1989 Honda CB1
Miles: 16,041
Second Owner
Clean Title
Bid at post: $499
Auction ends: Monday, June 10
BIN: $3,500
Rockville, MD
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Seller:
Own a piece of history with this 1989 Honda CB1, offered for sale by the original owner. This classic bike has been well-maintained and runs smoothly, making it the perfect choice for weekend rides. With a striking blue exterior and only 16041 miles on the clock, this Honda CB1 is a real head-turner. Don’t miss your chance to own this iconic motorcycle.
Vehicle Details
1989 Honda CB1 NC27 399cc
Vin: JH2NC2704KM001475
16,036 Miles
Liquid-Cooled 399cc Inline-Four
Six-Speed Transmission
Blue Paint
Four-Into-One Exhaust
Two-Up Seating
17″ Three-Spoke Wheels
Front & Rear Disc Brakes
Dual Mirrors
Preload-Adjustable Mono-shocks
Clear title
Owner’s manual
Original sales showroom manual
Fresh oil change with Mobil 1 Synthetic and a Honda filter.
New Battery
Good tires – no dry areas.
Runs and drives well everything works.- needs to be ridden. sometimes the idle is good and sometimes it fluctuates a little bit. it always starts up and it runs very well all through the five gears plenty of power, very smooth !
No dents in the gas tank, but the gas tank paint is worn/scraped on top due to having a tank bag on it for years. if you repaint the gas tank along with new decals, it would be a very clean nice bike!
No rust at all the gas tank perfectly clean.
All the lights horn breaks hydraulics shifting. Everything works as it should.
Clean title- I purchased it from the original owner that bought it brand new from the dealer with 3 miles on it. I have kept it in my storage unit and started it to keep the battery up and ridden it some. I’m 6’2” I need something with a larger frame. I love the bike! Classic!
Comes with the Honda service manual, The original owners manual and tool set under the seat as well.
On RSBFS in 2010, according to Doug, “Never heard of a CB-1? Well get in line because most people haven’t either.. These were largely over shadowed by the Hawk NT-650 and the mighty FZR 400 back in the day. Like all stateside 400’s the CB1’s lived a short life due to American’s “bigger is better” attitude towards motorcycles, but they have quite the cult following. These little CB’s pump out 55hp and make for a great urban assault ride.”
And then Doug posted another one on RSBFS in 2022, “These weigh in just a touch under 400#’s, produce 56ish HP, a paltry 27 lbft of torque and utilize a single front and rear disc to keep all that power and torque in check. I know it’s a little heavy for being a small displacement motorcycle, but it wasn’t built or intended to burn up the race track. These were built for and are perfect commuter bikes with a comfy riding position.
These hit the showroom floor with a MSRP $4,299 and as you can imagine, they went over like a Led Zeppelin. Even though it didn’t make a splash back in the 90’s the little CB-1 has RSBFS.com and myself to keep it’s flickering flame alive and well.”
35 years ago these bikes did not make a big splash in the market, but they have a following now. Any CB1 fans out there? Any good stories?
This one needs a little love on the tank, but it is not high miles and seems in great shape. Did I mention it comes with the manual?
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
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My first bike (but 90 with red lettering), bought new 93, stolen 95 with 10K. Would love to have it again now that I know about things like cornering and gear-driven cams
Lol, me too!
I bought a brand new leftover 1990 in 93. I was young and this was my first liquid cooled inline4. My grandma loaned me the dough. It was such a glorious experience with that liquid cooled 16v gear driven cam, inline
4. (My first). Low power but an acoustic eargasm. And no bodiwork for the insurance company to say “no!!!” to.
It had a hard life getting utterly destroyed multiple times. Did i mention that the first time I DIYed a valve adjustment I snapped the intake camshaft in 2?! Gear driven cams, a young brain and no mentors.
In 2003 it died a final death with a honda f3 motor in the frame that was not even an acceptable fit. I wish I could quantum leap into the past and put right what once went wrong…. Or maybe one will surface to just buy outright with surplus funds. …yeah, right.