Fun with Honda SL 100's...continues.

Wishing I had bought more of these years ago....

This is where all this started some weeks back....

One of my 'parts' bikes, which will probably become a runner now...

The bike with the extra capacity after market plastic tank is an SL-175 single cylinder bike I had forgotten I had, a project for another time. One of the SL-100's came fitted with a seat and muffler from a 175, funny how things work out like that...the 175 needs a new seat...lurking behind the 175, is a very tired Kawa 1000...

Another one that might have hopes of becoming a runner as well. Here it is modeling a Tank from a 175 twin, or maybe it's off an old CL 350?. The biggest problem with these bikes is the poor condition of the original fuel tanks (when they have one). This 175 tank is absolutely clean inside, and actually looks like it will be a good fit with some bracketry added to the frame...I have dug out a selection of various tanks from my Okie-bank , some alloy ones...should be able to come up with something, Have been seeing a lot of people on various sites trying their hand at using electrolysis methods for tank cleaning...it seems it works ok for mild cases of rust, but can cause problems with pin holes opening up. Also all kinds of chemical concoctions, with various results. Might look into some of these later...and of course the alcohol infused fuel these days is playing heck with some of the tank lining formulas... And before winter...need to strip and paint the back of the house...the neglected weather side...

During the back yard clean up and de-jungleing...all kinds of interesting stuff came to light. Here we have a low mileage Kawa Ninja 250...when I parked it back here next to a friends BMW...it was in pretty good shape Now it has a cracked front fender and a broken windscreen. I suppose a squirrel could have fallen out of a tree and caused such damage...but I'm tending to believe it was vandalism...probably by the same guys that helped them selves to an old kayak that was parked back there as well... sometimes I wish I had a dog again...but the neighbor behind me has a couple of pit bulls that are watching things these days...

It wouldn't take too much to get the 250 back on the road and use it for a work commuter...medium distance machine. Projects, yeah...I've got some...

Rust never takes a holiday...victim of a leaky roof...a CB 350 crankshaft, now suitable as garden sculpture...in fact a certain 'Vintage Monkey' gal has dibs on it...

Tomorrow. up early and back to bikes...