Thanks John, for posting the pics for me.
These two bikes have quite a story behind them. The red, white & blue one was bought new by a friend (Terry) while he worked as a tech at the Honda dealership. It's an 83 that started out red. I really liked it when I first saw it, but had just bought a dirt bike or I would have considered getting one myself. He repainted it after an accident many years ago. Along the way he jetted the carb, removed the pre-muffler and added an F1 can. It had sat in his yard for many years. A couple times he cleaned the carbs and got it running just to let it sit some more. I asked him to sell it to me a couple months ago, but he said no that it wasn't costing anything to sit. He figured he'd get it roadworthy someday and ride again. After thinking on it for a while he gave in and called with an offer.
His brother (Mike) also has a red 83 with less than 9000 miles on it. It's a little ruff after sitting under a shed for any years. I think I've convinced Mike to restore his. It runs great, just needs paint and polish.
I picked up the black one last year off craigslist. It started off as a red 83 also. It ran but had carb/intake issues and exhaust leaks. I cleaned and jetted the carb, built the connector pipes and added the Emgo mufflers. Now it runs great and is lots of fun to ride. I rode it to Mobile (145 miles) for the Mobile Bay Vintage Bike Club show and to Birmingham (also 145 miles) for the Barber Motorsports Vintage Festival. Got 50+ mpg.
I'm in the process of swapping the bodywork now so I can show off Terry's paint job with intensions of getting the other bike roadworthy latter. I hope to pick up a Shadow parts bike and swap the gauge cluster and a round headlight onto the one with the black body work. Then if I can find someone to ride one of them we can take three Ascots out and burn up the country roads around south Alabama.
Thanks for readin my ramblings,
Buddy
