I bought that same bike in 1984 with my re-enlistment bonus when I was in the Marine Corps. I rode the hell out of that bike, all over SoCal and up and down PCH. What a great bike. Brings back great memories.
Me too. I lived in Alhambra, CA. Bought mine used had under 300 miles. Original owner lived in a mansion in LA. He wanted 2k and I offered 1k. He said OK and also gave me 2 helmets, leather riding jacket, gloves and a tour of his mansion.
the Nighthawk was my dream bike back in high school..when they were new. Bought an 84 this summer, rebuilt all the usual things and am loving the bike.
My dad, who's now nearing 70, owns exactly this bike. He's owned it for at least 20 years now, and it's got 63000 miles on it. Still going strong, and those Honda's sound so so smooth. When he got it I was around 20 and didn't really like the model, but as I got older it got nicer and nicer. Today I absolutely love it and don't think I'll ever let it go. It really ages well and grows on you. It makes you understand that things like bikes over time don't change, but it is you yourself that changes. Let go of certain things too soon in life can be a big mistake looking back. I ride it now more and more next to my own zx9r, both incomparable bikes with each other, but both fantastic bikes. Young women seem to dig the Nighthawk more than the zx9r, I guess I have to admit that the model, black paint job, chrome accents really make this bike both classy and bad ass. I did put steel braided break lines on it though, kept them black sleeved so the stainless ends really put a nice touch on it. Unfortunately my dads Nighthawk doesn't have these original "slash cut" mufflers, but luckely good imitations that are just normal straight cut. Awesome bike, even for a beginning rider.
I rode and partook of the golden age of motorcycle ujm I remember the commercial said 650 nighthawk runs with 750s without even breathing hard thanks you for saving and promoting these beautiful bikes God bless America respect
Man I remember my uncle pulling up on that same bike...Its was like so futuristic with the square headlights and square speedometer ...lol...Boy I see it much differently 2day! 🤣🤣
FRIEND OF MINE HAD ONE OF THESE AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BACK IN MID 80’S KEPT IT IN HIS KITCHEN . RODE IT AROUND CAMPUS AND I LOVED THAT BIKE. JUST WONDER WHERE IT IS NOW.
I had a burgundy Nighthawk 650 just like this back in the late 80s. It was my first streetbike. Honda put many high tech (for the time) features on these. Shaft drive & 6 speed transmission. Dual front disc brakes and TRAC anti-dive forks. Full instrumentation including a gear indicator. Hydraulic lifters. It was a great all around motorcycle! Hagerty online value for a mint Nighthawk 650 is $6100.
I have an 83 Nighthawk 650 that I bought as a starter bike for 1200 CAD, and I love that thing. it's such an incredibly smooth bike. It's got 72000 kms on it so it's not in near as nice condition but it still purrs like a kitten.
Wow! Nice. bought an 83 brand new In Millington, TN. when I was in the Navy but in the burgundy color. My first bike. Rode it from TN to upstate NY, got crated to PR my next duty station. Rode all over PR, then crated to VA Beach, my last duty station. Total of 30k miles of fun. Great bike. Thanks for the memories. Now, what's with the lousy routing of the SS brake lines on this one??? Otherwise a great time machine. BTW $2900 brand new in 83. Good old days, I miss the 80's.
Love this bike . knighthawk grows on you more and more as you grow up ! shape , stance , colour , wheels, mufflers , perfectly blended together . Wales UK.
@@KaplanCycles Im new to your channel. Love what you guys are doing! I've got an 82 Maxim 550, awesome bike and with about 52hp and a six speed it moves my 185 pounds pefect
Got one in a 3 bike deal. Actually my first road bikes. Got a CB650 and a CB350 with it also. I drove it from south of Worcester to West Yarmouth Cape Cod about every weekend. It must of drove from one end of the Cape to the other about 30 times. It actually help keep some miles of my 66 Chevelle SS 396 and was a dream in the heavy Cape Cod traffic. That thing was so smooth. It would be nice to drive one again I took the rgeg CB650 one weekend...ONE WEEKEND. It had some issues and had a nasty vibration which didn't seem bad until you hit the highway. Of course I took it the day I had 4 wisdom teeth surgically extracted. It actually vibrated 3 of the teeth stitches out. Yep that was a weekend I will never forget. It actually made me hate Honda for abit
With all the retro bikes coming out why doesn't Honda remake the cb650sc and the cb700 sc Nighthawks . These are so sought after and bullet proof . Seems like a no brainer .
