We’ve only seen two CB200 Hondas here on Barn Finds, and I ended up buying the first one I wrote about back in 2022. This great-looking orange 1976 Honda CB200T can be found listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Le Center, Minnesota, and they’re asking just $800 or best offer! Here is the original listing, and please give me strength on this one. I do not need another motorcycle, especially a CB200T. But only $800?!
I hope I make it through this one without buying this thing. It’s been a horrible year so far, income-wise, and I blew through a lot of my savings just paying a mind-blowing tax bill, which is really sad. I’m all about paying my fair share, but wow. I snagged the last one I wrote about here on Barn Finds after having looked at it in person. This bike is a little further away, but it really looks nice, and that price is so low it’s painful.
Honda made the CB200 for four years, with a slight change in the middle. It’s easy to pick them apart by the 1973/’74 models (CB200A/CB200B) and the 1975/’76 models (CB200K/CB200T). I prefer the last two years for its clean look and also the bright colors. Anything you can do to be more visible on the road is a good. These exhaust pipes aren’t original; they’re about six inches shorter than what the factory pipes would have been. Luckily, David Silver Spares can provide the factory pipes, at least in appearance; they won’t have the original Honda numbers on them. I ordered a left pipe for mine as it has a rust hole on the bottom.
There’s not much info given on this bike. The seller says they bought it from the original owner, and it’s in very nice condition. It reportedly ran a couple of years ago but has been sitting in their shed since then. At $800 or offer, this is the world’s biggest no-brainer. I can’t believe I haven’t contacted the seller yet.
The engine is Honda’s 198-cc SOHC parallel-twin with 17 horsepower and 10 lb-ft of torque, passing through a 5-speed manual, sending power to the rear wheel. It isn’t currently running, but I have no doubt that, unless there’s something major going on, this bike could be on the road again in a few hours. I’d check the tire date codes, too. At $800 or offer, which one of you will beat me to this CB200T?!
That’s a nice looking machine. It would be neat to breath new life into it and between David Silver and Common Motor a person could have it running and looking like new in no time.
That’s really nice, and a cheap way into the world of old bikes.
Way back when, I had CD175s as my default bike. My preferred Honda dealer acquired one of these from the original owner – who was giving up riding bikes (at 90 or whatever) – and it was in lovely nick; metallic green and 17k miles from new. They’d sold it to him new, and refunded the purchase price. Both parties happy.
I didn’t buy it, because I knew that I’d run it into the ground.
Is that X-Files intro still playing? Creepiness factor of 8( of 10). I took my motorcycle road test on a bike like this. Mid 70s, I had just gotten my Suzuki TS400, and a friend had a Triumph TT500, and his wife had this bike. At the time, Wis. had 2 classes of motorcycle licenses, 0-175cc and 176cc and up, so technically, you could have an Electra Glide, but could take the road test on this. My TS was too noisy/smoky and clumsy, so I used this bike. It was a basic test in the parking lot with cones and lines,, passed 1st time. They have since done away with that, and you must take the test on the bike you plan to ride. The bike was bulletproof, but still a “small” bike in my mind.
It should be noted, also around that time, truck driver licensing wasn’t what it is today, I got my 1st trucking job, (’77?) about a month in, the boss asked if I had a chauffeurs license, never even asked for one during the 5 minute interview, I said no, he said get one. I went to the DOT center, did a short written test, basically was, can you hear thunder, and see lightning?,,,the examiner asked, did I have a road test of any kind in the last 2 years, I said, well, I took my motorcycle test last year,,good enough, he said, $8 bucks, NEXT!! In all my years of trucking including CDL, I was grandfathered in, never took a test in a truck. We’ve come a long ways in that regard.
Howard, got a tractor trailer license approved up here hauling an empty 40′ flatbed.. in a day cab Kenworth. 💁♂️
I had only ridden a 125 Yamaha on trails behind our house,but at 21 back in 1974 i bought a new 750 Honda,took my rode test and away i went.
Hey Big Red, same story here. Had only ridden 125s on the trail when I bought a 750 Honda. Stopped in a few days before pickup and asked to see the manual. Read up on how it operated and drove it off the lot Still ridingv 40+ years later .
My first bike was an 125 Yamaha, normally the next step should have been a Yamaha 250 (always 2 stroke) but i needed 2 years for this expensive at the time bike (which also was a race winner at various events around the globe). Not to loose customers Yamaha did the 200cc which i bought the next year. I think that the 200cc category was created as the poor man’s 250cc Honda or Yamaha. Once Yamaha created the category, then Honda followed or vice versa.
Dang, it says Sold already! Did one of you rascals grab it?! I knew it wouldn’t last at that price, dang it.
I am not surprised, what a sweet ride for the price.
Hey Big Red, same story here. Had only ridden 125s on the trail when I bought a 750 Honda. Stopped in a few days before pickup and asked to see the manual. Read up on how it operated and drove it off the lot Still ridingv 40+ years later .
Life got in the way in 78′ and i sold it,years later i see a ad in the local paper for one,same Maroon color.Thinking it was my bike i called,but the old dude said he was the original owner,i went and bought it.All stock except for the handlebars.