Can I Get This Rare Japan-Only Honda Motorcycle Running? 

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I didn't realize how much I missed you two together.

LOL!! The clutch is released! It won't turn the engine unless you back the adjusting screw out on the right side cover until the clutch is engaged. To adjust it properly, loosen the locknut, and back the screw out completely. Then keep a little pressure on the shifter, while turning the screw in, until you feel some resistance on the shifter. There should be about 1/4 - 1/2" of play before it hits the internal clutch linkage to release the clutch between gears. Hope this helps!😉

Watching Craig fix these bikes, almost makes me believe that I could do it myself! But then I realize that I don’t quite have the skill. Or the time. So I live vicariously through my favorite bike mechanic

It's a good day when a new video from Craig is on my feed

I'd be willing to bet that model uses a similar kick start system that the old Trail 90 does, which doesn't connect directly to the engine but rather goes through the clutch. You need to adjust the clutch (should be a screw with a lock nut on the right engine side cover, under a rubber cover) in order for the kick starter to engage the engine properly.

Craig! Your videos are some of the most well made videos on RU-vid. You've helped me feel more confident working on my bike, and understanding the mechanics of how just about everything works on a bike. I look forward to every video Thanks man!

The reason some parts contain English, I think, is because when they make a new product, they may have no plans to sell it at that time in an English-speaking market, but that could change in the future. So, the very expensive tooling for the clocks, etc, is made with English wording, as producing it in Japanese then changing everything to English if they decided to export the product would be prohibitively expensive. The stickers are in Japanese because it's easy and cheap to slap on an English sticker instead of a Japanese one on the production line!

I put a video of yours on while I was outta town visiting a buddy and the way he lit up watching your humor and expertise, reminded me of why I also am a huge fan of the channel. A Good guy being authentic, educating and entertaining me along the way.

Awesome to see the team back together. You have great chemistry.

In 1964 my elder brother had one of the early Honda C90s in the UK. The user manual was an interesting translation into English but the captions to the pictures were in Japanese. Fortunately my Father was able, courtesy of the Royal Navy in World War II, to explain the vital ones to get my brother started moving.

I really love your channel :D I myself do like repairing my bikes since childhood. I'm from Poland so brands were different like Simson or Jawa, but seeing same problems and solving them on the other side of the planet feels very exciting, additionaly learning new stuff. I'm just a hobbyist, but I bought myself this winter a Chechoslovakias Jawa 50 Mustang from 1976, that wasn't running at least for last 10-15 years to rebuild it. Now after 2 months I started it up and I'm getting ready to repaint it. Thank you again Craig, keep it up.

These guys are the best bike dues ever. Wish we can get more of these was sad when he moved because i knew all the videos together was going to be cut. Bring more of these.

I love these little bikes from Japan. I like the ads they had for them. Great video guys!

I've got a 3 speed auto clutch 60s Cub that I rode for a year before figuring out the shift pattern, Honda gets bonus points for having both a heel and toe shifter so you can mix up which one goes up or down. Finally realized it's meant to be normally ridden like a 2 speed with high and low and that 1st gear you shift into the opposite direction is basically a granny gear for pulling away uphill with a passenger

You guys make the absolute perfect team. Your approach/knowledge varies extremely, but at the same time it meets in the middle to get the task completed. Awesome stuff.

Great to see you two together again more of this guys!

You guys are so nice to see working together again. Like friends who haven’t seen each other for a long time and pick up again where they left. Keep doing more interactions

I love that Australia is a part of Asia, we get all the good bikes!!

Great video! Its good to see you and Sean working together again. This bike was made from 1982 to 83. Its engine has 4.5 hp and needs 1 quart of oil to fill it.

Great stuff! Informative and just damn fun to watch! Go Bearded Mechanic and Bikes and Beards, keep moving forward!

The kick start is connected to the clutch and its slipping occasionally you can tighten the clutch on the right hand cover helps engage the kick-start

You guys love any bike. Brilliant attitude.

Great to see you guys together.

Thanks for all of your videos man.

So while serving in the Marine Corps, I lived in Japan (Okinawa) for 2 years. Rode many motorcycles while there. They all have English markings on the Gauges and controls. The VIN Plates and tech info stickers were in Kangi (Japanese letters).

Of all the Honda bikes, the Motra is the one I most wanted to see (and ride..). I doubt that there is even one in the UK, although perhaps one in a museum. A fascinating bike. Hope we can see this one put right and ridden again. Les in UK 🇬🇧

You guys are great together man.. Much love to both of you..

