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« on: July 19, 2008, 05:25:16 PM » |
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this site. I've been riding for close to a year, and I have an 1983 CB650SC Nighthawk. Here are some pictures...   |
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2008, 06:06:26 PM » |
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Glad to have you join the forum. The 1983 Nighthawk is a great bike. Where do you reside ? Where did the bike get the round headlight ? Ride safely.... I hope the snow has melted by now  |
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2008, 06:14:24 PM » |
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I live in Lafayette IN. These pictures where taken right after I finished the bike back in February. I was not very fond of the square headlight, so I wanted to change it. I found a round headlight online to add to it but it took a lot of modifying to get it to fit. I'm really happy with it.
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 12:01:56 PM » |
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Welcome. I also like the round headlight. Were you able to use the original bracket to mount it?
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 04:22:11 PM » |
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That looks great!
White bike with a snowy background...cool pics!
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 04:59:58 PM » |
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 Um, did you black out the tail fender trim? Given the chrome sparkle on th grips and mirrors, this seems odd to me. Overall, the black&white works surprisingly well. And I knew that the incongruous rectangular headlight hurt the looks of the CB650. Now we have proof.
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2008, 05:24:07 PM » |
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The black trim and the white works, good job. I picked up a trashy looking 83 650 parts bike (no title) for my 550 but not much was interchangable. It looked so bad that I had to slap a coat of paint on it but all I had at the time was a few rattle cans of dollar store white. Ya know... new parts in a can. I'm not a huge fan of white but with the gray aluminum it looks pretty good, now all I need is a title then I'll get serious about getting it back into shape. The head light was missing so I was going with round as well. Anyway welcome and the white works.  |
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2008, 07:59:48 PM » |
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Welcome aboard!
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 06:13:28 AM » |
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hello and welcome to nighthawk forums cjbear11, i want to do a white black and chrome bike myself. great pics
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2008, 06:29:46 PM » |
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White is not a common color. But that looks very well done. I have a similar fairing on my 750. I am curious what you did with the headlight. Trying to find a replacement for the rectangular one was near impossible when I had my 650. Bulb was easy to find, but the headlight fixture itself had to be found on a V65 Magna.
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 06:41:10 PM » |
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Thanks all! I spent all of last winter restoring it. I did paint the rear fender trim. The gray aluminum that was on it before was kind of beaten up. I was also able to use the original brackets for the headlight. It was quite the battle to get the light on. It took a lot of patience, and a cut off wheel to really get it in place. The paint is not perfect, but i was a complete rookie going into it. So I'm happy with it for now. This coming winter I'll be rebuilding my carbs, and doing some other miscellaneous work on it. I love my nighthawk! Oh yea, and it also has a big black stripe painted down the middle of the tank. I just noticed you couldn't really see that from the pictures. Thanks again!
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