Welcome to my Honda Nighthawk motorcycle page! There's lots of imformation here about my story with my Nighthawk 700S.

Sadly I don't own this motorcycle anymore and have replaced it with a Honda CB1000. It's been a few years since I've ridden the 700S. I loved the 700S but there was just too much work I had to do to the bike to get it into great condition, so I found a great deal on the used CB1000. It was owned by an engineer at Honda and even with 50,000+ miles on the clock the bike is in superb condition. I loved the 700S but I really love the CB1000.

I bought the bike for $200 in a not-running condition and had to bring it back to life. Here's my story and experience:

Day 0, Preamble: I've figured out which bike I wanted and I bought it.

Day 1, Sept 12, 2000:With the wonderful help of Eric (and some from Rob) we were able to move the bike from its resting place in Glendale to Eric's house here in LA. It wasn't easy. Click to read the whole story.

Day 2, Sept 13, 2000:I started work on the recovery process of the bike. There are lots of pictures and the gas tank is a REAL mess. Click to read more and see lots of pictures.

Day 3, Sept 14, 2000:More cleanup of the bike. Oil change and gas tank work. Also, some problems are found. Click to read.

Day 4 and 5, Sept 17, 2000: Day 4 and 5. Even more cleaning up and using the "Kreem" on the rusted out gas tank.

Day 6, Sept 23, 2000: Well, forlks, the BIKE IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!! This is a LONG update about what I had to do to get to this point. Check it out!

Updates, Nov 6, 2000: The bike is running great. Plus, I did some neat stuff to my helmet.

Misc Info, Mar 29, 2001: Some small updates and some cool info.

Ah yes, some nice people on the Honda Nighthawk list sent me to a site featuring an Automtive vs Motocycle Oil test. Since I didn't believe all the BS about Motorcycle oils being so much better than car oils, this was an interesting read. I've mirrored the page here. Check it out...

Automotive-VS-Motorcycle oil comparison -- interesting read. It's a bit dated, but seems relavant none the less. Just for the record, I'm not using Mobil-1 15W-50 oil in my Nighthawk!

700S Picture 1
700S Picture 2

Click here to see a 700S spec sheet (Page 1)
Click here to see a 700S spec sheet (Page 2)