Damn, this brings back memories. Mostly good. I owned one of these a long time ago. Great bike... overall... 1983 was the first year of production for a then all-new bike. No matter how few the miles, if a bike has been sitting a long time, you should take it to a good mechanic before you go riding it. It was a lot of motorcycle for the money. The funny thing is, now, buying one of these in great shape will cost more than when new. Then you might have to pay for some needed upgrading. If I had the money, I would look for a 1985 version, and go from there. This bike has so many virtues vs few liabilities. And just look at it! It's one of the coolest, now retro-modern, motorcycles out there. Thank you Kaplan America
Kind of a shame that nobody even gave this engine hell, not even broken in. Really nice to see one in factory condition tho. I have an 84 one with 63 thousand miles on it. I live in Poland and in came from United States so it's been through half of the world. Exhausts, manifolds, levers all scratched to hell from crashes. Tank was rusty inside so I put nuts and bolts inside and taped it to the concrete mixer. It keeps up with new bikes, does great around town and on twisties. Of course compared to new bikes, riding it really let's you know it's old technology but the charm and smell of it is unbeatable. During a traffic stop cop told me it looks amazing at 40 yo and it's forbidden to sell it so gonna keep an eye out for new parts and keep it. My first bike and probably last one I will sell
Nice find! I had one, brand new, in 1983. I still have the buyer's order. Base price $2,673; $100 dealer prep; tax $113.07; title $3.00; license $5.30; inspection $5.00. Drive out, a little over $2,900 and change.
I remember the commercial where they there was this bike, a handful of guy's, and a chick asking who's it was. I was to young to ride at the time, but old enough to remember this bike, that commercial and the blonde, who was in it. Lol I recall this bike looking futuristic to me at the time, so much so that I bought one almost all original with 4000 miles a few years ago, and I still have it.
Just bought mine ...definetly not a museum piece but its still runs smooth..here in Germany they had 50 HP and are called CBX 650 e....there is quite a lot of cleaning and paint work to do but when I go into the garage instead of starting working on it I just stare at it for half an hour 😀😀😀
Ill never forget, bought one when i eas 17. Dad took it around the block and came back shaking his head. Too much power he said, LOL. Wish i still had it
Man you're right. A lot of these bikes nowadays get sold for cheap to be mutulated into "cafe racer" or "bobber" or whatever the heck they come up with just to kill them with. If i'd had the space, i'd save a bunch of them from that fate.
Bought an 83' 650 in 2019 summer, brand new condition with 13000km on it. Went out in the morning to find out it was ran over by someone. Lucky my landlord had a CCTV and caught this truck that ran over it. Unfortunately, the insurance company wrote it off. I dearly miss having it.
I flogged the piss out of one of these when I was a student at U of A in Tucson. Skipped class and put 1000 miles the first 5 days riding out in the Sonora Desert. I grew up riding a XL 250, and the first time I opened this up in 2nd gear it wanted to leave me behind. Damn, I’d love to have this bike.
Had an 83 in Candy Wineberry Red. That was a fantastic bike and was a ton of fun once the tach hit about 7k RPM. Would be fun to have something like that again.
I had an '83 650 and a '93 750. The '80s bikes had a lot of nice features. The later 750 was built to a lower price point. The only feature carried over to the '90s models was the hydraulic lifters. The 700 was the best of them all.
