CB450DX advice

I've spotted a 1990 CB450DX, 28k, 9 months tax, mot june06.

link:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-HONDA-CB...4566576644QQcategoryZ9806QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone advise me if it's worth bidding on and a sensible limit, please.

I have my own budget, btw...

 

I've owned one. Desperately uninspiring - basically a CB400N built in
Brazil - but worthy enough as a commuter or budget tourer. 500 sovs
sounds fine.

 

Weird and heretical though it is, I rode one of these things and thought
"not such a bad commuter". Completely different from the terrible 250
Dream.
I don't know anything about it or about its reliability though. I would
expect cam/camchain woes of a Honda in this era, it looks amazingly
clean though.

Google suggests 5 or 6 hundred squid.

'Hog

 

TOG:

It's for use as a commuter, so all well and good.

Ta!

 

Hog:

No problem to sling some cheap oil through it, every 1000 miles, or so.

Rather clean, innit?

 

"TOG@toil "

I had one too until someone did me a favour and nicked it, as TOG says
nothing exciting but it was a good commuter. Not too good for anyone
with short legs though as it's a bit tall and top heavy, had a few
moments when putting my left foot down on a steep camber.

 

Not a big worry for a man with a Tiger...

 

If its anything like the wetdreams of old then the fork seal leak might be
caused by pitted stanchions.

 

Fork gaiters. YKIMS.

Yeah, I know, but it's a commuter FFS.

 

Correctamundo!
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