Hi all,
Just stumbled across this site a couple days ago...impressive to say the least! I'm guessing the site isn't all that old? Seems to me I would've run across it 6 or so years ago while working on a bike.
Anyway...I'm from MN and I'm a Hondaholic. Nice to meet you all. I have a '68 Candy Red 450 Scrambler that I believe is a K0. I'll post a pic later this week. My father was the original owner when he purchased the bike from a dealer when he was 14 or 15. I grew up riding on the back of it when I wasn't riding my mini. He ended up parking the bike for quite a while when he became too busy to ride, and then spoke of selling it. I wouldn't let that happen, so now I'm the 2nd owner!
I had an oil pump issue where the top end started squealing and getting tight so I freshened up the top end. Turns out the pump was missing 1 of the 2 check balls?!?! I found a ball bearing that worked nicely...now she pumps oil like a champ. Wow...parts are spendy and are getting hard to come by. I replaced all of the cam followers at $84 each, an exhaust valve, honed and re-ringed, polished the cam lobes, etc. Over $900 later I was able to ride it to a couple shows, to work a couple times, as well as get my Dad to ride it again with me on my other bike. The only time my father and I have ridden on the street together.
I'm about to dust it off again to get the bike ready to bring home for a class reunion for my dad to ride. He's pretty excited about it. But it needs a little work which I'm sure I'll be asking for some advice on at some point. One of the issues I'd like to fix is what I believe is a failing starter clutch. Another is a miss or sputter which I believe happens at a common throttle position. Then I've got a couple annoyances like an odd whirring or buzzing noise in the front wheel, and a throttle that isn't returning to idle when the clutch is pulled in.
Should be fun to get her back on the road again.
Just stumbled across this site a couple days ago...impressive to say the least! I'm guessing the site isn't all that old? Seems to me I would've run across it 6 or so years ago while working on a bike.
Anyway...I'm from MN and I'm a Hondaholic. Nice to meet you all. I have a '68 Candy Red 450 Scrambler that I believe is a K0. I'll post a pic later this week. My father was the original owner when he purchased the bike from a dealer when he was 14 or 15. I grew up riding on the back of it when I wasn't riding my mini. He ended up parking the bike for quite a while when he became too busy to ride, and then spoke of selling it. I wouldn't let that happen, so now I'm the 2nd owner!
I had an oil pump issue where the top end started squealing and getting tight so I freshened up the top end. Turns out the pump was missing 1 of the 2 check balls?!?! I found a ball bearing that worked nicely...now she pumps oil like a champ. Wow...parts are spendy and are getting hard to come by. I replaced all of the cam followers at $84 each, an exhaust valve, honed and re-ringed, polished the cam lobes, etc. Over $900 later I was able to ride it to a couple shows, to work a couple times, as well as get my Dad to ride it again with me on my other bike. The only time my father and I have ridden on the street together.
I'm about to dust it off again to get the bike ready to bring home for a class reunion for my dad to ride. He's pretty excited about it. But it needs a little work which I'm sure I'll be asking for some advice on at some point. One of the issues I'd like to fix is what I believe is a failing starter clutch. Another is a miss or sputter which I believe happens at a common throttle position. Then I've got a couple annoyances like an odd whirring or buzzing noise in the front wheel, and a throttle that isn't returning to idle when the clutch is pulled in.
Should be fun to get her back on the road again.
