Sold for just £385, a genuine good deal

So, she's sold. Last night 8pm. The buyer has yet to pick her up but at £385, it is a bargain.
What was interesting was the number of people who were watching - 62 - and yet only three chucked in a bid.
When you consider I bought her for £325 and have spent all the bits you can see here on the blog, the fella who bought her has a true bargain.

CB450 DX... she's for sale

You know how she was when I started and this is what she is now.

It was never my intention when I started this Blog but I've put the bike for sale back on eBay.

My girlfriend's passed her test and what was perfectly adequate to keep up with her while she ran around on a GS125 on L plates is now not enough as she's rapidly progressed from passing her test, to an XJ600 and now a CBR600.

If you are interested in buying, by all means take a look on eBay, search 'CB450 DX' or click the link below.

Those of you who have been regular visitors will know she's been pretty well cared for and if nothing else, this site should act as a decent resource for finding bits and places to go for anyone looking to keep one of these undervalued machines on the road. If you look for a picture on Google of a CB450 DX, the pics on this site are in the top dozen and searches for information bring this site up regularly.

How to get a workshop manual for CB450 DX

I've noticed some visitors here are finding it when searching for a "Honda CB450 DX workshop manual" on Google.

I needed a manual too when I first picked the bike up in January. There isn't one BUT, as I've suggested in an earlier post, David Silver Spares will help.

The original reason for this site was to get some more details out there on the web for people picking up this unloved (in the UK at least) bike for the first time.

What links the CB450 DX with a Formula 1 legend?

A few posts ago I mentioned that the Brazilians got a special edition Nelson Piquet version of the CB450DX.
Intrigued, I went searching - the internet's not all about porn you know - and I found this on a Brazilian biker site where they were raving as usual about the CB and I repeat here, exactly, the fella's post (translated by Google, so it loses something of course).

Is this a case of more is less?

Laugh? I nearly fell off my chair. This is curious, but as ever beauty is in the eye of the beholder etc etc.
But then, when you look closely, you can see there's a bit of work in it. Surely this can not be a proper production model,even if the Brazilians managed to palm off the old jigs to Indonesia or something...
Anyway, anyone who can translate for me and help me under stand what this is about would be extremely welcome.

Why the CB450 DX makes one South American want a real Superdream

Ok, you few regular readers already know that the Honda CB450 DX-K, as it was known in the UK, was built in Brazil.
But while it wasn't that popular here, it's interesting to see what our Brazilian pals think. And this excellent piece by 26-year-old Chico Rasia, from Curitiba in Brazil is worth a read and gives an insight into a biker's dreams on the other side of the globe.
He confirms the CB450 was built in Brazil for a decade from 1984 (as the military dictatorship stepped aside).
He writes: "So Brazilians got to know the CB450DX, with triple disc brakes, the CB450 Luxury Sport.
"There was even a CB450 Nelson Piquet, in honour of the famous F1 driver. The CB450 remained in production until 1994."
Right click here tell him we sent you.

A bit of CB450 DX history

Top: CB450S '87
Middle CB900F '83
Bottom CB450 DX-K

Righto, it's come to my attention that we've digressed a little from the original purpose of this site which was to help you IF you were considering the purchase of this unglamorous machine.
Well here's what I've gleaned over the past couple of months and if nothing else it'll make a better Wiikipedia entry than exists presently. Yes, I know, I could bother to write it myself but if anyone wants to copy and paste any of the info here, that's fine by me.

Fitted: Motad 2 into 1, quieter and tidier

The Motad 2 into 1 tidies up the front and the pipes are turning a lovely coppery gold colour after 40-odd miles. The sound is typical Honda actually and as I get older I appreciate silencers more - see below for the evil racket it made when I bought it. I spent five years with a Harley and there is nothing like the sound of unbaffled pipes on the 45 degree V twin.

New Motad, shocks and rear tyre

The Motad exhaust was easy, (£140 Busters)three pieces, less than an hour to strip the old and fit. The Oxon shocks (£29.99 ebay) which vary in price up to £60 are Chinese made, the chrome's decent enough and they seem to work ok. And of course the 4.60x18 Avon Distanzia tyre (£40 ebay again). More often found on the rear of big dual purpose bikes, it looks nice. The old CB feels stable and quick enough and gave no cause for concern on a 30 -mile ride a A-road at the weekend.

REVIEW: Day One, the eBay 'bargain'

I originally wrote this for Reviewcentre.com which can be pretty useful. But the people there can't be bothered to put it up. And the two bits I've written in the past suffered at the hands of their 'editors' so while they continue to worry whether they can be seen to suggest anyone ventures over 70mph on the motorway, here were my intial thoughts on Dog after buying it at the end of January.


So you want to get onto two wheels cheaply. Then the CB450 DX-K built by our Brazillian chums has got to be a winner.
You need this review because there's just not enough stuff on the internet about the last Superdream.

What do you mean you don't want a CB450DX?

I am not the sort of bloke who does web pages for fun, but in this case there is a need to help you with the 20 year old Honda CB450DX.
If you want a cheap, fun, easy to maintain, bike which will carry a passenger and cruise at 80 on the motorway all for under £400, then there ain't a lot out there.
And if you do decide the bastard offspring of the old CB400N (yes the much maligned Superdream) turned out in a Brazilian jungle and imported into Britain between 1989 and 92 is for you, then you are gonna have a difficult job finding out what you need to know.

Ebay, £325 with MoT but home cooked exhaust has to go

Dog as bought end of Jan 09... we have plans