Man what A Jewel the apex of ergonomics balance I like the slinder angles at the front of the seat/ tank it's cut where you can really tuck in en connect with the bike Honda really did get it rite on the the money with this li'l steet'er It's always been the unabtainium for me though as I never could find one close enough to me ta chase that wasn't rode hard en put away wet 🐎
So, why was the brake line routed that way? Not like it was from the factory, looks like the brake line was too long. Any idea what it sold for? Did it make it up to $12,000, like the average appraisal?
haha, first thing I said out loud way - hey, those brake lines are wrong!...still a beautiful bike and I can forgive them for not routing them perfectly.
Beautiful bike, sir. I have one nearly like it that I bought used with no manuals or paperwork. Can you give me any info on the adjustment on the left fork? I bought a Clymer manual for it but there's no info about that specifically. I'd love to come check out your museum someday.
I bought a 1983 650 Nighthawk about 15 years ago. I bought it for $200. I gave it away, but it ran like brand new with 60,000 miles on it. It's a shame to see a bike sit for 40 years and still need more work than the one I had with 60,000 hard miles on it.
YOU'RE RIGHT BROTHER YOU WON'T SEE ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS THOSE NIGHTHAWKS HAD STYLE I ALMOST BOUGHT ONE ONE TIME I RODE THE BITCH AND IT GOT DOWN PRETTY GOOD FOR WHAT IT IS I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A KICK-ASS REST OF THE WEEK AND BANGIN FUCKIN WEEKEND MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALL Y'ALL BRO THIS IS GOING ON FACEBOOK 💯💪🏾💪🏾🔥👍🏾🔥👍🏾🔥🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
Brother, I love you to pieces and it's none of my business butttttt....ditch that microphone (and quit tossing it around) before it damages one of these beauties.
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I bought that same bike in 1984 with my re-enlistment bonus when I was in the Marine Corps. I rode the hell out of that bike, all over SoCal and up and down PCH. What a great bike. Brings back great memories.
Me too. I lived in Alhambra, CA. Bought mine used had under 300 miles. Original owner lived in a mansion in LA. He wanted 2k and I offered 1k. He said OK and also gave me 2 helmets, leather riding jacket, gloves and a tour of his mansion.
I bought an 85 used in 87 with 1500 miles on it. Rode it my junior and senior years of HS. Loved that thing. Rode the hell out of it.
the Nighthawk was my dream bike back in high school..when they were new. Bought an 84 this summer, rebuilt all the usual things and am loving the bike.
My dad, who's now nearing 70, owns exactly this bike. He's owned it for at least 20 years now, and it's got 63000 miles on it. Still going strong, and those Honda's sound so so smooth. When he got it I was around 20 and didn't really like the model, but as I got older it got nicer and nicer. Today I absolutely love it and don't think I'll ever let it go. It really ages well and grows on you. It makes you understand that things like bikes over time don't change, but it is you yourself that changes. Let go of certain things too soon in life can be a big mistake looking back. I ride it now more and more next to my own zx9r, both incomparable bikes with each other, but both fantastic bikes. Young women seem to dig the Nighthawk more than the zx9r, I guess I have to admit that the model, black paint job, chrome accents really make this bike both classy and bad ass. I did put steel braided break lines on it though, kept them black sleeved so the stainless ends really put a nice touch on it. Unfortunately my dads Nighthawk doesn't have these original "slash cut" mufflers, but luckely good imitations that are just normal straight cut. Awesome bike, even for a beginning rider.
I rode and partook of the golden age of motorcycle ujm I remember the commercial said 650 nighthawk runs with 750s without even breathing hard thanks you for saving and promoting these beautiful bikes God bless America respect
One of my favorite bikes. Wished Honda would bring these bikes back.
Man I remember my uncle pulling up on that same bike...Its was like so futuristic with the square headlights and square speedometer ...lol...Boy I see it much differently 2day! 🤣🤣
Had a 1985 450 Nighthawk in 1986. Always wanted the 650. Sweet ride.
