The history of my Honda CB72

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Well basically my dad acquired this bike when I was a young lad. He never really talked about it much. He just showed up with it one day. It had a couple small dents in the fenders and they had a really old metallic gold lacquer paint job. The frame was black but it appeared to be completely stock. The miles are under 6,000 and I actually started it up when I was in high school. It runs great but the electric started made a bad noise. I took it apart and put the parts in a glass jar and covered it up.

I've had a few cars, trucks and motorcycles since then so I really didn't pay the ol Superhawk any attention until now. Well actually before our family moved from our old property I made sure that I stripped it down real quick and painted it. I did a silver and blue paint job on this bike when I was just out of high school. We had a nice shop at my old house so I took advantage of it and did a light restoration on this bike and since it was all original it didn't cost me anything.

I do remember that this bike had great compression and was fast. I can't wait to do a little work on it this summer and get it going again!

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And here is a quick picture I took of it as it sits now. Man that dust is really starting to pile up.

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I just love this picture. I need to find a helmet like that!

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Here is some more history of the Honda CB72 as written by TWO writers who both owned one back in their prime! There is one account of owning a Honda 250 on the top and another at the bottom of this page. Good readin!

http://www.goodmotorcycles.com/member1/hsixhon.htm

On the same site you can also read about first hand accounts of owning/operating a Honda Black Bomber 450! My father has one on display inside his house and wow what a one of a kind machine!

http://www.goodmotorcycles.com/member1/hcb450t.htm