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  • Curiousfur@lemmy.worldOPtoMotorcycles@lemmy.worldWahoooooo
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    13 days ago

    The fairing and luggage are both period correct, too. I managed to snag the aftermarket fairing with the bike specific mount off of CL for $100 (and a several hour drive) still wrapped up new from someone who bought it in '83 and never got around to fabricating a mount for the bike he wanted to mount it to. It’s always a strange feeling to open up new packaging that’s decades old.



  • Curiousfur@lemmy.worldOPtoMotorcycles@lemmy.worldWahoooooo
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    It’s actually a proto sport tourer, sibling bike to the Magna and closely related to the VFR Interceptor. The big Sabre 1100 was one of the fastest production bikes of the early 80s, but the 700/750s are a bit more tame, with mid-70ish horsepower.

    I’ve basically turned it into a retro VFR800x Crossrunner, which Honda never brought over to the states.

    The original owner put 7000 miles on it since buying it new, and I doubled it within 2 years haha. I did 2 1000+ mile rides back to back in '23. It’s been a good bike.











  • And the general destruction of the middle class. My parents were teen parents and while it was tough, they could afford it. I can’t afford a kid at all, and I’ve worked my ass off.

    But yeah, stress, depression, fear, anger, chemical and hormonal imbalances, climate change, fascism, overworked and underpaid bs, attacks on bodily autonomy, surveillance and tracking, the death of 3rd places, the poverty of free time, unaffordable housing, unaffordable transportation, hours-long commutes, staggering wealth inequality, state violence, white nationalists endless wars, etc… I don’t blame anybody for putting off or entirely deciding against having children