has quite a few Japanese parts, lowered, k-mod, jetted etc
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I recently came across a honda aero 50 on craigslist. the guy wanted $400 but the bike was a bit beat up and non-running. we settled on $200
i went back through this thread and it's pretty random and unorganized so bare with me haha
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first things first i got the plastics off to start inspecting the engine.
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quite a bit of dirt
the first issue i found ( and proof the guy that i bought the bike was lying to me that it ran fine)
was some bad wiring
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not exactly sure why, my assumption is someone twisted some wires together to repair a broken one and it grounded out and melted a bunch of them.
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one of the belt/ variator cover hardware was stripped to crazy so i had to hammer a smaller socket onto it to get it off
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i believe this hole is where a kick starter used to be.. wish i still had it...
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overall nothing too bad so far
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i'm going to recreate these stickers in adobe illustrator so i have brand new ones!
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the floor board is going to take some serious love to get black again...
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i think the thing looks pretty cool without the plastics
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got the suspension off to clean up the motor
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how low can you go?
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the variator weights have bald spots on them i'm sure they haven't even been inspected sense they went in during manufacture.. i hope i can finds some new ones
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this is where i ended the first night
day2...
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quite a bit of dirt on the inside of the wheel
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engine out
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this is the ONLY plastic piece on the bike that isnt broken HAHA
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front cover off, this is about all i can to other then the front wheel with the tools i have.
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wheel has rust inside i wonder how often the tires were changed in this bike's life
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i wish i would have taken before pictures, one of these brake handles was bent but i used a hammer to straighten it
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second day i cleaned up and lay'd everything out "exploded view diagram: style (kindof)
next i need to decide what i'm going to have powdercoated and what i need to order to get this thing back on the road