Thanks for the info Allen and Noah and everyone else. Checked out your blog Kyle. Think I read about half the posts. Couple things I'm gonna check on with my bike that you pointed out so thats good. SO just to make sure, I can get a Tach from say a 84 NH 650 and that'll work? I dont think I want to go the universal tach or electronic route just because I'm trying to keep everything as original as possible and if I cant find a 85 450 NH tach I'll settle for whatevers closest but mainly keeps same look. Thatd be awesome to see your pics Noah thats cool we have same bikes cause I havent seen same one too much in the 450. Going to a local bike salvage yard this weekend "Bent Bike" and moment of truth will be Sunday when I try and start it for first time just to gauge how much further I have to go. Thanks to this group for all the help hopefully it'll be sooner than later! I'll post more pics as I go too since that seems to be popular
On Monday, June 11, 2012 1:22:15 PM UTC-7, clkcrawford wrote: > > Welp...just bought my first bike last weekend. A project bike that with a > little > TLC should be running and looking good in a few weeks. Its a 1985 Honda > Nighthawk cb450sc. The only part I'm having trouble finding or even > figuring out > is the tachometer. I need to replace the speedo in it and the other gauge > I'm > assuming is the tachometer is missing from the "cluster". I cant find one > anywhere for that year and in the Clymer pictures it shows some other like > indicator gauge and not something that looks like your traditional RPM > tachometer. I searched everywhere online and in this group to see if I > could find a pic of the tach that I need but to no avail. So my question is > this...does a > 1985 honda nighthawk cb450 have a tachometer? And if it doesnt, how easy > would > it be to get one and get it installed? And can I use any speedometer too > from a > different nighthawk? I'm finding that my selection is a lot more and > pricing a > lot better if I can choose any speedometer except I'm not mechanically > inclined > (not yet) and dont know if those are particular to the bikes or what. My > last > question is this..any one from either experience or print references know > what > the 1/4 mile and/or 0-60 times are for the 450? Having trouble finding any > info > on that. Hoping its at least in the 13's somewhere so I dont have to try > and > upgrade or make it faster. Maybe shoulda bought a 650 or bigger nighthawk > but > got a great deal on this one and love the potential 55mpg I'll be getting. > Thanks for this group I love reading the posts and I appreciate any and > all info > ya'll could provide me about this. Thanks! > > Nighthawk Rookie > On Monday, June 11, 2012 1:22:15 PM UTC-7, clkcrawford wrote: > > Welp...just bought my first bike last weekend. A project bike that with a > little > TLC should be running and looking good in a few weeks. Its a 1985 Honda > Nighthawk cb450sc. The only part I'm having trouble finding or even > figuring out > is the tachometer. I need to replace the speedo in it and the other gauge > I'm > assuming is the tachometer is missing from the "cluster". I cant find one > anywhere for that year and in the Clymer pictures it shows some other like > indicator gauge and not something that looks like your traditional RPM > tachometer. I searched everywhere online and in this group to see if I > could find a pic of the tach that I need but to no avail. So my question is > this...does a > 1985 honda nighthawk cb450 have a tachometer? And if it doesnt, how easy > would > it be to get one and get it installed? And can I use any speedometer too > from a > different nighthawk? I'm finding that my selection is a lot more and > pricing a > lot better if I can choose any speedometer except I'm not mechanically > inclined > (not yet) and dont know if those are particular to the bikes or what. My > last > question is this..any one from either experience or print references know > what > the 1/4 mile and/or 0-60 times are for the 450? Having trouble finding any > info > on that. Hoping its at least in the 13's somewhere so I dont have to try > and > upgrade or make it faster. Maybe shoulda bought a 650 or bigger nighthawk > but > got a great deal on this one and love the potential 55mpg I'll be getting. > Thanks for this group I love reading the posts and I appreciate any and > all info > ya'll could provide me about this. Thanks! > > Nighthawk Rookie > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/aC0vgWYDbCkJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
