I think I’ve got close enough to getting the finish I want. Fine crushed glass at 100PSI then glass bead at 60PSI to polish to a satin finish. Yes, I know it’s not as good as vapour blasting but I can do it at home with the limited space I have ? some before, after crushed glass then after glass bead photos.
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New Tank and Decals
My new tank finally arrived and I fitted my new decals. I really like the retro HRC look.
Happy Blast Cabinet
It looks much happier now ? and I got a new compressor so it should be.
The Chinese CG250 goes
I took it for a little ride up the street. Seems to go alright. The gearing is a bit too short and fuelling needs some work but otherwise it’s quite good, seems peppy ?
Blasting cabinet works
I got the blast cabinet working. Only had bicarbonate of soda to put in it. Tried it on a carb. Works ok, needs tapping at the bottom all the time to shake the media up (Bev with a hammer ?). Got all the lines plumbed in. The one I bought to the gas bottle was way too thin, don’t think I even got 100PSI in the bottle. I definitely need a much bigger compressor and a vibratory motor to shake the media up.
I Bought a Sandblasting Cabinet
I couldn’t resist, it was on special. I had to make a stand, it didn’t come with one. Came up ok.
Another New Arrival
Managed to score another CG110. Nice and crusty like the other one, a bit more complete though. It came all the way from Northland and the shipping was more than the bike cost. Garage is over capacity now 🙂
It lives!
Spend the day attending to small issues and got it to run. Seems to start ok too ?
New Arrival- Barn Find 1977 Honda CG110
A chance find this week, managed to buy it for a good price and brought it home.
Bev wants to do this once herself.
Apart from the missing fuel tank and seat, it seems to be mainly complete. I’ve got many of the missing parts already. I am also told that it’s a runner 🙂 I’ll find out for sure this weekend.
CG250 Reverse Disabled Permanently
I had a look at a genuine Honda gear shift cam and realised I could stop it going into reverse gear by grinding off one of the lugs. It was relatively easy to get to, just laid the bike on its side, removed the clutch cover, clutch and then gear shift cam, ground off the lug with an angle grinder. It worked ?
The CG250 has reverse
I thought it might have reverse, the engine came out of a quad bike. Some modification of the gear shift cam will be required lest I have a senior moment and accidentally put it into reverse 🙂
The CG250 Lives!
After much tinkering with the new wiring harness I got it figured out. It seems to run pretty well too.