I'm actually fairly astonished. I picked up a new battery for the 450 this evening, and couldn't resist checking to see if the bike would start. So I hooked up the battery, opened the petcock to let three-year-old gas into the dry-for-three-years carbs, pulled the choke all the way out, and hit the starter.
It cranked about three seconds, then caught. For the first 20 seconds or so it needed second-by-second adjustments to the throttle and choke. After that, it settled in at around 1500RPM (choke still partway out), and responded normally to the throttle.
Honda made some pretty nice motors back in the 80s!
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