Gotta say how much fun your guys videos are to watch. The guess and check method is somthing I can relate to working in my garage also.

It was the mid 80's BMS K75 flying brick. Pulling the clutch would retract the side stand.

I'm only halfway through as I write this but my brain's just screaming, "It's a magneto ignition"! Hence the lack of battery. It was a popular thing back in the 1970's with minibikes from Europe and Japan, even the street-legal ones. I had a Benelli Dynamo (65cc) and it didn't have the signals for street legality but it had everything else. The neighbors hated when I rode past their houses because the magneto would screw up TV reception from 50' away.

As I stated on Sean's video... The Dynamic Duo.... Back In Action!!! Awesome seeing you guys back together for not only one... but, TWO great videos in one day! 💙👊🏼

Seeing the two of you together once again was sweet 👍

In japan they have 3 alphabets, one of them uses the roman alphabet. They also use a lot of English in Japan because they think it looks cool, kinda like we think Katakana looks cool. English is also taught in schools so they often know a little bit of it.

Cool little bike. Hope to see it finished proper.

Just finished the other video. Good timing craig haha ❤

Ah, the Honda Super Cub. That's a lot of happy memories :)

As much fun as I'm having watching you two trying to solve this bikes starting problem I'm also yelling at my screen JUST READ THE DAMN BOOK!!!!! haha

I own a 1974 Honda PC50 that belonged to my father, those 50cc 4 stroke motors are amazing!

So cool!!! I wish you all could collaborate and get together on these videos more often. That mini bike is fun. Thank you for another great video.

One time, when I was 12 or 13, I got an old Honda Twinstar 200 that nearly killed my dad from trying to get it push started when the kick start wouldn't engage. It wasn't until after what seemed like 12 miles of pushing, that I realised the kick starter wouldn't engage with the clutch pulled in. The bike had to be in neutral, then you could kick it with ease.... Live and learn.

This is an SSA video.....Saving Sean Again. :D

Ain’t nothing stop you from fixing a bike I really enjoy your videos keep them coming I’m going watch every single video

Just when I thought I was spared the Sean cringe when you got your own channel, here he is lol. It's Japanese, Sean, not some magical nonsense language, and certainly not Chinese like you said at one point either.

Sean needs a cycle lift in his new spot.

So nice seeing Sean and Craig back together.

hey man I love your content. I also miss when you and Sean were together but i know things change. I can say thank you for shipping out to help him out. you guys make a good team from what shows on camera.

My condolences for having to fly Frontier.

The reason it's English (not exclusively American) is due to cost. They already have all the parts on export bikes and labelling everything would add an additional cost.

Really did enjoy this vlog great to see you and Sean bouncing off each other

Was waiting for Craig’s video this week. That means it’s finally Friday

No unwarranted bible verses what a great channel

It's a Japanese bike but you say "I don't know any Chinese", I think this is suppose to be funny but it is also offensive.

I really enjoy watching Craig & Sean working together.!! 👍 👍 👍 Stay safe out there & the very best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏 ❤️

Hands down one of my favorite video you guys have ever done. Just a couple of guys hanging in a garage not exactly sure what the hell you're doing, but darn it didn't work. And more time spent trying to siphon gasoline then just driving 5 minutes to go get a tank. Exactly what we would do

Just watched the Bikes and Beards video earlier this morning. Always enjoy seeing the two of you together. Also, Sean had commented saying y’all do rides? I’ll have to join in on one and buy you guys a beer. Would be great to meet y’all.

Glad to see y'all two working together, I really miss that.

Always fun to see the two amigos hangiing out

Great video and it's always good seeing you two and your chatter/know-how at work. Seriously, I want to buy that Motra, if its ever for sale.

Bought a honda xr150 and the result is me binge watching your content. I have prolly watched more than 50 videos subed! Love the front rack on this thing.

When you push the lever on those engines it disengages the centrifugal clutch so if the lever is not recentering after being used it will hold the clutch partially or fully out of engagement.

Never doubt the bearded mechanic and well…Sean’s tinkering to get a bike started

Very nice to see both you guys in one video

I can't say how much I like this episode and seeing these guys. I'm giving this a 100 out of 10..

It would be great to see the repair on this one it deserves it. Thanks Guys

Ah great to have you back together. Love the chit chat on the floor. Only good mates can do that stuff. And of course not reading the manual. Like real men!😄👍

I don’t even own a bike but I love watching these guys!!

