Help Ed's Incredible Honda Restoration 2025.

[Edmond]

A tenant of 4 years just moved back home and said they were just going to leave their old Honda Click and said I can take it if I want to.

They said it was last ridden around Christmas time and had starting or running issues, and hasn't been started since the new year. Well, as I know absolutely fudge-all about engines, mechanics, how such things operate, I thought it would be a fun and interesting way to learn and get me hands dirty, so to speak.

Then once I've fixed it all up as good as new, I can spray it snazzy glittery pink with real glitter, get the seat done in pink stitching, new tyres, pink furry dice and can give it to Teeny.

How cool is that plan.


So first, as it wasn't starting or running, I went to pick it up and take it back to me ranch.



Oh yeah, I also have no tools, to match me zero knowledge on just wot the fudge I need to do.

But I'd rather do it meself and learn by doing than just taking it to some shop.

Right-O

[Edmond]

So first, me *cough* tool box.




Me screwy has seen better days, to be honest.

These are the different size, shape, length misc. screws that were holding the faring in place.




Oh yup, it's been Thai'd alright.

[cyrille]

This is much better.

Landreth style.

Just burbling away on your own.


Enjoy!

[Edmond]

A Click Forward Combi Brake, apparently.


Ya gotta imagine this in dazzling glitter pink to really get the aim of the project.

[Edmond]

She's not a pretty girl with her clothes off.


This is where the issues began.

[Edmond]

Had the battery trickle charging while doing all this to see if she would start via kick stand.


But blimey... the insides, the biggest shock was when a grey mouse jumped out of her nest on top of the fuel tank.

[Edmond]

It wasn't flood effected, but by golly-gum, 15 years of riding in Thai wet seasons maybe.



This was the mouse's nest.





the belly tray full of mouse droppings.



Coolant resv completely empty.



But there was oil.

Or something wet inside the oil tank anyway.


But would it fire up after charging up the battery?

[Edmond]

[Edmond]

The back brake has almost no resistance.

And no brake fluid in the resv.



One of the old rusted crews would open, one just melted and crumbled and stayed jammed in.

That's a job for another day.









It's alive! It's alive!!!

[Edmond]

More charging, would she turn.

[moose65]

I suggest a hose. some soap and a con of WD-40 when finished.

[Edmond]

I suggest a hose. some soap and a con of WD-40 when finished.

Absolutely.

Will do that over the next few days, cheers. :-)

[Edmond]

Current mechanical situation:


Fires up.

Will just start to move and then cut out.

[Edmond]

So the first and main thing to solve and fix, is.... why is it cutting out just when it starts to move?


And that is where I need the great help of TDers and their magnificent knowledge of mechanical engineering.

Coz foked if I know.


Help a brutha out, cheers chaps/chapettes.

[Edmond]

This is how clean the inside of the engine area is.





I'll be honest and say the mouse scared the absolute bejaysus outta me when it jumped down next to me foot.

[Edmond]

So the first and main thing to solve and fix, is.... why is it cutting out just when it starts to move?

A kind PMer suggested it could possibly be the fuel filter.


Having never seen one before let alone changed one, will be looking into that, thank you kind PMer.

[Neverna]

Fuel filters are cheap (50B?) and not difficult to change, so you might as well change it but I don't think that's the problem. It might be that the brakes are stuck on or more likely the automatic clutch isn't working correctly.

[Neverna]

Stick the bike on the main stand and see if the wheels spin freely enough. If they do, the brakes are not stuck on.

[Molle]

If the engine responds well to throttle, revs up, but has low power then it could be the rollers in the variator (a type of clutch) that are worn out.
Google "Honda click variator rollers" for pictures and online sellers

[Edmond]

Cheers chaps/chapettes.

Fuel filters are cheap (50B?) and not difficult to change, so you might as well change it but I don't think that's the problem. It might be that the brakes are stuck on or more likely the automatic clutch isn't working correctly.

Stick the bike on the main stand and see if the wheels spin freely enough. If they do, the brakes are not stuck on.

Will order the fuel filter and buy one of those long bolt removing tools in the next week, cheers.

The center stand seems long gone, but I'm sure I can put it on some bricks or a flower pot.

The auto-clutch could well be a main issue. Will look at how that works, the parts and how to put in a new one over the next week too. Cheers.

[Edmond]

If the engine responds well to throttle, revs up, but has low power then it could be the rollers in the variator (a type of clutch) that are worn out.
Google "Honda click variator rollers" for pictures and online sellers

Cheers. It doesn't respond well to throttle or rev freely. Just as it starts to rev up and starts to move it chugs and cuts out.

Will google and learn about "Honda click variator rollers", cheers.

[Mendip]

I suggest a hose. some soap and a con of WD-40 when finished.

Good idea, but how to clean the bike?

[pickel]

Loved my Click for the 7 years I lived in Thailand. Cheap as chips to repair at a trusted mechanic, even when it seized once. Why bother doing it yourself when they know Clicks and how they tick.

Will you be cleaning pools and drinking old fashioned's soon, Eddo?

[Edmond]

Good idea, but how to clean the bike?

There's always one comedian.

Loved my Click for the 7 years I lived in Thailand. Cheap as chips to repair at a trusted mechanic, even when it seized once. Why bother doing it yourself when they know Clicks and how they tick.

Trusted mechanic. Good one.


b) because I want to learn and have a fun project to keep me out of jail/the VD clinic.


If anyone is around CM and actually knows what they're doing in terms of stripping down an auto scooter and installing things such as new clutches etc yer more than welcome to come to the ranch for the day after I order all the parts and we can do the whole thing together, in exchange for one small can of Leo and a 7-11 toastie.

[malmomike77]

I have no idea what a variator is (sounds Mercan) but a click has a CVT transmission, constant velocity transmission. Google it and there are vids, you can buy kits to replace it with all the parts on shopee and lazada. Essentially it works by a v belt between a pulley on the engine taking the input drive and a pair ot plates which are graduated (a v shaped pulley) on the transmission side (the rear wheel), these plates can move apart and the belt moves in and out (which acts as gearing), the plates are "driven" apart by weights (centtrafugal force), the faster you go the more they move apart.

Its not a complex system so you can have a go but be prepared to just chuck it on the pick up and give it to someone who knows what they are doing.