Bike Resurrection
 

'67 Honda CL 160. Someone dropped this off at my house asked me if I could get it running.
I made no promises. It was parked in a wood shed in 1988, it took me a week of spraying "stuff" in the carbs before the slides would come out.
Been running the left carb through the ultrasonic cleaner all day. We'll see if it's a hopeless case or not.
I do like a change.

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Well, a couple rebuilt battery cables, another 5 hours of carb cleaning, new fuel line, a new condenser and some fresh Rotella 15w40.
Son of a gun, it light right off.
First time that engine has ran since 1988. The thing sounded good. It still needs one of everything, but it lives again. That was easier than I expected.

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Nice. It's great to revive old stuff.
Weren't these in the you meet the nicest people on a Honda ads?

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Not sure, that was a little before my time. Looking forward to riding it though.

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That is a nice old bike and I think the timeframe for that saying was 64-70 or so.

I revived this one for a guy back a few years ago. Been in a barn for about 20 years and at least 10 with the spark plug out. Never had one this stuck. Was his wife's first motorcycle. Old Hondas are hard to kill.