CECAA850 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I also have found a remote kill switch that works like a remote key fob that unlocks car doors except it will cut the ignition on the bike if things get out of hand Its just $80 What a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Powder coater dropped by. Frame and fork look plastic dipped. Converted the forks to a tapered bearing, a $10 upgrade no less. Rear bearings in, engine bolted up and top plate on forks. The rest of the parts will be coated by Friday. Its going to be a fun weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Nice progress... you mean the head tube tappered bearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Yes. I really didn't want to mess with the old style. I would have had them everywhere on my shop floor and there is 21 individual balls for the top and 21 for the bottom. BTW, thanks! Edited August 27, 2014 by Max2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 For some cool old Honda "car" stuff check this out. www.thisoldhonda.org. I think you guys might like this :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Looking very clean Max. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Bidding on this one starts at $2K Nice frame color That color is "Candy Apple Red." You may trust me on that one. The headlights would rattle apart, when you wreck the levers would snap (not bend) like pretzels. Both levers were brakes, front was right, the back was the left lever. The bike shown above has aftermarket plastic replacements, a good idea. The foot pegs would also bend, since they pivoted straight up and down, not backwards on a 45 degree angle, and those nice chrome fenders would bend and get scratched in a wreck. The front forks had about 1 inch of travel, there is NO rear suspension, of course. The handlebars would unscrew with those hard rubber knobs, and anytime you were thrown forward, your knee caps would SLAM into those stupid things. Study that picture; guess what would happen if you slid forward off the seat and came DOWN into the gas tank. Can you see which of your body parts would stop your forward progress, once it hit the gas cap? Every Honda mini-trail ever made had the tank dented in the top front from little kids slamming into it with their male parts. And if you ever need to know the size of the screw that holds on the heat shield for the front of the pipe, I can help you with that as the screw has burned an impression into my inside right calf with a scar that is there to this day (think, the Nazi with the burned medallion in his hand from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.) Good times, good memories. Our neighbor won one just like that from the Sunoco station as they were having raffles or contests or something like that back in the early 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Why did they quit making the 3 wheelers? Early 80s there was like one kid a week dieing on these things, and now that quads have been around for a bit the stats are starting to look the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Yes. I really didn't want to mess with the old style. I would have had them everywhere on my shop floor and there is 21 individual balls for the top and 21 for the bottom. Oh man, I had forgotten that! What a PITB it was to put thick grease on the top and bottom, line up those stupid little ball bearings, then try to squeeze everything together! The balls would squirt out, and then you had to start all over again! Those were NOT good memories! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Got the rear seals and axle in. Brakes and drum, Handlebars and exhaust done. Not much change, but should have a full roller after this weekend when more parts arrive. I cant believe how good of a job the powder man did on the muffler. It was heavily rust pitted, but he cleaned it up nicely and put a high temp powder coating on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I wanted a Honda 50 mini trail so bad I could taste it. My cousins had one and that made the problem even worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 28, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2014 It really does look great, I love powder coat and it's perfect for things like this. I didn't expect things to be going this fast with the rebuild, very nice. I wanted a Honda 50 mini trail so bad I could taste it. My cousins had one and that made the problem even worse. I was the same way about the 70, never did get one, I still like the way they look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Looking good man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thanks for the kind words guys. I really have enjoyed putting this thing together and they're really simple and can be torn down and reassembled very quickly. I will have all the parts to complete by tomorrow except the fenders and the seat. The word still out on the colors for those pieces, but Mama, AKA "The Big Boss" will have the final say. Im pretty set on white fenders and either a red or black factory seat. The wheels and tires are going to look really trick on it. The front hub is cool too, its a solid billet piece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 We had the Honda three wheeler in Greenland and almost ruined a lot of guys backs due to the bike flipping the front wheel over unto the drivers back. Because the rear was a solid axle it was 100 % positraction. When one of the rear wheels went up against a large rock to climb over the wheel would stop rotating and lock in the rock while the motor kept running causing the bike to flip over with the driver on his back before he knew what hit him. After a driver had one of these incidents he would no longer operate the bike. It was later burned in a bonfire. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I wanted a Honda 50 mini trail so bad I could taste it. My cousins had one and that made the problem even worse. My cousins had a mini trail 70. Cousin asked if we wanted a ride. Well my brother was on the handle bars. My cousin was driving and I was on the back. We came to a fairly long straight that allowed you to take a jump, or go around to the right. Well we were moving at pretty good clip when we hit the jump. Nobody fell off, no wreck, and no way I would willing do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Still chipping away at it. Full drivetrain is done. Carb, throttle and cable, seat and fenders I think is it. Oh, and decals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Totally looking hott, like a 200x. I like it. I had a guy offer me a pretty complete Elsinore MR50 the other day for 400 bucks. But now he just posted that he's gonna tear it down and do a complete rebuild on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Agreed, seriously nice work. Lovin' the updated wheels. Just to echo some of the others' concerns however, better take out a collar-bone insurance policy for your boy. Speaking from experience here. I grew up out in the sticks (my Dad having owned a Tri-Moto at the time) and my cousins and neighbors that owned three-wheelers all bore some sort of weird scar or injury from getting bucked off of their ride at one point. VERY steep learning curve. Edited August 30, 2014 by Quiet_Hollow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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