FRIEND OF MINE HAD ONE OF THESE AT WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BACK IN MID 80’S KEPT IT IN HIS KITCHEN . RODE IT AROUND CAMPUS AND I LOVED THAT BIKE. JUST WONDER WHERE IT IS NOW.
I had a burgundy Nighthawk 650 just like this back in the late 80s. It was my first streetbike. Honda put many high tech (for the time) features on these. Shaft drive & 6 speed transmission. Dual front disc brakes and TRAC anti-dive forks. Full instrumentation including a gear indicator. Hydraulic lifters. It was a great all around motorcycle! Hagerty online value for a mint Nighthawk 650 is $6100.
Had a red one, first bike I owned at 16. Still have Motorcyclist magazine it was in.
20 y/o bought one of these 650s last summer for $1200, my absolute favorite bike, stone reliable with that inline 4 and shaft drive
I have an 83 Nighthawk 650 that I bought as a starter bike for 1200 CAD, and I love that thing. it's such an incredibly smooth bike. It's got 72000 kms on it so it's not in near as nice condition but it still purrs like a kitten.
Wow! Nice. bought an 83 brand new In Millington, TN. when I was in the Navy but in the burgundy color. My first bike. Rode it from TN to upstate NY, got crated to PR my next duty station. Rode all over PR, then crated to VA Beach, my last duty station. Total of 30k miles of fun. Great bike. Thanks for the memories.
Now, what's with the lousy routing of the SS brake lines on this one??? Otherwise a great time machine. BTW $2900 brand new in 83. Good old days, I miss the 80's.
Dear honda please bring these bikes to life 🙏
Love this bike . knighthawk grows on you more and more as you grow up ! shape , stance , colour , wheels, mufflers , perfectly blended together . Wales UK.
Nice bike I remember them & they were fast n smooth for a 650 !
Yes, yes they were. 4 second 0-60 you could take any car of the era off the line easily. Just wind it out and watch it go!
I thought this was great. 86 years old .a gift of life
I had one of these. Just screams 80s at you. Bless you for keeping these time machines alive.
I'd love to see you guys do up some Yamaha Maxim from 550cc on up and even a couple of the Secas from those years
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@@KaplanCycles Im new to your channel. Love what you guys are doing! I've got an 82 Maxim 550, awesome bike and with about 52hp and a six speed it moves my 185 pounds pefect
Awesome to see them in this condition but they were built for enjoyment. Twist it!
Got one in a 3 bike deal. Actually my first road bikes. Got a CB650 and a CB350 with it also. I drove it from south of Worcester to West Yarmouth Cape Cod about every weekend. It must of drove from one end of the Cape to the other about 30 times. It actually help keep some miles of my 66 Chevelle SS 396 and was a dream in the heavy Cape Cod traffic. That thing was so smooth. It would be nice to drive one again
I took the rgeg CB650 one weekend...ONE WEEKEND. It had some issues and had a nasty vibration which didn't seem bad until you hit the highway. Of course I took it the day I had 4 wisdom teeth surgically extracted. It actually vibrated 3 of the teeth stitches out. Yep that was a weekend I will never forget. It actually made me hate Honda for abit
KAPLAN AMERICAN OUT DOES EVERYONE HE HAS THE BEST OF THE BEST HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!...............
With all the retro bikes coming out why doesn't Honda remake the cb650sc and the cb700 sc Nighthawks . These are so sought after and bullet proof . Seems like a no brainer .
Had an 82. Completely different bike but it was my first street bike. Been riding ever since. Good times
Damn, this brings back memories. Mostly good. I owned one of these a long time ago. Great bike... overall... 1983 was the first year of production for a then all-new bike. No matter how few the miles, if a bike has been sitting a long time, you should take it to a good mechanic before you go riding it. It was a lot of motorcycle for the money. The funny thing is, now, buying one of these in great shape will cost more than when new. Then you might have to pay for some needed upgrading. If I had the money, I would look for a 1985 version, and go from there. This bike has so many virtues vs few liabilities. And just look at it! It's one of the coolest, now retro-modern, motorcycles out there. Thank you Kaplan America
Wow, nice bike. I had an 85 Nighthawk S, but the 650 looks cooler. I would change the shaft oil and probably the fork oil as well.
