I picked up a 1980 cm 200t last year as my first bike. I always wanted one and now I have one and love it. I've always loved classic hondas.I put a bunch of money into it and ride it as much as I can. I've done 1500 miles since Aug last year.
I have an '82. Runs a little rich but never fails to start and runs decently strong. One thing I appreciate is it's only one carb despite 2 cylinders, and not even a vacuum carb like the 250s and larger. Very simple. Tempted to go with a larger front sprocket so that it doesn't scream as much on the top end.
Love the CM200. I bought one as a learner bike for my youngsters, but I find myself riding it around town all the time. My other bike is an ST1100 and I love it especially on longer trips, but the thought of awkwardly waddling the 750lb bike out of the garage to go around the corner takes some of the fun out of it.
Love those older small Hondas! I started off with a '72 CB100, loved that lil' bike and wish I still had it. I graduated to a '73 CB350F, 4 pipes and all. I sold that to obtain my favorite bike I ever owned, a '75 CB550F, and later on obtained a '76 CB400F that had been wrecked. I took about months to rebuild it and quite enjoyed riding that lil' bike, but the 550F just had my heart- until it was stolen. Ive owned other bikes since and haven't slung my leg over a bike since '91, but still when I see an old Honda CB I get a bit misty-eyed. Whoever purchases that CM200 is going to get a jewel.
10:17 I would have loved a 200, and would have ridden it everywhere in comfort compared to the following! Where there's a will, there's a way! My dad bought me a brand new Honda 125 when I was 15 1/2, and I rode that thing everywhere. Every Friday I'd take the freeway 40 miles down to my friends house to party. The bike would do just about 55, maybe 57 with a tail wind! 😁 At top speed that 125 was winding out, talk about uncomfortable, but I managed it. I did this for about a year until I got my first car. I would even ride this thing in the pouring rain using trash bags to protect my body from getting wet. Oh to be young again! 👍😎✌🗽
Seating and position on 70s and 80s UJMs is far better than most bikes available today with harder seats and fixed butt position....as opposed to sliding to a new position on a long seat as fatigue sets in. Even the later versions of the CM200/Rebel in 2015 and the CB250 Nighthawk are much less comfortable for rides over an hour than their early 80s models.
Great video! This is pretty much how I feel about modern SUVs. I used to fix everything and anything that was wrong on our family cars and got great deals on SUVs doing that. 6 kids later the time investment and down time is no longer viable yet I can't justify 80K for a mid optioned Suburban.
My motorbiking friends say even since 2000 some go back to the 1970s they all say the driveability and usability but above all the scariest part the illusion or sensation of speed has totally changed over the years - 60 mph on the 2000 bike feels like 60mph and 60mph on today's bike feels like 30mph which 60mph on a 1960s bike feels like 120mph. One of my friends sold his bike (he got a slower one and one that felt the speed he was going) because a number of times he thought he was doing 60mph when in fact he was going 120mph
Hi Mike Japan motorcycle always are JSI screw head and not Philips which why they end toasted. Different pitch. Japan industrial standard. Not trolling you just saying it's not a well know fact for some reason even after 50 years of JSI bolts heads.
Pop it into google and you get "an" answer. Originally the motorcycle sissy bar was often referred to as the sister bar as a reference to your sister riding on the back of the bike. In the early 1960's some states initiated laws that mandated the use of a bar on the back of a street motorcycle for safety reasons.
