Faults:

The bike was last registered in 1995. Calipers frozen, carbs dirty, air filters... dust, forks leaked, all attributed to sitting in a barn/garage/shop for 25 years.

General Comments:

Rebuilt carbs, forks, replaced filters, new tires, rebuilt calipers; runs like a top (I have not experienced rear shock problems)…

Handles like a bike from 1982, lots of lookers, lots of Honda history. Thanks for letting me post.

Faults:

Fork seals leaked.

Head gaskets leaked.

Rear brake seized.

Carbs gunked up.

CDI's failed.

(all but CDI's can be attributed to letting it sit)

General Comments:

If you don't mind the looks of this bike, don't hesitate to get it. It pulls hard at low RPM (like a V-twin) and then takes off at high RPM (like an inline 4).

If you have one and it starts occasionally losing power - possibly backfiring - it's almost certainly one of the 2 CDI's. They can't be bench tested, and the biggest smoking gun indicator is that your tachometer jumps around when the loss of power occurs. There's a guy at v4 Muscle Bikes (with whom I am totally unaffiliated) who will replace the solid state guts of the CDI's with digital stuff (Sorry, I can't get more technical than that). Otherwise, don't leave it sitting for too long, it's a very reliable machine.