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Post by Florida Antique on Jun 3, 2015 20:58:58 GMT -5
Well I just came home with a new project. A 1984 Honda Aero 125. I was buying some new rollers for my '83 Aero at a local scooter shop and when I told them what they were for, the guy said that he had an old Aero in the back that he took in. He said he has not had the chance to work on it and really did not know anything about it. I asked him If I could look at it, well here it is:
The PO painted it ugly and evidently didn't know there is such a thing as masking tape. He said he had $150 in it and just wanted to get rid of it. He did have a title. I gave him $150 and here it is. I noticed the carb was missing, he said it was locked in the trunk and he did not have any keys for it. I got it home and got the trunk open and the only thing in there was a service manual for it  So now I am not sure If I want to tackle cleaning it up and finding a carburetor for it or just part it out and look for a newer project scooter. I guess the next step will be pull a compression check on it. It only has 4K miles showing so hopefully it will be normal compression. I'm gonna have to start trolling the boards to find a carburetor for this thing unless I mod a Delorto or Milkuni for it. |
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Post by niz76 on Jun 4, 2015 4:00:38 GMT -5
lol FA, that's what happens when you "just want to look at it" hehehe. I know Fe53 went through a lot of trouble to make an adapter for a Dell, but wouldn't one of these work? Idk? .jpg?width=300&height=300&image=/admin/images/parts/1329413497.jpg) |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jun 4, 2015 11:02:46 GMT -5
Niz,
That does look interesting, I saw on another board where a poster put a 22mm Mikuni flatside on his Aero trying to get it to 70MPH. He replaced the intake, reed block and fashioned a adapter out of billit aluminum. The bike went from 56 mph to 60 mph. He put a chamber off a Dio 125 on it and got to 62. I really did not want to go that far with this. That adapter looks like it will do the trick if I can't find a stock carb. I just need to find out if the hole spacing will match. I am not sure what holds these bikes back but Honda did a real good job keeping the speed below 65 on these. You would think a 125cc two stroke would be capable of more.
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Post by Florida Antique on Jun 7, 2015 21:00:38 GMT -5
Worked a little bit on the Aero 125 today. I wanted to see if I could get the flat black rat bike paint off without hurting the Candy Ruby paint underneath. I also wanted to see how faded it was. I tried some acetone and it did the trick. If I was careful, it did not seem to affect the urethane clearcoat that Honda put on the panels. I also switched the battery out of the 80 so I could pull a compression check. Without a kick start, I did not even know if the 125 would turn over or be frozen. I was in luck, it turns over and has good compression. Here is a before and after for the side panel.  Quite a big difference!  I have no idea why someone would want to spray flat black all over that paint! |
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Post by runningbuck on Jun 7, 2015 21:23:17 GMT -5
some people think that their ideal bike is better looking I think is why they bomb them and mess them up so much
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Post by oldgeek on Jun 7, 2015 21:26:44 GMT -5
Might have been a Ninja?
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Post by Clank on Jun 8, 2015 2:18:26 GMT -5
They stole it.
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Post by katastroff on Jun 8, 2015 3:39:44 GMT -5
What's wrong with flat black?  Got to admit the previous owner did a pretty good job at messing it up. |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jun 8, 2015 7:40:49 GMT -5
I got nothing against flat black scooters, in fact I saw this Aero 80 and thought seriously about copying it. I love the whitewalls    I have always wanted to try painting it with regular black paint and then spraying the flat clear on it to see if that holds up better. I think the PO of this bike just wanted to give "ratbike" a new meaning |
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So now I am not sure If I want to tackle cleaning it up and finding a carburetor for it or just part it out and look for a newer project scooter. I guess the next step will be pull a compression check on it. It only has 4K miles showing so hopefully it will be normal compression. I'm gonna have to start trolling the boards to find a carburetor for this thing unless I mod a Delorto or Milkuni for it. 
