Honda CB450 Parts

[Hairyman]

Hello,

I’m looking to start a bit of a vintage restoration project. I’ve bought a beaten up Honda CB450 and am aiming to restore it to its former glory. I love café racers and the Black Bomber is one of my all-time favourite bikes. I lived in Asia for a while and there are a lot of these old bikes around, which whetted my appetite.

Ultimately I want to end up with something that looks something like this:

http://www.wiltshirebikers.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=1061&stc=1

It’s pretty far from that at the moment but I’m sure I can get the old rustbucket up to scratch. I’ve been looking at vintage bike stores online (http://www.for-sale.ie/honda-cb-450) but haven’t had much luck in finding good reconditioned parts so far. Does anyone have any pointers as to where to pick up good parts for a Honda of this type – either online or somewhere in the UK?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

[Wes]

Good luck with the project, will be worth it it if ends up as tidy as the one in the picture. Bike specific owners clubs or forums might be a good place to start, Honda owners club maybe?

[b_1_rd]

Try these guys

http://www.vjmc.com/

[wheelers]

what about mr old Honda spares? David Silver http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/parts/by-model/, they take Honda UK spares for bikes over 20 years old and buy them back off him when they get an order, also http://www.cmsnl.com/honda_model8286/ in Holland, but ask them about availability as I had to wait for back order 6 weeks when I ordered online for a customer.
http://www.bike-parts-honda.com/honda/model/CB/450.html both the last two have schematic parts books which are a great help, if you find something , part number search on ebay, may bring something cheaper especially on ebay usa, no worrys buying from there as its all covered, usually cheaper despite postage charges. I did a Honda atc 3 wheel and the sprockets and brake cables were cheaper than a UK sprocket!!