[{"id": 15914248, "authorName": "Attrisoft", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/attrisoft/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@caraota205 Do you have the original parts that were removed? Pipe, rear turn signals, plate hanger?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729643182, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15915330, "authorName": "discoganya", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/discoganya/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Made in Italy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729657035, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15915572, "authorName": "daviduccio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daviduccio/", "bidAmount": 1500, "content": "$1,500 bid placed by daviduccio", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729672741, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15915576, "authorName": "daviduccio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daviduccio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@caraota205: Since you've owned this bike for the vast majority of its life, can you shed any more light on service history other than the recent cooling system receipts? Fuel system, drive train, suspension, etc? Also a riding video would be nice if local weather permits.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729673034, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15917868, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you all for your participation.\r\n\r\nAs it relates to your comments: @daviduccio - The bike was always maintained by John Long's in Miami - Oil changes. radiator & hose service, front fork seals, carb kit for a tune-up. I do not keep/John never gave me receipts. \r\n@attrisoft - No. No original parts.\r\nAlways very reliable. Never dropped. Commuter bike between Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, weather permitting. A very good Honda. \r\nThe riding video is coming. Just have to talk to the camera girl.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1729701799, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15918145, "authorName": "Ducati-42", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ducati-42/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have personally worked on this machine and it is a great example of one of Honda\u2019s more popular models", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1729703082, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15919008, "authorName": "Toro5xi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toro5xi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Always thought this was a great looking bike and plenty of performance.\r\nI don\u2019t think fuel injection arrived on these until 2006 though.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1729705901, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15923516, "authorName": "Attrisoft", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/attrisoft/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@caraota205 Can you clear up the fuel injection question? As far as I\u2019m aware, the US / Canada factory spec for 2004 had carburetors. Did you retrofit fuel injection? If so, from what model / year? Either way, can we get a pic or two of what you describe as the \u201c34mm throttle bodies\u201d which I have to admit sound a lot like the factory fitted carbs. Thanks!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729717938, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15923674, "authorName": "cord4530", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cord4530/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As others have mentioned I'm 99% sure this bike has carburetors. They should be Keihin VP 34 carburetors. Between images 49-52 you can see items like float bowls and drains that wouldn't be present on an EFI system. It does have a throttle position sensor though as the ignition system is computer controlled.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1729719209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15923705, "authorName": "daviduccio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daviduccio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@attrisoft, FYI the sellers on BaT do not compose their own listings (they only provide basic details), that's the job of the @BaT staff; it's apparently an oversight on their part, as @Toro5xi pointed out. Also @caraota205 said in his response to my earlier question, \"....carb kit....\". Let's wait for him to confirm but I believe BaT will be revising this listing shortly. PS: \"throttle body\", 99% of the time is associated with FI but some people also interpret is as simply the passage that allows combustible air into the engine. @cord4530 just iced the cake I believe", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1729719518, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15924345, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@daviduccio correct carburetors.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1729725375, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15927079, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks everyone - listing updated.\r\n-BaT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729777858, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15927296, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you @Ducati-42.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729779511, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15930625, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729795528, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15930712, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729795769, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15930759, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Finally got a hold of the camera girl. 1 - All blinker lights and stop light works as they should. 2 - Slow ride around a parking lot. Very smooth. \r\nPease let me know any details that you may want highlighted.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1729795924, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15933042, "authorName": "showallen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/showallen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a 2006 599 great bike. Had to downsize and decided to sell and keep my CB-1.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1729801870, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15949915, "authorName": "rofandofy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rofandofy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These motorcycles were called \"CB600F Hornet\" throughout the world. Highly rated in England and Europe. 97 hp.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1729968476, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15954098, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730041183, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15954113, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@daviduccio the last three pictures in the gallery are copies of e-mails and invoices of the parts that were replaced on the 599 before the auction that I had stored. Hope these are OK.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730041370, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15958496, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1730072319, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15958499, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Took the 599 for a nice ride. Thought I'd share with the followers a short clip.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730072383, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15975346, "authorName": "Bumpside67", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bumpside67/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I owned on of these for four years. My center of gravity on this bike was right at the knees. AWESOME handling. I took her on the twisties of North Carolina and the straights of Atlantic City. Man I miss that bike! To the winner - I played with the sprocket sizes and woke the bike up! To the seller - GLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1730229492, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15977403, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@bumpside67 thanks for you wishes. \r\nI don't have enough compliments for this bike. Totally under-appreciated. As a commuter bike, in Miami traffic, I would choose this one over my KTM Superduke 990. It was just very smooth if you were splitting lanes on I95.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1730236310, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15977664, "authorName": "XR750", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xr750/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful bike. The yellow on the wheels really sets it off.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730237132, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15977872, "authorName": "GorillaDMV", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gorilladmv/", "bidAmount": 1600, "content": "$1,600 bid placed by GorillaDMV", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730237812, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15977959, "authorName": "JPArch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jparch/", "bidAmount": 1700, "content": "$1,700 bid placed by JPArch", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238123, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15977971, "authorName": "GorillaDMV", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gorilladmv/", "bidAmount": 1800, "content": "$1,800 bid placed by GorillaDMV", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238163, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15977982, "authorName": "SodaPop500", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sodapop500/", "bidAmount": 1900, "content": "$1,900 bid placed by SodaPop500", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238199, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15977988, "authorName": "JPArch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jparch/", "bidAmount": 2000, "content": "$2,000 bid placed by JPArch", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238221, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15977993, "authorName": "GorillaDMV", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gorilladmv/", "bidAmount": 2100, "content": "$2,100 bid placed by GorillaDMV", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238235, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15978008, "authorName": "JPArch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jparch/", "bidAmount": 2200, "content": "$2,200 bid placed by JPArch", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238309, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15978033, "authorName": "JPArch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jparch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 10/29/24 for $2,200 to JPArch", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238429, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 15978090, "authorName": "caraota205 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caraota205/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you to JPArch and to all the other bidders and comment contributors.\r\n\r\nA wonderful, under-rated bike. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1730238659, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15978135, "authorName": "XR750", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xr750/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Almost criminally undervalued.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1730238839, "type": "comment"}]