Project Bike: 1990 Honda CR125

I put my backgrounds on! I like how they turned out.

The number is kind of like a tribute to my dad.



Here's my dad's old '90 CR500. That's me sitting on my brand new '94 PW50. Good times!

Thanks! Yeah, I'm a bit reluctant to ride it. Part of me wants it to be a garage queen and part of me thinks that it would be pointless to do all of this work only to let it sit there. But, I can't even stand to see dust on this thing. Every time I go out to the garage, I wipe it down.

I really want to use the PW number plate, but it's hard to get it to fit right. The bolt hole is slightly higher than the one on my triple clamps, which makes it difficult to make a bracket. I don't want to cut it or modify it because it's the real deal. So, I think I'll save it for my next restoration.

The one I have on this bike looks enough like the PW one that I'm happy with it.

Yeah, that's a lot of stuff for a number plate! I agree, I'm better off leaving it as is. It'll be on the next one.

Update!

Got the left side decal. New pegs too.



Don't mind the gap between the seat and the rear fender, the seat isn't bolted down yet.



Vintage stickers!





New lever, repainted clutch perch, new clutch cable, and new dust cover.

Thanks, guys! I started it up last night. It sounds bitchin. Had fuel leaks, though. One at the petcock and another at the float bowl. Not sure how that happened. Got race gas all over the painted motor. It dulled the paint a little bit, but Maxima SC1 seems to bring it back. It bummed me out a little. Do any of you guys know if you can anodize the engine cases without messing with the tolerances? That would be much better than paint.

I don't recall the brand name. It was semigloss black stuff from an automotive paint supplier.

On some of the other parts I have painted, I used SEM "Trim Black", which has kind of a satin finish and looks really nice (look at the clutch perch shot above). Very high quality stuff! I wish I had painted the cases with it. You can get it in spray cans or shoot it through an HVLP gun.

Here:

http://semproducts.com/...Catalog.asp?prod=133

I figured out the leak issues, too. There was a bad o-ring in the fuel valve and the float bowl gasket was bad. My fault. The petcock issue is understandable, but I definitely should have replaced the float bowl gasket. Freshman restoration mistake I guess!

What process do you use, newmann (as far as prep, primer, base, clear, etc)? We do have a Sata gun, that's what I painted my frame with.

Anyway, the paint still looks really good.

Started it again today after replacing all the seals related to the gas tank and carb. No leaks! Sounds like a factory bike.