front fork and gas tank work at the dealer), I'm sure I now have one the best I'm ever going to run into.    It has vetter hard bags and fairing, and I have had to make a custom sissy bar."

And now for Rick's SECOND bike...

Just thought I'd write to let you know I have another one. I found it on the internet, in Haugan Montana, and took a 4400 mile road trip 6 days before Christmas (1999) to haul it back to Akron OH! Definetely a labor of love. Found a new seat for it in Dallas, and a Goldwing fairing in D.C. The rest was elbow grease (tires, fork oil, brake caliper re-build, etc.).

The plan was to fix it up and sell it, but I'm afraid the wife was right; I CAN'T!

Update 03/02/01: "P.S. I still have the bike, but not the wife. The bike was easier to keep."

Rick Frank (rfrank1@wi.rr.com)

http://www.geocities.com/rangerrick/Bike

Bill Franzen (FranzDzine@aol.com)

http://www-ese.fnal.gov/People/Franzen/EnterFCR.htm

I've been a CB owner for about 6 years now. I have a CB900 and purchased this bike originally as a parts bike for my first but later decided to rebuild it. Though it started life as a 1982 CB 900Custom, the blown motor caused me to search out a replacement and an 83 "1000cc", was available from a local salvage yard.   The bike was completely stripped, repainted and many poor parts were replaced, especially the exhaust. Now 4 into 2 for more of a cruiser style.  My 900 is the Hondaline tour package so I wanted something different looking.  Should be on the road this summer.

Burt Gabbert (RainBow@tyler.net)

I bought my ' 81 CB 900 Custom fresh out of the crate in Tyler, Texas. It was such a beautiful bike.I have ridden it all over the country with a pair of soft saddle bags and a bolt-on windshield. It proved to be the most trouble free bike. For the first 17 years I did nothing but replace tires and batteries and do routine maintenance. In the past three years, I have added a Corbin seat, had the carbs rebuilt and had a valve job.  I think it is such a great all-around bike. Easy enough to maneuver to be a fine around town bike. Fast enough to pump your adrenaline cruising the country roads. Comfortable and powerful enough to be a stout tourer. I do a 15 mile commute 3 or 4 times a week though the rolling pine forests of East Texas, thanking God and Honda that I found this bike. Sixty-two thousand miles later this is how it looks today.A few months ago I bought an '82 900 C that's been sitting up for several years. I got it for parts but now I think I'll try to get it running. A 900 Custom shouldn't just sit in a garage!

Frank Gallagher (yukon1@nbnet.nb.ca)

This bike I picked up in New Brunswick Canada for $1000 Canadian. It had 32,000 kilometers on it when I got it. It is a great bike. Runs like new.

Jason Grendahl (jasongrendahl@neo.rr.com)

"This is my first and so far only street bike.  I picked it up purely by chance and knew nothing of what I was getting when I bought it.  It had some minor problems when I got it for a steal -- $800!  The problems were nothing that kept it off the street though.  From mid-July 1998 to the end of Spetember 1998 I put 3500 miles on it.  The odometer is sitting at about 36000 right now.  I am currently in the middle of a rebuild of the bike to correct the aforementioned problems.  The only things aftermarket on the bike are the air filter and the tires.  I am trying to keep the bike as stock as  possible."

Richard Hamblen (MVBreakaway@cs.com)

My bikes.  83 Yamaha Venture, 80 Honda CB900C and Elena's CM400C.

