Looks great Rob! 
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Honda CL77 Scrambler project
- Thread starter willis
- Start date
I may have a problem…
I picked this up yesterday on Marketplace. It was on there for about a week and just over an hour away from me. I picked it up for $160 thinking it’s always good to have extra parts. The motor was disassembled at some point and all is loosely reassembled. Motor spins free but PO removed the cam chain and tensioner. The fork assembly is some sort of Suzuki with a 21” wheel. Rear wheel is questionable. It’s a 19” and hub/drum looks correct but the rim does not.
Overall it was a good score for the price I paid.
I picked this up yesterday on Marketplace. It was on there for about a week and just over an hour away from me. I picked it up for $160 thinking it’s always good to have extra parts. The motor was disassembled at some point and all is loosely reassembled. Motor spins free but PO removed the cam chain and tensioner. The fork assembly is some sort of Suzuki with a 21” wheel. Rear wheel is questionable. It’s a 19” and hub/drum looks correct but the rim does not.
Overall it was a good score for the price I paid.
Plugging away at this one piece at a time. I’ve been working on the wiring harness the last few days. A lot of it is salvageable so I dug into it. The gray sheathing was very hard and brittle so I cut it off to give the wires a good inspection. Found a couple old splices I didn’t like along with a few home wiring nuts. I can never understand why people use those on motorcycles. After I replaced a few wires and soldered some new connections I replaced the sheathing with some nice mesh split loom and some heat shrink to tidy it up. Also gave the ignition switch a good cleaning too. I did a test fit on the bike to be sure things were lining up and things were looking good. Still got a few more pieces to tackle before I’m ready to fully install it though. Happy with my progress. Hoping to get the coils and condensers installed tomorrow then I can start laying the harness out.
Nice work!
RE Wire nuts: I've found a few when working on old bikes. In most cases I suspect it was exigent circumstances - gotta splice it and this is all I have. Then it becomes "If it works, it ain't stoopid." In other cases the culprit just didn't know any better and/or thought "It's better than twist and tape." On that Suzuki GT550 I rescued, there was actually a couple of feet of orange extension cord spliced in with wire nuts!
I'm one of those sick fucks that actually enjoys wiring and I have a drawer full of Vintage Connections connectors in various styles and sizes and the associated crimpers.
I haven't looked at VC, but where did you get the mesh split loom? That's some nice looking stuff!
RE Wire nuts: I've found a few when working on old bikes. In most cases I suspect it was exigent circumstances - gotta splice it and this is all I have. Then it becomes "If it works, it ain't stoopid." In other cases the culprit just didn't know any better and/or thought "It's better than twist and tape." On that Suzuki GT550 I rescued, there was actually a couple of feet of orange extension cord spliced in with wire nuts!
I'm one of those sick fucks that actually enjoys wiring and I have a drawer full of Vintage Connections connectors in various styles and sizes and the associated crimpers.
I haven't looked at VC, but where did you get the mesh split loom? That's some nice looking stuff!
I got it on amazon years ago. I bought two different sized rolls. I have a tote full of wiring goodies. I’ve also used VC for their crimping tool and supplies. My first go at wiring I used the mesh loom that wasn’t split. After re-doing my wiring the third time I realized just how nice that split loom and good cloth electrical tape is when you need to make repairs or changes.
