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05-24-2012, 08:46 PM
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| Licensed    Joined: Mar 2006 From: Ephrata, WA I Ride: 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere | My daughter's new bike I've been assisting my eldest daughter in searching for a starter motorcycle for the last few months. Once her husband was okay with it & agreed to fund it the search began. I was focusing on Ninja 250's etc but a few weeks back she informed she wanted more of a cruiser style. Last week I found a clean 1986 Honda Nighthawk 450 in one on my customers barns. It was real clean & hardly ridden. He too had purchased it years ago for his daughter to learn on but she lost interest. We got it for a great price. It had new tires & battery & ran like a champ. I got it to 75MPH in sixth gear. After the deal was made, I rode it the 20 miles home from Quincy to Ephrata. What a fun old bike! I took twisty Martin Rd & enjoyed listening to the 450cc four cycle purr along. Nobody can bad mouth a solid old Honda. Honda got it right. I'm looking forward to watching my daughter learning to become a great rider. That is two of her three kids in the picture. Her 10 yer old daughter was in school. Ride on Anna!  Last edited by Saddletramp; 05-24-2012 at 08:49 PM.. |
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05-24-2012, 09:00 PM
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| Shredder  Joined: May 2011 From: Everett. WA I Ride: GS1150 Rat bike, NSR(G)500cc two stroke,CBR 900rr |  We nabbed another one! Right on!  Welcome to the madness. Take the motorcycle training courses if you can, you'll learn so much you'll be able to teach the old Man a thing or two. Good job Pops!!!  Stay safe. |
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05-24-2012, 09:14 PM
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| Peg Dragger  Joined: Mar 2006 From: Chewelah,WA I Ride: 1985 R80, and others | Grats, awesome bike Weird too, an hour ago I posted how I'd love to find an old Nighthawk 450. You didn't see another in his barn did you lol |
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05-24-2012, 09:24 PM
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| Licensed Joined: Mar 2006 From: Ephrata, WA I Ride: 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere | 
Interesting. One of my fellow employees rode a Honda 175 when he was in high school/college in Canada & said he too lusted after a Nighthawk 450 in the mid-eighties. They must have been cool bike in thier time. I rode a Honda MT250 in high school in the seventies. It was one of the few street Honda two-cycles that Honda ever produced. I'll always be a Honda man at heart! | |
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05-24-2012, 09:29 PM
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| Crazy Bad Ass BITCH  Joined: Sep 2006 From: Renton I Ride: 89 VTR 250 | Congrats! I passed the passion on to my daughter also. You should be a proud parent and I'm sure she will have a great mentor in you. LOL, now you need to get the little one's something to ride  |
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05-24-2012, 10:27 PM
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| Shredder  Joined: Jul 2009 From: Beaverton I Ride: Harley FLHT |  That is a good solid bike to learn on, and once she gets her riding legs under her, it will make a nice trade in a her new Harley. After all, she deserves the best.  |
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05-25-2012, 08:50 AM
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| Shredder Joined: May 2011 From: Everett. WA I Ride: GS1150 Rat bike, NSR(G)500cc two stroke,CBR 900rr |
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05-25-2012, 12:04 PM
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| Shredder Joined: Jul 2009 From: Beaverton I Ride: Harley FLHT |
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05-25-2012, 01:31 PM
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   Joined: Apr 2011 From: Port Orchard, WA I Ride: 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge, 1988 H-D Electra-Glide |
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05-25-2012, 03:08 PM
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| Superbiker  Joined: Apr 2006 From: Tri-Cities, WA I Ride: Hither, Thither and Yon ... mostly day rides |
... Man, no way I'd have noticed that. | |
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