A little about myself, my background and what brought me here...
A number of years ago my dad and I decided to go learn how to ride motorcycles together. Half as a bonding experience and half to piss off my mom his (ex-wife).
I picked up an '85 CB650 Nighthawk I saw at a local dealer for probably way more than it was worth. It was a good starter bike, easy to ride, reliable and cheap to maintain.
I used it as my summertime commuter mostly. Daily rode in the sun and occasional rain. Worst ever was a late Winter. I didn't get out of work till around 11pm and by then it was around 40 with a few snow flakes.
After a couple years of riding through town to work and having 2-3 near death experiences a week I parked it as a weekend toy. The toy became a driveway ornament. The driveway ornament was eventually sold.
Skip ahead to a few weeks ago and a good coworker/friend of mine who knows I've been wrenching most of my life swings by and asks if I want to help him strip down his bikes to sell for parts.
I ask what kind of bikes and he says "a couple of old '79 CB650's".
My jaw hit the floor and I said "you don't part bikes like that out. They're old school cool, nearly vintage!"
He explained one ran the other was for parts. He parked them about 3 years ago and just never got around to them again. Meanwhile his wife wanted her garage space back so the bikes had to go.
Cash is tight lately and I told him I would love to buy them if I could; To which he exclaimed. "Tell you what... If your going to fix it up and can get them outta my place, they're yours"...
So here I am back in the CB650 world.
A little older, wiser and with 2 free bikes to tinker with.
A few pics: http://imgur.com/a/uFWHP#0
They're definitely in need of some work but for free I'm not complaining.
Now to decide which style to build as...
Cafe, bobber or street fighter.