Kind of a shame that nobody even gave this engine hell, not even broken in. Really nice to see one in factory condition tho. I have an 84 one with 63 thousand miles on it. I live in Poland and in came from United States so it's been through half of the world. Exhausts, manifolds, levers all scratched to hell from crashes. Tank was rusty inside so I put nuts and bolts inside and taped it to the concrete mixer. It keeps up with new bikes, does great around town and on twisties. Of course compared to new bikes, riding it really let's you know it's old technology but the charm and smell of it is unbeatable. During a traffic stop cop told me it looks amazing at 40 yo and it's forbidden to sell it so gonna keep an eye out for new parts and keep it. My first bike and probably last one I will sell
Crispy looking and sounding bike the detail looks mr.clean clean
God bless America 🇺🇸
Nice find! I had one, brand new, in 1983. I still have the buyer's order. Base price $2,673; $100 dealer prep; tax $113.07; title $3.00; license $5.30; inspection $5.00. Drive out, a little over $2,900 and change.
Honda had a great commercial for these. Imagine a road that curves and twists and curves again.
I remember the commercial where they there was this bike, a handful of guy's, and a chick asking who's it was.
I was to young to ride at the time, but old enough to remember this bike, that commercial and the blonde, who was in it. Lol
I recall this bike looking futuristic to me at the time, so much so that I bought one almost all original with 4000 miles a few years ago, and I still have it.
Just bought mine ...definetly not a museum piece but its still runs smooth..here in Germany they had 50 HP and are called CBX 650 e....there is quite a lot of cleaning and paint work to do but when I go into the garage instead of starting working on it I just stare at it for half an hour 😀😀😀
Ill never forget, bought one when i eas 17. Dad took it around the block and came back shaking his head. Too much power he said, LOL. Wish i still had it
*_NIGHTHAWK_*
sounds like an 80’s kids tv show.
It was a great movie
I have a 85 i picked up last year 430 miles on it ,it rides nice and its fast.
Owned a new 19 85 blue one. 4into1 Kerner exhaust. Favorite bike all time.
unreal most ridden into the ground great bike
Man you're right. A lot of these bikes nowadays get sold for cheap to be mutulated into "cafe racer" or "bobber" or whatever the heck they come up with just to kill them with. If i'd had the space, i'd save a bunch of them from that fate.
Bought an 83' 650 in 2019 summer, brand new condition with 13000km on it. Went out in the morning to find out it was ran over by someone. Lucky my landlord had a CCTV and caught this truck that ran over it. Unfortunately, the insurance company wrote it off. I dearly miss having it.
Makes my mouth water. Literally.
I flogged the piss out of one of these when I was a student at U of A in Tucson. Skipped class and put 1000 miles the first 5 days riding out in the Sonora Desert. I grew up riding a XL 250, and the first time I opened this up in 2nd gear it wanted to leave me behind.
Damn, I’d love to have this bike.
Had an 83 in Candy Wineberry Red. That was a fantastic bike and was a ton of fun once the tach hit about 7k RPM. Would be fun to have something like that again.
What about some of the 80’s TURBO bikes?
Yamaha/Honda turbo,
GPZ750 Turbo etc?
Those caught my eye back then.
I had a 91 750 nighthawk. Great bike but I thought that they should have made it closer to the 650 or 700s.
I had an '83 650 and a '93 750. The '80s bikes had a lot of nice features. The later 750 was built to a lower price point. The only feature carried over to the '90s models was the hydraulic lifters. The 700 was the best of them all.
Nighthawks were the chick magnet's back in the days!
Wow, I just stumbled upon this video. What a gorgeous piece of history. I wonder what ended up happening to this bike??
Wow… That thing truly was the definition of a "dime-piece time capsule"!!!
Gorgeous machine,38 yrs old .like new!
