CAFÉ AU LAIT: A HONDA CB450 FROM THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS

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CAFÉ AU LAIT: A HONDA CB450 FROM THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS

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Re: CAFÉ AU LAIT: A HONDA CB450 FROM THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS

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Looks like a vitpilen but a bit nicer looking with a worse engine
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It's OK. Simple, clean lines. Fine for a short ride on a sunny day. (To the dump to recycle the mirrors :D )
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Re: CAFÉ AU LAIT: A HONDA CB450 FROM THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS

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Will it run properly with pod filters on those CV carbs? 'Twas a problem back in the days of the CB900F.
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Works for me, would prefer a less modern looking headlamp though....
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Mokka. Makes a change from a brown seat. :D
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Like it.
Not the engine so much, but the styling.
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Re: CAFÉ AU LAIT: A HONDA CB450 FROM THE GAUCHO HIGHLANDS

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cheb wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 2:08 pm Will it run properly with pod filters on those CV carbs? 'Twas a problem back in the days of the CB900F.

It will, but the engine is so lowly tuned and insipid It'd probably run on anything.