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Finally back on the road....

eddyace595

Been there, and had one
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Well,its finally done.Just a light cosmetic refurb and a few upgrades,but its been off the road for almost 3 years I think.Why is this?? Family,home,business ,ill parents,hospitals,other bikes and projects...just life I suppose.I found myself digging it out of the shed as and when I could and sometimes when I felt plain guilty of leaving such a fine bike in bits.
I bought it as it only had 20,000 miles up (barely run in),it sounded as smooth as silk and looked in really good condition.It wasnt until I had bought it and started to properly poke about that I noticed what a shit state it was in beneath the clothes so to speak.The brakes were dire,the downpipes were too crusty for words,the suspension sloppy,and the regulator/rectifier was shot.
So I set to work...
Fork polish and refurb with Jaws springs /spacers
New Reg/Rectifier
Nitron Shock
Brake delink ..Jaws again
Lots of caliper and piston cleaning,red rubber grease,Ebc sintered pads
New Horn.
Motad downpipes
New Yuasa battery
Lots of polishing and elbow grease
New front tyre
Sundry bulbs and fasteners
New handlebar grips
Heavy duty Bar end weights ( Jaws again)
Quite a bit of other stuff that I cant remember at the moment.
How does it run....Fantastic.Motad downpipes ,but if there is a flat spot or hesitation or drawing of breath I cant tell.Super slick gearbox,pulls nice and smoothly until about 5500-6000rpm and then it gets really interesting..it is an old carbie after all.
All in all I love it.In my opinion one of the best looking Hondas ever built.
Now to put some proper miles on the old fella and use it as it should be.

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