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Marque Remarks => Honda => Topic started by: smed on May 05, 2013, 08:18:40 pm
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After what seems like an eternity to me, it's finally finished,here's a couple of shots of it on display at the local Honda dealer :)
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Great job mate, well worth crackin a stubbie over ;)
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Thank's KB,this is what I started with,it was a 90% complete, bike 99% in bits :D
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Full marks Smedman. An absolute credit to you. Are you gonna ride it or hide it? Cheers Jerry
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Thank's KB,this is what I started with,it was a 90% complete, bike 99% in bits :D
Not a lot, you could've brought that lot home in a shopping trolley
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Nice work mate, job well done ;D
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A beautiful job Smedster....My favourite model Honda..
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Full marks Smedman. An absolute credit to you. Are you gonna ride it or hide it? Cheers Jerry
I'm gonna ride it Jezza ;),Anybody got one of these with a Mikuni,I need some ballpark jetting specs thanks :)
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Well done smedster you must be proud,noew enjoy
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Well done. That is beautiful. Probably even more exiting than coming home with the latest model. You must be hangin to get your boots and helmet on.
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Beautiful....and not a black rim in sight ;) ;D ;D
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Thats looking awesome smed 8) 8) 8) bloody good effort especially considering what you started with :)
Ive had this one for a few years and never ridden the bloody thing ::) Its up for a make over , its mechanicaly good but Farkin ugly and at the last count 165 different shades of red / pink ::)
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What really shits me with it is the previous owner had the motor rebuilt by a top bloke over here who went to the trouble of powdercoating the crankcases and clutch cover , mag cover but then bolted back on the shitty cylinder and different shade head FFS ::)
How hard would it be to have vapour blasted ( as per smeds) or powdercoated / painted the top end before reassembly . Now its gotta come apart again to get finished properly .
If mine looks half as good as yours Smed i will be a very happy Honda hoarder ;D
Can i ask what brake stay arm you are using ? it looks great , way better than the original 8)
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Beautiful....and not a black rim in sight Wink Grin Grin
Or dodgy 83 model forks with the disc brackets sawn off ::) It's a really nice little Honda Smed.
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I see a lot of potential there Bill, Simons forks, Fox shocks. Piss that seat cover off vapour blast the motor and then leave it like that I reckon. Don't chrome the pipe or get black rims either. J
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Full Creds Smed. Nicely done mate.
Left side kickstart.... euuuchh.... :P
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Thats a beauty,
I am doing a 125 right now, started off with about the same funny enough - my lower fork legs cam allready polished too and i have also blasted the barrel and head and left it bare too. I am using TLS and 21 inch front wheel from an xl.
Where and what shocks are you using?
Cheers
brett
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Bill get stuck into that bike :) The brake stay arm is from VMX racing,the slots are milled, it's a trick bit of kit,The shocks are Marty Tripes/Noleen jobs,I am keen to try them out,I read good things about them on Marks swapmeet forum,I was in two minds about doing the blast job on the top end coz I reckon the red motor is what makes these bikes look so cool but I like it now the bike is done & I guess by the comments that you guys like it too? :)
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Looks great Smed, are you going to ride it?
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Nothing like a well done Honda
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Looks great Smed, are you going to ride it?
Yeah John,haven't started it yet though,The motor is all rebuilt from top to bottom & it's got spark & a new carb which may need a bit of tuning,hope to have a bit of a spin this weekend :)
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What's on this weekend, where will you ride?
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Nowhere special John,just to one of the local riding spots,It will need a bit of shaking down & fettling I am thinking before I get too serious with it,I am told the Macedon Ranges club is having a natural terrain race this weekend at Toobarac,sorry don't know any details but I see they have a facebook page,you may find out more there :)
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Thanks for the encouragment Smed :) i have copied a pic of yours and put it on the wall for inspiration ;D
What are those fork protectors you are using , they look factory 8)
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Nice resto Smed, must be a lot of parts left over I could wrap around that motor you know I have in the shed, or I could put it in the bighorn roadrace frame. Red and green would look good together dont you think. Col.
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What are those fork protectors you are using , they look factory 8)
A mate who has them on his bike made them for me out of PVC plumbers pipe,he has sanded the shiny finish off as well & you would never know what they were originally intended for,they are a bloody tight snap on fit & don't really need the tape,I just put it on after seeing it on the factory bikes & thought it looked cool,it must have taken him a while to cut out all the bits & pieces ;), he also made the alloy top & front motor mounts,I have found a guy on US ebay who does alloy rear engine mounts & a whole heap of other trick alloy bits for red devil's so a set of them are on there way too :)
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Nice resto Smed, must be a lot of parts left over I could wrap around that motor you know I have in the shed, or I could put it in the bighorn roadrace frame. Red and green would look good together dont you think. Col.
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Sorry col no dice mate,I am saving the other bits to build one like this :)
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Smed,
Hope she goes as well as she looks - you got to be happy with the out come...
I should consider giving you the job of doing the Cutts bike if your interested ... 18 years have now past since I found it, 13 of those were spent chasing down the forks - all I need now is the shock and to find the brake stay :)
Cheers
Rob
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Yep no worries Rob,I would love to do it,you can even leave it with me when finished,I will take great care of it for ya ;)
cheers mate
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Nice job Smed. Looks like it was made to a standard, not a deadline or a budget.
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Beautiful....and not a black rim in sight ;) ;D ;D
I am a big fan of the black rims on the right bike like gold ones they can really make them pop.
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Nice job, looks magic.
Whats the colour code for the red you used? i would like to use it on mine:)
cheers
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Nada, if you ring Rhy`s Evans in Colac, they should have old tins of paint, back in the day when I was put the new Honda`s together, tins of the original paints
can with each bike. You would that they have the new old stock above the office area new spare parts loft. check them out. or they may have put it all in the back shed.
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Very tidy.
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there was/is a guy in the US selling "bling" parts for this model - anybody have his details?
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Are you talking about the guy who does the alloy bits such as Fox rep chain guides,airbox rings & motor mounts amongst other stuff Rosco?
If so, his Ebay user name is "shiftdvr" I had a look & he does not list any items for sale at the mo,I have his email addy,if you want it send me a PM :)