My old 1988 Honda Bros 400 has been sitting on my brother’s driveway for the past 6 years, and i have 2 weeks of isolation, so figured I’d try and use it to get the bike going again. Using this thread to motivate me to actually do it, and bug people for help.
The bike is (unsurprisingly) in quite poor condition. It wasn’t exactly amazing condition when i parked it. Current plan is to get it road worthy, MOT’d and ride it, then I can make a better plan of whats going to happen with it.
So far I’ve cleaned the carbs, changed the oil and managed to get it running.
The tank is full of crap, so need to work out how to properly clean that out (was running with a fuel line off of another bike’s tank). Ive taken the petcock off, and run a bunch of water through it to clear the sediment, and there was lots, but i need to find something to actually attack it with.
Also having some fun electrical faults to hunt down, like the fuel pump not going when its meant to, and it not starting on the button at the moment, but I’ll get to those.
im not sure yet, plan is to get it back onto the road and then see where to go from there.
I want to show off the sss, as anyone with one should, not sure how im doing this yet though. Ive seen some right side exhausts before, but they are custom jobbies so might not happen.
I keep finding myself frustrated at past me, and the bodges I have done in the past. This was an attempt to stop the throttle moving around the bars after i dropped it.
I don’t know what you’re planning for the seat but I’d recommend Stan the Leatherman [email protected] He did the most amazing recover of my 1993 Trident 900 seat (with an extra layer of gel too…). He also relined and repaired a really good leather jacket.
The picture is the of the seat 3 years later.
