Recent content by jgcoutts

So I paid 12 cents Canadian(9cents US) per kWh total on the last two month bill for our clean hydro electricity but we’ve got you beat in the fuel department at about $5.35US per gallon.

$157 you guys get hosed by your states, up here we pay for small bikes about $30 licence fee(registration) and another $300 for full annual liability/collusion/comprehensive insurance (not collector vehicle rated which is still cheaper).

Had this happen on my rebuild the other day when kickstart stopped functioning. The ratchet spring of the NOS broke off and the reason being the ratchet (red) wasn’t notched like the bike’s original in which the spring’s right angle bend goes over the side without contact with the hard edge...

Yes have others have said, bad ground. The security on many of these bikes is questionable, unlike other ignition systems where the key energises the system, these bikes use ground to negate the ignition. Should you ever lose the key and need to get home simply disconnecting the ground wire or...

You will need to clean or replace all the connectors on the light sockets, switches, horn and magneto that plug into the new harness(it won’t include any of these) and remember that each strand of these old copper leads will still be heavily oxidized their entire length. I use Ox-Gard...

“so they must have figured that they really weren't needed” You are probably correct since the thought was these were needed in cold weather but as all the ads of the period show bikinis and flip flops as riding gear how would carb warming be necessary?

As on the C110/115 These are designed to run hot oil through the carb to heat it and a replacement for the short line can be purchased from David Silver Spares which you should be able to be modify by adding a bit of additional brass tube for the longer rubber tube covered line.

Replacing the harness on your bike should be much the same as any of these small bikes. The C110 is what I have experience with and I will say by full replacement harness you must understand that any of the wiring from switches, light fixtures and the engine are not part of this. So if you...

I’ve understood that running with the stock Honda engines, the battery is necessary as a voltage regulator of the DC output of the half wave rectifier as it by its nature can only pass through 6 plus DC volts. The headlights, speedo light and taillight operate on un-rectified AC while the brake...

3D Printing is not the solution for everything. Why not skip the CAD part, the printing in a translucent milky green resin(is that feasible) part, the creating graphics part and the internal electrical connections part and just find an old battery to empty out for your smaller package but just...

how did your mod turn out, post us some pictures

Certainly the front forks are off a C110/114/115. Blue buckets should be around as blue was a fairly common colour, particularly on Canadian C115’s. As for the speedo position that is all C110/114/115 and the handlebars are the same models high version as you can see here.

A little late to add, but could it be off a French C110? As for S65, the Japanese Export and US bikes are the same rim as C110

The negative of the battery doesn’t go to ground it connects to the blue lead. Positive side goes to the red lead and one or other of these should be fused. In this schematic it is red but others show it as the blue side. The C110/115 are fused on the negative(blue) side. Ground takes place...

I used Memotronics ELF33-6, 3 pin 6V LED Flasher on my C115, don’t know how comparable that is to yours. I split the glue seal around the plastic base and removed the electronics from the plastic case by cutting off the connector on the black lead. The base with electronics then fit perfectly...