I sold my bike this morning. It’s going to a good home and a guy who will really enjoy it. I hope he has as much fun with it as I did. I sold it at 27607 miles. I bought it at about 24000 or 25000 miles. Here are a few pictures of the big send-off.
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Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, for sale, Motorcycle
UPDATE: SOLD!
The time has come to sell my beloved Shadow. It has served me admirably but I must let it go. I am moving to California for the summer and can’t take it with me or store the bike. So please, buy my baby.
$2100 OBO.
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1984 Honda Shadow VT700.
Runs and rides great. Plenty of rubber left on the tires. Comes with engine guards and highway pegs. Currently has ~ 27600 miles on it and will have a few more after this weekend.
Gets 50 mpg when I play on it and above 50 when I’m easy on the throttle.
Great first time bike or for more experienced riders who want something fun and a little vintage.
Work done on the bike / things of note:
- front tire has around 2000 or 2500
- rear tire has about 1500 miles on it
- engine oil changed 1000 miles ago
- coolant flushed 2000 miles ago
- final drive oil flushed and changed 2000 miles ago
- comes with original toolkit (including spanner to adjust rear shock stiffness)
- comes with original manual
- comes with Clymer manual
- seat recovered before I owned it. VERY nice condition.
- front shocks rebuilt (seals replaced, fork oil cleaned out, new oil put in, new shock oil upgraded to heavier weight so bike can carry heavier rider, etc) 1500 miles ago
- new spring on kickstand
- tank repainted deep cherry red by previous owner. NO ANNOYING DECALS ON TANK!
- rebuilt ignition lock
- If you make me a good offer, I’ll throw in an Abrams strap mount tank bag (HUGE bag perfect for commuters, long trips, and to keep your nuts from freezing off in the winter) and a pair of old beat-up saddle bags.
I’m an engineer and care about things like routine maintenance and a properly functioning bike. It might be getting up there in years but it runs just fine.
Clean title in hand. Email me for more details or to come check out the bike.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, for sale, Motorcycle
Yesterday I went down to Eugene to do some shoe shopping and drop off my SCUBA reg for service. While I was in REI, I ran into Simone.
I bought 1.75 gallons of gas. I had 90 miles on my odometer. That makes 51.4 mpg.
I went 90 miles total.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Eugene, Motorcycle, SCUBA, Simone
I took a long ride around the valley yesterday on some interesting and stunningly beautiful roads. The country around Perrydale in particular is gorgeous this time of year.
In total I road about 125 miles. I also stopped and got some gas. My fuel economy was 45.5 mpg. Not too surprising considering the fun I’ve been having lately.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Amity, Dallas, Independence, Lewisburg Saddle, Monmouth, Motorcycle, Perrydale, Salem
Today I rode my bike to school and then on for a little fun in the twisties up on Lewisburg Saddle. On the way back, a Ninja in the 500-750cc range pulled up next to me at a stoplight. He revved his engine a few times and motioned that we should race. The light turned green and we took off the line. I watched the look of surprise on his face in my rear view mirrors as I pulled away.
Pretty good for a scrappy old bike from 1984!
Total mileage: 25-ish
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Lewisburg Saddle, Motorcycle, Surprise a Ninja
The other week I managed to win an E-bay auction for a genuine Honda Shadow engine guard. It’s pretty rare that you see these things go up for auction. Even rarer that you can buy them for under 100 bucks. It was my lucky day.
Below are a few photos of the installation of the engine guard. When I went to install mine, I had a few troubles figuring out just how to mount the whole contraption. Hopefully these photos will be of use to someone else in the future.
Left side engine guard.
Right side engine guard.
Note that the flat metal bit that goes inside the frame tube does not actually connect to anything on my 1984 Honda Shadow. It is simply left dangling out in the air. Perhaps on other makes or models of Honda, it actually bolts to something. On mine it dangles awkwardly. This doesn’t seem to affect the strength or rigidity of the bars at all.
Left side exhaust system partially disassembled. The exhaust system must be disassembled to attach the engine guards to the bike.
Cross-bar in front of radiator. The radiator shroud must be removed during installation.
Finished product on the bike!
Later that day I went out and bought two cheap highway pegs to mount on the bars. It is much, much more comfortable to ride my bike now. In the future I plan to upgrade to forward pegs to let my feet and legs stretch out a bit more. The one nice thing with the way they are mounted now is that I can heel shift and heel brake from cruising position.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, crash bars, engine guards, highway bars, Motorcycle
I took the bike out today first to school for lunch with Brent before going on a ride past the airport.
My gas tank was low so I stopped for a fill-up. The motorcycle took 2.397 gallons and the odometer recorded 117.1 miles. Fuel economy was 48.85 mpg. The 10% ethanol has a big effect on my mileage!
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Brent, Corvallis Airport, Motorcycle
Today I went on a short ride to try out the new crash guards I bought on Ebay last week. Halfway through the ride I decided to stop at Fred’s Honda in Corvallis to pick up a pair of cheap highway pegs to mount on the guards. They aren’t perfect but they work pretty well. To make them better, I’ll need to pony up the money to get a pair of forward-hanging pegs.
More on the crash guard installation will be posted later.
Distance: 35-ish miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Fred's Honda, Motorcycle, Philomath
I went on a motorcycle ride yesterday afternoon by myself. Everyone else was busy or doesn’t have their bike in town. The ride took me out through Philomath, out a ways on the Alsea Highway, up and over to the Belfountain Highway, down through Alpine, out to Monroe, down the Territorial Highway, through Junction City, up Peoria Road, and back to Corvallis. The mileage for the ride was 82.6.
Had to purchase gas. 74.4 miles on the last tank. 1.519 gallons to fill it. Gas mileage: 49 mpg.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Alpine, Belfountain, Junction City, Motorcycle, Peorea Road, Territorial Highway
This afternoon once the sun came out and burned off all of the fog, Carl, Emily, and I jumped on our motorcycles and rode out through Kings Valley. Even with the sun, it was still very cold in the shadows and shade. This was Emily’s first time on a real motorcycle in many years. She discovered that Carl’s passenger seat was not the most comfortable place to sit for a 75 mile ride. Several times we stopped to give her a stretch break.
When we got back to Corvallis, my roommate’s boyfriend came out to talk motorcycles with us. He has a highly-modded Suzuki V-Strom 650 that he takes off road into some crazy stuff. He also happens to have a very nice 06 or 07 stock V-Strom for sale. I’m considering buying it if I can find $4000 to spend so frivolously. It’s about time that I upgraded to a bigger bike.
Before heading out of town we stopped for gas. I filled up with 72.7 miles showing on the trip odometer. The bike took 1.599 gallons for a fuel economy of 45.4 MPG. Not bad considering I’ve idled my bike quite a bit to remind it what it feels like to run in between these infrequent winter rides.
We rode about 75 miles.
Tags: 1984 Honda VT700C, Carl, Dallas, Emily S, Kings Valley, Motorcycle
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