Granted, for the past few days we’ve been “stricken” by the flu bug and currently in Washington DC, just jones’n to get back to SoCal for a much needed rest. While mindlessly surfin’ we ran across this beauty. Well, suffice it to say, we could not resist an opportunity to get our hands on a real “period” piece bike that harkens back to the early days of custom choppers. This sweet 1966 Honda 450 is currently in the hands of (not for long as we’ve wired him a deposit!!!) of Grant Peterson of SoCal and was supposedly built around 1970 and painted by Raja, Roger Castano. The hardtailed frame is fully molded and paneled to match the peanut tank. There is a Randy’s springer on it that is 48 inches from the axle to neck and when we get it in our sweaty palms we’ll have to figure out the rake. And check out those Roadrunner rockers on the springer! Bike has 19″ spool front wheel, 16 in the back laced to the Honda drum. King and Queen seat, sissy bar, and if we say so, a heck of a lot of potential for a sweeeeet ride. Randy has several boxes of Honda stuff that comes with this so we can’t wait to get back to SoCal to pick it up. Randy says’ it’s been sitting since 1980, but we can guarantee it won’t be long before it’s seen cruisin’ the roads of Orange, CA. The motor is a later (non 4 speed)early ’70s 450. So, if you have any paint ideas, we’ll be taking any suggestions and will even probably be giving some free swag for the best ideas.  We’ll update you as we proceed.

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