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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 19, 2015 17:07:08 GMT -5
I picked up this poor Honda Aero at the local scooter shop (Wild Hogs) for $150. They took it in with what they said was carburetor problems and then found out how hard it is to get parts for a 31 year old scooter. 
It had 4900 miles showing on the odo and they said that the carburetor was in the trunk in the back. The PO painted it flat black for some reason, I guess to hide the scratches and cracks from a couple of high speed get-offs. There were no keys so I got into the trunk by dismantling it. There was no carburetor in there. I started looking at the bike and figuring out how much I would have to put into it to get it running and sellable. I figured probably somewhere between $250 to $350 would get it back on the road. That and a new paint job and cleaned up and I could realistically get $800 to $1000 for it here in Florida. I decided that since all of the parts on this bike are way out of production, I might be better off parting it out. I headed over to Ebay and looked at sold items for Honda NH125. I started adding everything up and figured out really quickly, that it would be over $1000. I decided that the best answer to this situation was to part it out. I think this is only a viable alternative due to the fact that there are still a bunch of these running around and except for a nut or a bolt, there is virtually no parts availability for these bikes. |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 19, 2015 17:11:54 GMT -5
The first thing I did was to see what would happen if I tried to get the flat black paint off. Here is one of the side covers after working with a little acetone and then buffing it back out. The original color is called Candy Ruby Red and it is a 3 part process paint. It has a metallic silver base, a dark candy red tint and then a clear coat on top. It is a very difficult paint to match and one of the problems is Honda's red tint turns orange or clear in the sunlight. As you can see the red underneath the flat black was still in pretty good shape.  |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 19, 2015 17:30:51 GMT -5
I got everything pretty much disassembled, boxed and weighed. I bought boxes at Home depot and used some of them in the other boxes as packing material. I bought 10 boxes and 2 rolls of tape for $22. I also decided to use some of the parts on my '83 Aero. I cleaned up and buffed out the back trunk. I took the lock to a local locksmith and he charged me a bunch ($25) for a key. When he looked at the lock he said it was a Honda code and sure enough when he cut a key for that code, it worked so evidently the box was a Hondaline accessory. I put it on my Aero 80 and it is looking good.  I am also going to use the oil reservoir from it to replace the missing one on the 80. Hopefully I can get the autolube working again so I won't have to use premix. |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 19, 2015 17:43:27 GMT -5
So far I have sold the seat, headlight, floor mat, front fender, mirrors, front turn signals, and one of the side covers. I am up to about $250 now. I got the rest of it apart and took pictures and put it on Ebay. Now we will wait and see if my scheme will work. By the way, I have a front bottom mount 125cc vertical shortcase 2 stroke scooter engine with variator, clutch, starter, oil pump, everything except for a carburetor for sale. 4900 miles on it 160PSI compression. I will give anyone on the board a deal on this motor. It would probably make a killer Ruck engine with a decent flatside carb and a pipe.  |
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Post by niz76 on Jul 20, 2015 0:18:02 GMT -5
Nice "Unbuild!"
Good call on removing that flat black too. She buffed out beautifully! Hmmm so I'm thinking that bottom mount 2t might be nice for a 139qmb swap???
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Post by moofus02 on Jul 20, 2015 5:02:44 GMT -5
Put it under your aero 80
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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 20, 2015 9:00:43 GMT -5
Put it under your aero 80 I thought about that but the 80 is running good and it would take major frame mods to mount the 125. That and it would only get me an additional 10 to 15 mph. It would also be too large to put the side covers back on. You might be able to squeeze it into a 139QMB frame but since it is a vertical instead of horizontal engine, you would have to do some major frame work there too. I have seen a Spree with a Aero 125 engine but I would be a little leery going 65 mph on a Spree. The biggest problem is the dual shock\swingarm arrangement. Most scooters are not setup that way so that would be a major mod. Rucks with their open frame design I would think would be an easier mod. |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 20, 2015 10:27:47 GMT -5
Found this over on Hondaspree.net,   |
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Post by thatcrazyguy on Jul 20, 2015 10:50:46 GMT -5
Found this over on Hondaspree.net, Beautiful scoot |
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Post by Florida Antique on Jul 20, 2015 16:23:28 GMT -5
Found this over on Hondaspree.net, Beautiful scoot Yeah I have everything I need to build one like that except for the carburetor and a Spree. The carb would be cheap, the Spree, not so much.  |
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