This is a group for owners of Honda Twinstar 185-200-250, Rebel 250-450 and Nighthawk 250 twins of all years. The purpose is to provide and share information to help owners restore, customize or just keep these bikes alive.
Photo at right is of Terry Sanderson's 1979 CM185 Twinstar. The bike has over 50,000 miles on it and has never been restored and the most major repair it has had was a clutch replacement and really all it needed was new clutch springs. The seat was redone with cloth inserts and a gel pad about 5 years ago. The mufflers are from a late model Harley-Davidson Sportster and it is almost too quiet to suit me. It also has the European Honda headlight with parking light. I don't know what the handlebars are from, but I have since replaced them with lower handlebars. Updated 2/6/09
Mike- I've got about 100K miles on my '82 Twinstar and I'm still using the original bushings. I have rebuilt the bike 2 times before, and during each rebuild,
Tom, I would only go to that much work (bronze bushings) for safety reasons. Sounds like I have many miles before I have anything to worry about. Thanks for
My Twinstar doesn't have that many miles on it, but, no I haven't changed the bushings on it. I have gone to the bronze bushings on my 1977 XS650 though. I
I was watching a Youtube video about the Lake Erie Loop. The loop around the lake is about 650+ miles and it is run with small bikes like ours. One of the
Do any of you high mileage guys have bronze bushing or has the standard bushings lasted? I'm guessing you mean swingarm bushings, I have not replaced the