Old bike, Honda nonetheless
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Old bike, Honda nonetheless
Hello everyone!
I want to share with you a pretty exciting news. One friend of mine has gotten this beast for absolutely free, but she will need a crazy amount of work.
This is Honda XL250 from '72. Off-road bike. Unfortunately she was totally abandoned for over 8 years.
We are planning on getting her up and running in some time. It's going to be our project just for fun.
These are the first steps we are going to take:
1. Get carb cleaned and try to crank the engine up. If successful...
2. Put everything apart, what doesn't brake in the process, clean and see what needs replacement.
3. Get the tank free from rust
4. ... we will see
Also, everything will be documented I might get some pics to show you guys the current state of her's.
Here I'm asking for your input guys. I know there are some great and full of knowledge mechanics. We are open to any suggestions since this is our first project in such scale.
Right now we really need something against all this rust. What would you suggest? Well, I repeat again, any suggestions and advices will be very appreciated!
P.S. Dear moderators. I wasn't sure what section I could use for this kind of thread. Feel free to move it where ever you think it will fit the best.
Thanks!
I want to share with you a pretty exciting news. One friend of mine has gotten this beast for absolutely free, but she will need a crazy amount of work.
This is Honda XL250 from '72. Off-road bike. Unfortunately she was totally abandoned for over 8 years.
We are planning on getting her up and running in some time. It's going to be our project just for fun.
These are the first steps we are going to take:
1. Get carb cleaned and try to crank the engine up. If successful...
2. Put everything apart, what doesn't brake in the process, clean and see what needs replacement.
3. Get the tank free from rust
4. ... we will see
Also, everything will be documented I might get some pics to show you guys the current state of her's.
Here I'm asking for your input guys. I know there are some great and full of knowledge mechanics. We are open to any suggestions since this is our first project in such scale.
Right now we really need something against all this rust. What would you suggest? Well, I repeat again, any suggestions and advices will be very appreciated!
P.S. Dear moderators. I wasn't sure what section I could use for this kind of thread. Feel free to move it where ever you think it will fit the best.
Thanks!
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The old XL's, I reckon the the things would run underwater. Ist off, because its a single carb & motor, not to complicated it getting the thing running. Hopefully the internals are not blocked up. Dropping a small amount of engine into through the spark plug hole, before you try & start it, may free up the rings & coat the barrel (Old seized motor trick, just a small amount, let it sit for as long as you can).
Take everything off the frame, treat the rust & repaint it, as for the tank (inside), there are a few sites for vintage bikes that tackle that problem all the time, worth checking out. If its really bad, then you may actually have to open the tank up (from underneath) to fix it, or you can end up with great chunks of corrosion getting into the carbie.
I don't think to many of those bikes ever saw a dirt road, but they are a hoot to fang around on, have fun & good luck on the restore.
Take everything off the frame, treat the rust & repaint it, as for the tank (inside), there are a few sites for vintage bikes that tackle that problem all the time, worth checking out. If its really bad, then you may actually have to open the tank up (from underneath) to fix it, or you can end up with great chunks of corrosion getting into the carbie.
I don't think to many of those bikes ever saw a dirt road, but they are a hoot to fang around on, have fun & good luck on the restore.
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That's gonna be a great project!
Here's a pretty good rust remover. http://www.missbelvedere.com/overview.asp - $100 for a 5 gal concentrate. But is very safe on plastics and stuff.
Here's a pretty good rust remover. http://www.missbelvedere.com/overview.asp - $100 for a 5 gal concentrate. But is very safe on plastics and stuff.
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