John Jannereth (jjannereth@home.com)

I have not been on a bike in 14 years, that was when I was eighteen, I had a honda 175. But my best friend Jason got one so I went looking. For weeks and I couldn't find anything nice, so I thought well maybe I'm not supposed to have one right now. I prayed on it and and left it to better hands than mine. The next day after that, at work, at the first break area I go to, I do 24 break areas, inside steelcase I do all the cold food vending machines. I saw a flyer, that was a brochure, of a cool looking bike with this guy's name on it. It said extra clean and it was big enough, and had bags, so I called Jim.  We spoke, he was a great guy, said the bike was in showroom condition.  I told him I wanted it and Jason and I went to look at it we got there and I knew this was my bike.  I don't know much about bikes but I'm learning I do know people and Jim was cool.  He let me test drive his baby and I loved it.  We worked out the deal and loaded it up and I can say it's in mint condition the bike has already added to my life.  I forgot how fun riding is.  There is no rust any where on it.  I have all the tools and air gage and owners manual and yep he gave me the brochure.  It's all I thought it would be.  He was the original owner I'm the second.

Gup Jeffrie (inthewind1@hotmail.com)

"This is my 1982 900C. When we first met she was wearing a plexi-shield and a pair of slim Honda hard bags. She was just eighteen and barely over 12,000 miles. She'd fallen on hard times. Ignored and relegated uncerimoniously to a dark corner of a garage for 10 years. Dirty, rusty and sagging. I turned her key and pushed her button, coaxing her back to life. She sobbed and choked and coughed as she gasped for air, barely a glimmer in her one beautiful eye. I realized she needed me as much as I needed her. She stole my heart that day in June--so I bought her a front tire and a clutch and took her home to meet my wife. Three tubes of chrome cleaner and some wax and my wife started warming up to her, too. I moved her things into the garage and made her comfortable (the bike). Now the three of us have a summer of memories to cherish and more to come. A perfect cure for a hot afternoon and a long country road."

Bill Karsell (flickerhouse@hotmail.com)

"I rode motorcycles from age 16 until I was 30. But when my kids got old enough to be interested, I sold my 750 Norton Commando so they wouldn't want to have their own bikes. I remembered how dangerously I rode as a teenager. Twenty years later, my kids are grown and gone, and I realized that I no longer needed to deprive myself (especially since my son has a street bike and a dirt bike). I looked for something cheap in the paper and found a 1983 CB1000 Custom. The owner had recently bought a 1200cc Yamaha sport bike and never rode his Honda anymore. The bike was like his child. He had dealer service all those years and always used full synthetic oil. It had a slight dent in the tank from the previous owner, but otherwise seemed perfect.

$1,700 later, I took it home and changed all the fluids. The fork oil was black and extremely viscous. New oil brought the front suspension back to life. I had to replace a brake light switch and a high-beam indicator light. And that was all. In the last 5 months, I've ridden 2,800 miles. The engine absolutely purrs and it's a dream to ride. It's strong and smooth. I added some highway pegs to the case bars to relieve the cramped feeling I get on long rides (I'm 6'5"). I'm planning to ride to the 2001 end-of-summer motorcycle rally in Ignacio, Colorado, with some friends. If you live in the Denver area and want to go, we'd enjoy your company. Shoot me an email.

Hats off to Jason for this excellent website!"

Larry Keeler (Ahwatukee2@aol.com)

"Here's a pic of my recently acquired 1983 CB1000 Custom, with 35000 miles on the odometer.  A true Arizona bike. Without a doubt, this is a nice ride for both street and touring.  Indeed, I prefer the CB1000 to my previous GoldWings.  The motorcycle reviews that appeared way back then in all of those cycle mags accurately described performance:  "Pulling away from traffic, or anything else, is best described as a launch."  In earnest, I must say that I "LOVE THIS BIKE"..."

David Kellam (OLIVERSHAGNASTY1@email.msn.com)

Left picture: This was on a trip to Clarksville Tn. to visit my brother. The guy on the bike is one of my biker buddies

Right picture: This was in Oct on a trip on the Blueridge Park in NC above N. Wilksboro NC

Dan Krause (oldmanhonda@earthlink.net)

"Glad to see others that like my favorite bike. I own several motorcycles but the CB1000 is my bike of choice with power, pick-up and good gearing. She is 100% stock and has seen about 28K of road. I got her 3 years ago and have enjoyed her ever since."

