Faults:

Just the seat tearing at the seams from riding too hard.

General Comments:

It was a pretty nice ride: comfortable and practical.

I dropped the front sprocket 2 teeth, and it wheelies all over the place now.

Faults:

Periodically the chain would get loose. All I had to do was loosen the rear wheel, pull it back and the chain would tighten up again. No big deal.

General Comments:

Orlando, FL:

Great Bike. Fun for around town and commuting. More than 30-40 minutes was tough, highways were off-limits for me. I loved this bike out of town... out in the country so to speak.

Faults:

Haven't had a issue yet, and it sat for many years.

Flushed the gas out of the tank, and put in the new stuff, and added a carburator cleaning solution. Seems to idle just fine. A little hard to kick over - takes a fews kicks, but then runs fine. Warms up quick too.

General Comments:

Picked up this bike for about a grand $, its in perfect shape except for a dent on the tank and a scrape on the engine case.

Haven't got a chance to ride it much, but love the automatic (yes, this is the Honda matic 1982 CM450a version 2 shifts and no clutch involved). It is a big plus to have an automatic in traffic, and while waiting for the light to change green at a stop light on a hill, it saves your left hand pain as you're trying to let loose without rolling back..

It's quick off the line too. I think this could beat my 750 the first 100 feet, because there's no shift lag in between shifts of course, but after that it would lose for sure. It has a small windshield that keeps the truck blast down a lot, when passing them on the highways.

Can't wait too ride in some more on the mountain roads of Utah.

From my home in Cedar City, Utah.

Faults:

Throttle cable snapped.

Right rear turn signal stopped working.

General Comments:

Great handler.

Decent on gas.

Good around town with a passenger (not so much on highway, though...)

Decent on the highway by yourself, except I would suggest you have sufficient upper-arm strength to combat those problematic wind gusts!

I'm 6'3", 200lbs, and I still find this little bike to perform quite well for me! Acceleration is good (beats every car off the line) but drops off at around 80km/h...top speed (for me anyway) is about 120km/h (and that was before I cleaned the carbs... could be faster now!).

With my height, I look somewhat disproportionate on the bike, so to correct this I have replaced the rather large, swooped-back handlebars with flat drag bars (makes us tall folks look a bit more comfortable and reduces wind drag).

Hope this helps!

Cheers!

Faults:

Oil leaked when I purchased it, simple gasket issue, repair cost about $35.

General Comments:

Great bike to get around town. Best buy ever!!! Cheap to maintain/comfortable ride.

Faults:

Sat for 3 years, no maintenance.

The base gasket dried and broke.

The petcock broke.

The head gasket dried and broke.

General Comments:

This motorcycle runs like a champ.

The seat is very comfortable.

This motorcycle has a smooth take off.

This motorcycle has a smooth ride.

Faults:

On the 1982 Honda "CM450 Custom", the headlight would go funky sometimes and I would have to slap it to get it to go on again. That is the only problem I ever had with it. Great Bike!

General Comments:

Good around town Bike. I felt very uncomfortable on the local inter-state highway... even for just a few miles. Could not take the blasts of wind from truckers etc... they blow you over.