If you havent already done so.. check out part 1 & part 2 of this 1997 honda cr 80 complete bike re-build,
looking back over the previous posts, looking at the pictures its hard to believe this was the same bike which was loaded into lots of buckets and left to waste.. but once again shugtech worked his magic and restored this brilliant crazy bike back to its former glory…
This project took just over a month to complete, including getting the engine building it up and restoring the frame, adding the plastics, getting the seat all re-covered and wired up. I have to say the decal kit looks amazing, agasint the white frame, the cr 85 exhaust bolted on the back just sets it off and gives it just a brilliant ring to it when its started up.
Enjoy the pictures feedback welcome
Check My Ebay if anyone is interested in buying this bike….
The bike is now SOLD, thanks for all the interest.
Well after a few weeks of intense labor and great team work (well done shug) the CR80 is (nearly)re-born..
A few weeks ago when a box of bits which resembled a cr80 (part1) was dropped of to the shed, in what I thought was going to be a struggle to get it looking, the way it should be after seeing the crap that was in some of the boxes, but shug worked his magic once more and has re-built this bike and restored it back to it former glory, well except this small list of bits which are still in need of attention
Seat cover(didn’t have the staple gun for this post),
front caliper
exhaust can mount (paddy did a great job of the other front section brackets)
Once these parts are looked at and finished the bike will be ready for sale…also a better look at it in more detail in a future post…
Have a look at some of the pictures below…
feel free to leave your comments…
Broke my ball joint, had to get paddy on the Kawasaki KLF 300 to toe me back up to the van..
Trying to get a replacement for this type of quad is murder…i’ll have to keep checking around see if i can source a good supplier… any comments are welcome.
Documenting the process taken to rebuild a Honda CR 80.
I rebuilt a different CR80 engine for a guy and told him i’d like to install the engine into the frame myself so no one would wreck it, after all the engine was loaded in and tested i doubled checked the whole bike for anything and returned to its owner the guy was very pleased so he gave me his other CR80 which was all in various boxes and in need of some shugtech time.
Over the coming weeks I will document the steps I’ve taken in order to restore this bike back to its former glory.
below are a few images of step 1, I layed all the possible parts i found from all the boxes and made a list of all the other parts i needed, the engine for the bike wasnt there so a quick 5 mins on ebay found me a nice little donner for this bike, a cr80 engine with a few bits missing.
We had a trailer, in fact we ended up with 2 trailers.. We had our ride, a few minor adjustments to each quad, make sure all was well; especially with my 150 import, Shug re-done the valves, carb strip down, new exhaust port drilled and fixed, it was the test day for me, this day would either make me burn it or keep it..
After 2 weeks of planning and preparation the day was upon us,
“The Quad Day Out“
We had four quads with us on the day, these are listed below,
The plan was simple head up the hills & follow the old Greenock line of Roman wells and see if we could make it to a old cart trail which carries over the Greenock hills to a set of little old farmhouse’s just next to the Gryfe Reservoir, which is were my bro Marty, myself along with and a few friends would spend the autumn, winter months playing hooky from school.
On this day we would see how far these little babies could take us, We knew from the start that it was going to be a challenge just to get to the first Roman well.
The 2002 MotorHispania 50cc bike was picked up from somewhere near Carlisle, the bike like most, was all in boxes scattered across a workshop and back garden, so after about an hour or so collecting and sorting the parts, it was all moved to the back of the van ready for transport home…
During the restoration process ill update this page with new images and progress on how each section of the bike is coming along.
What i would like to do is start adding some videos of the basic technique’s I use through-out this project and how i went about it…
First of, the bike was stripped of all its plastics, the back end was fully removed to make some room to get into the cab, and air filter, just makes it better to work on also it gives me the chance to get the cleaning done on the swinging arm, the base plastics from all sides were all sanded down and given a primer.
the panels all came out really well, there all ready to get the first coat of some shinny blue.
once the panels all dried the area around the tank bust out in lots of ribs, very large embossed ribs, Not impressed with it at all, even though every care was taken to ensure this or other errors happen.
Well after a few weeks, lots and lots of work done, the Off-road buggy/go-kart, is ready for the test run’s to begin, after waiting a while for the brake line to come, to get the back brakes working, to at least a stage were i though it would be ok
Well after a few weeks of building, fixing, welding, i thought I would post some more pictures of how the build is coming along…
Once i get a few more pictures of this stage ill get them posted…
there is a few to show the engine being de-restricted by removing the Governor from the engine, and the side casing totaly removed with all the guts hanging out…
after a good clean, some silicone round the gasket, and a top up of some fresh oil, it was ready to go again..
