My helper was present today. Once she has built it she can ride it.
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Building a roller
Managed to find some really decent Michelin tires in the correct sizes. The front is due soon so I’ve just fitted another front wheel with a tire that hold air for now while I wait.
Small parts
I used the magic paint stripper on some small parts. Works a treat.
Front forks
The front mudguard mounting lugs were broken so I had to make up a set from parts. New seals and good stantions and they are good to go.
Wheels
Some one had painted the nice chrome rims. I found an excellent paint stripper and they have come up almost as good as new.
De-rusting the frame
Some progress being made.
And it begins again
With some time off over Christmas I have begun work on the rusty one.
New Stainless Steel exhaust
A big thanks to Scott in Christchurch who hand made me this lovely muffler.
CG250 internals to CG125 cases is a fail
In the end I realised that the crankshaft taper on the CG250 crankshaft is different to the crankshaft taper on the old 6v flywheel crankshaft. The CG250 CDI engine appears to have a longer crankshaft on the flywheel side. I don’t want to machine the crankshaft on the CG250 engine, so that’s it, I’ve given up and re-assembled to CG250 engine to use as is.
Kiwiana
Newer style side panels with shiny new badges painted and fitted and now I have completed the Kiwiana look with a nice Swappa crate addition. This is the utilitarian vehicle we all need ?
New Arrival- 1973 Honda CB125S
I picked up this lovely old thing locally for a fair price. I can’t wait for the weekend to get it running again 🙂
CG250 engine project begins in earnest
I bought a 167FMM CG250 (233cc) Chinese copy engine. I’d like to use it in my recently completed silver CG125 but as the old CG125 is 6v with points ignition and the CG250 is 12v with electronic ignition I don’t much fancy changing the wiring harness and all the light bulbs. So I have been investigating swapping the crankshaft and cylinder, piston etc to some spare CG125 crankcases I have. The first issue is the crankcase cylinder opening size isn’t big enough to accept the larger cylinder liner, so today I set about boring the crankcases to accept the bigger liner.