Honda CB450
owned and restored by Jim Leininger


This bike is reconstructed from as much of my "original" as I had.  In 1969, the bike set two records on the Bonneville Salt Flats. In October, 1969, I ran the bike at the Wheelstand National Championship Drag Races, in Orange County, California.  The bike went 13.37 seconds in the 1/4, which was .02 under the (then) national record, held by Kawasaki 500 Triple.  It blew a piston on the next pass, and I was unable to "back up" the record.....so never held a drag record.  It was a fun event, the object being to run as much of the pass as possible on the back wheel (this bike couldn't keep it up in top gear).  As you can see, I've got the bike back on the road, and it still makes that beautiful noise.
 

 

Electronic mail address
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Copyright Jim Leininger.
Last revised: April 25, 2001.