That's basically NOS, 1 of 1!
Really nice! Is it black or very dark blue?
Dark blue. I had the same bike brand new. One of the best bikes ever made.
GET EM KAPLAN AMERICA
Man what A Jewel the apex of ergonomics balance I like the slinder angles at the front of the seat/ tank it's cut where you can really tuck in en connect with the bike Honda really did get it rite on the the money with this li'l steet'er It's always been the unabtainium for me though as I never could find one close enough to me ta chase that wasn't rode hard en put away wet 🐎
I need that!
Nice! I want it!
So, why was the brake line routed that way? Not like it was from the factory, looks like the brake line was too long. Any idea what it sold for? Did it make it up to $12,000, like the average appraisal?
haha, first thing I said out loud way - hey, those brake lines are wrong!...still a beautiful bike and I can forgive them for not routing them perfectly.
Wow will never for get mine same color love the shaft drive
Beautiful bike, sir. I have one nearly like it that I bought used with no manuals or paperwork. Can you give me any info on the adjustment on the left fork? I bought a Clymer manual for it but there's no info about that specifically. I'd love to come check out your museum someday.
Nice bike would be a blast
I think the night hawk series is top shelf for Honda
I'm looking for 83 nighthawk would like to know if you still have the one in video if for sale
If lived near Ken I'd be buying some of these bikes but I'm stuck in WI....
Ughgh takes me back .. everything is sweeter when young
I bought a 1983 650 Nighthawk about 15 years ago. I bought it for $200. I gave it away, but it ran like brand new with 60,000 miles on it. It's a shame to see a bike sit for 40 years and still need more work than the one I had with 60,000 hard miles on it.
THIS was my FIRST motorcycle....
Is this Honda nighthawk still for sale June 28, 2021 please let me know, thks
YOU'RE RIGHT BROTHER YOU WON'T SEE ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS THOSE NIGHTHAWKS HAD STYLE I ALMOST BOUGHT ONE ONE TIME I RODE THE BITCH AND IT GOT DOWN PRETTY GOOD FOR WHAT IT IS I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A KICK-ASS REST OF THE WEEK AND BANGIN FUCKIN WEEKEND MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALL Y'ALL BRO THIS IS GOING ON FACEBOOK 💯💪🏾💪🏾🔥👍🏾🔥👍🏾🔥🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
I just got mine a barn find with original factory tires and only 2500 original miles 85 650 nighthawk got it for 450 with no title
I got mine in 83 and put 47 thousand miles on it in 2 years
My first bike May 1983
Buddy had a red one
cracker..... shaft too...lovely
How much did you get the bike for?
I still have my 85 Honda 450sc nighthawk... If the cars an truck's I've owned had been as dependable as my bike!!!
Still for sale?
Hi, what's the paint code for this bike?
Has this bike sold ?
Still for sale ???
Nice bike I think maybe a round headlight would look better,I like to have it..
Round headlight?? No way ! Lol! That would kill the hole looks of the bike! It's not a crappy Harley Davidson. It's a honda! Lol😂.
The Alternator in those things sucked! Awesome bike other wise
Had one from brand new paid $2,200 for it
Brother, I love you to pieces and it's none of my business butttttt....ditch that microphone (and quit tossing it around) before it damages one of these beauties.
C'était le bloc CBX 750 ya n'avai pas en France...
Lol there's guys that are still finding 70's kawasaki H1's and H2's brand new in crates........
Sure they are
@@KaplanCycles they are.....there's guys collecting in crate h1's and h2's. Last one sold for like 38k
I had one of these in red mint condition that I fixed up. Got hit on it head on @ 60mph.
I'm sorry to hear that Brother
Iv got a bone stock barn find if anyone's interested it's a red/purple 83 650 13500 miles hit me up with a offer...
The Nighthawk was an ugly duckling but respect for the preservation
I still have my 85 Honda 450sc nighthawk... If the cars an truck's I've owned had been as dependable as my bike!!!
How much did you get for it??