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.
Exhaust on and wiring started
Got the exhaust fitted, surprisingly without too much modification. I made a battery box too.
Handlebar switches on, all cables installed and working. Speedo fitted. Chain and sprockets fitted, with new sprocket cover that arrived from China this week. I found a new chain guard in my hoard. Rear brake installed. Started mounting the new wiring harness, voltage regulator, CDI and starter solenoid. I’ve ordered 350mm rear shocks (stock are 300mm) and a shorty rear mudguard and small tail light. Hopefully that will alleviate the fat rear wheel clearance issues.
Next is the dreaded headlight spaghetti.