I love seeing these two together

So glad you and Shawn are still doing stuff together some times! That little thing looks fun you 2 should do a Small Bike trip back to Craigs house :D

Good to see you two lads working together again

So you got 2 clutches on this, one is centrifugal and allows you to pull away smoothly from idle when in gear, the other clutch disconnects the engine from gearbox when the gearlever is moved to shift gears. Your slipping kickstart problem is probably because the adjustment is wrong on the gearshifting clutch part, the adjuster is on the clutchside casing, it's a screw and locknut, generally it's slacken until it turns freely, then screw in until it meets resistance, back it off half a turn or so then do up the locknut, you may need to experiment to get it right, my guess is that it is set too tight causing the clutch to be partially disengaged all the time. Love your show, greetings from an English car tech and sometimes bikes and quads and vintage.

I usually learn a lot about fixing motorcycles when watching you Craig. Today's lesson "JIGGLE IT"

Gotta love Google translate. Craig and Dan are the best team. Sean has a lot of knowledge, too. So cool that there is an old 80's Interceptor in the group. I've owned three in the 90's. That green scooter is awesome.

Awesome collab! ❤

The dynamic duo back together again.

if you hold the shift lever down on any of those little Hondas it will disengage the clutch (if it is working properly). The shift shaft on this one was stiff for some reason, so when you guys were shifting gears, it was sticking in the disengaged position.the kick starter works through the clutch on these, so if the clutch is disenagaged, the kickstarter freewheels.

Cool bikes I have a Yellow one and a Green one. They always turn heads and so much fun to ride. Thanks for the video

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That was a fun, nostalgic video! And what a weird cool bike haha

Also I think there's 6 gears total - The Motra's 3-speed gearbox is coupled with a second stage to provide the same 3-speeds with a lower final ratio for low-speed off-road travel in steep terrain. Hope that helps. I just looked it all up and it's how I got the battery type used as being SN2-2A-8

Pressurise the gas tank to get the syphon going. I just use another short length of hose and a rag then blow using lung power or shop air will send it uphill..

my Sanyang gears were said to be international pattern, (circular, 0,1,2,3,4,) you could shift down all day, because 4th down would go back to neutral, or if you shifted up, it would circle backwards 0,4,3,2,1,0) not sure if that's part of the way the shift pattern on that is patterned, but it does have that second set of gearing for high/low. Looks fun (Sanyang 125, Taipei 1990-1993/ Kawasaki Versys X300 now, and it is nice to have the dash read out the actual gear, instead of just the green neutral light.

I had a solution for the curly hose. I drilled out a old brake bleed screw, and pushed it onto the end of the hose. Its heavy so it drops straight to the bottom. Presto no sucking air!

That interceptor in the background is beautiful 😍

I love you and the Bikes and Beards channel.

On the clutch case there’s a screw loosen the nut to turn screw to adjust clutch

You and Sean have the best chemistry together, you love to see it!

This video restores my faith in humanity. Two grown men spending hours trying to get a mystery 50cc bike running, because it's fun, because they can. It's the ultimate demonstration of the human fascination with learning and never giving up .

Idk why but just the authenticity of this is somehow very entertaining. maybe the fact that its so relatable?

That bike reminds me alot of my Honda Trail 70.....I loved that thing.

Watching your channel convinced me to drop the hammer and buy an old Honda CM400 special a coworker kept telling me about. It looks good sitting next to my Purple Haze Camaro.

You guys have the best chemistry together and im not a bike guy 😂

Way cool vlog guy’s thanks.😃👍

The reverse shifting where it's 1 up 4 down are racing clutch systems. They're designed not to back shift when taking left corners.

That's an awesome lil bike iv had a few monkey bikes think it has the same running gear love the hi /low transmission on it that's quite useful on trails great content fellas .

We had a Tohatsu 125 twin street bike. Really had to watch when shifting, as it had a rotary gear box (with heel/toe shifter) wherein you shifted down from nuetral to 1st, down to 2nd, down to 3rd, down to 4th AND down to nuetral! But if you forgot you were in 4th, it would either go to nuetral ( bad enough) or worse, INTO 1st!

Your solo work is good but as a pair you two are great.

That Motra looks like a ton of fun. I wish I had one. 👍

Lets go sean and a Craig video in the same day

Be very careful with those high/low gearboxes. They're like glass. Us atc guys avoid them because they break so easily and then they keep popping out of gear and grinding and just a general bad time.