Hi everyone, I just got my first bike over the summer, a 1981 CM200T. I rode it around all summer and love it. I put ut away for the winter and need to get some stuff done on it, mainly chain out the chain an sprockets. I noticed that the teeth on the sprockets are staring to wear the chain is...

The golden years The Honda race history For most people, the Honda race history starts with the 1959 entry of the Honda team in the Isle of Man TT. However, although practically unknown in Europe at the time, Japan in those days had a fast growing motorcycle industry, but their models...

Hi all! Just joined the club. I'm 57 years old and thought its about time I restored a bike from the period I was most fond of ie. the 60's or 70's. I owned a Yamaha v90 in 76, a Yamaha YB100 in 77 and a Yammy RD200DX in 78. Then marriage happened and no bike till 87 and a Honda CX500 which I...

Two weeks ago I began what has revealed itself to be one of the most humbling, frustrating, invigorating, and knuckle busting projects I've ever taken on. I bought an absolute rust bucket with the idea that I'd be able to restore it. I still believe that I can do it, its just that it has become...

This should be fun, I'll start... A couple of weeks ago the 175 broke a link on the chain and stranded me.... The chain didn't separate completely it just hopped off the sprocket. But it ground up the nuts on the sprocket before I could get stopped, so I'll be replacing those as well as the...