Keith Larsen (tiredamerican@acronet.net)

"Here is a pic of my 83 cb1000c it has 50,000 miles it is mostly original the seat has been recovered and the right mirror is not OEM I'll never do that again!  It has been the best bike I have owned.  Don't let the age fool you this kicks ass!"

Leo (ftpleo@yahoo.com)

I bought this bike in August of 2000 with 22,400 miles. I'm the 4th owner of this CB900custom bike that has always been garage kept.  The fairing and saddle bags are original from the dealer.  The exhaust is new aftermarket, otherwise it's all original.

Keith "Spider" Loga (Spider4Doc@aol.com)

Having grown up through a progression of CB models, today's bikes don’t exactly fit my taste. So, last year I embarked on a crusade to purchase a relic from the past; pondered on a few used bikes and ended up empty handed. Upon expressing my disgust, my wife’s advice to me was; “When it feels right, you’ll know it.” She couldn’t have been more right. I found this 1000C in a local paper the very next day. I started restoration this past winter with a cranberry paint job and some TLC. With 48k on the ticker and counting, this baby still packs an amazing amount of punch. I take a lot of criticism about my choice in a bike, especially from the Harley's. I love it when I'm asked what the second shifter is for. It's my chance to get even. I typically reply with; "It's a lesson in arithmetic, you see...., 4 cylinders + 16 valves = 89 HP, / into 10 gears = your 2 eyes looking down my 4 exhaust while the distance between us multiplies." To the Harley owner who finds my bike rather amusing I reply; "It's a dual range tranny. Yeah, those Japs thought of everything. I can gear her down to low range so you Harley's can keep pace during the Poker Runs. Then, when I'm running solo, I can gear her up to get more miles to the pound of rice." Of course, there are always those nonbelievers who want you to prove it.

Lothar (WoelkiUrmel@aol.com)

NOTE: Lothar is from Germany.  I left the text of the email intact in the following quote.  I think it's great that one can still see the enthusiasm in his comments even with broken English.  Thanks Lothar!

"I've found your great sites in the net and Iàm very asthonished about the great Honda scene in the USA. We are a group of fanatic Honda-screwers and we all are screwing more than 10 years.  I myself have me 900ccm since 14 years and it looks like new.  I will send you some pics inside.  Now I have 5 Bol`Dor (1x 750ccm, 2x 900ccm, 1x 1100F, 1x 1100R !) 

Scream and shout from Germany !!!! FANTASTIC"

George Lucas (gwlucas@txdirect.net)

Here are a couple of pictures of *my* pride and joy, my '82 900 Custom.  I started riding Hondas when I was in the Air Force in the Philippines in 1966. I bought a 1965 Honda 90 Super Sport. I left it over there when I returned home in 1968. I quickly bought another Honda 90 SS...and rode it until I bought my first new bike, a Honda CB350 twin in 1973. That bike was nice but would vibrate the fillings out of you. After riding that bike for a few years, I bought my first really refined bike, a 1973 CB350 Four. This bike was, to me at the time, the perfect bike. It proved to be a bit small, so I shopped around and fell in love with the mystique of the just released 1976 Gold Wing 1000 Limited Edition. A gorgeous bike!!! Gold anodized aluminum wheels, lots of chrome and the smoothest ride ever. I never really felt comfortable on it because it was a bit heavy and cumbersome. I lost the bike in a divorce, sadly. That was 1978.    I basically went into retirement from motorcycling. My best buddy, who had bought a beautiful 1981 Honda CB900 Custom had been asking me for years when was I going to get back into motorcycling. I flippantly said, "When Honda makes another bike like yours, I will." Well, the next best thing happened. In 1999, I found the bike I'm sending you pictures of, Jason. I mean....this bike looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. At the unbelievable price of $1350, I couldn't pass it up. I have never been so happy. This is the ideal bike in so many ways. It has around 45,000 miles on it now and still looks great.