Can We Save This 1974 Honda st90 Monkey Bike?

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I made a trade a few years back for this honda st 90 motorcycle cycle from a friend. I had just finished my honda sl125 and we made a trade for this and some honda 70s, he purchased it long ago and stashed it in his basement. fast forward to today and lets see what we got and what it will take to save it.

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@mikestaggs9239 Год назад

Darren, I just finished my ST90 and have alot of extra parts. I have a new seat cover and foam, headlight, bulbs and tubes for the tires. I will donate to the project.

@schmails Год назад

ROCK ON, Mike! Thanks. Always great to find those willing to help with any restore! We're a close-knit group. 🙂

@meatstiick Год назад

can i have the seat i cant find one LOL

@Fukuimold Год назад

Not a monkey

@menditman2004 Год назад

Your so right Mustie regarding around 50 year olds buying stuff like this up to relive their youth, over the last few years I’ve done just the same, I now have quite a collection, I do feature them on my small RU-vid channel, my collection comprises of Yamaha mx100,Puch Maxi mopeds, Lambretta, Hondas, then there is the vehicles Landrovers, Subaru, VW T4 van just to name a few of my collection 😂 If you have a moment please take a look. I really enjoyed the video 🙂👍

@philhunt9297 Год назад

@@menditman2004 May I add - 50 years ago they built cars like white goods (washing machines/refrigerators etc) to do a job and to last. Today they build cars like white goods - cheap with safety built in (so they say) but how many washing machines or refrigerators purchased in the last 10 years or so are still running and likewise when you see dashcam footage of a small impact on a 19 miles only vehicle that is written off (guessing airbags and slight intrusion to crumple zone) you know something aint quite right. I remember 1984 just came out of the military and got my first apartment - my dad got a non working washing machine from the auctions - ripped a few parts out of other similar washing machines he'd kept for parts and got it working for my apartment. You couldn't do that now unless the washing machine was "antique"

@jacquejecker4435 Год назад

Ya know, I am sitting here watching and listening to Musti talk while he works. It takes a special talent to talk to the camera as if it were a person standing right there with him. Problem is, the camera doesn't respond. He does it so much better than any of the many others I watch, he doesn't act like it is a camera, more like a real person.

@madmanmechanic8847 Год назад

I concur, people dont talk anymore about their life and talk period just text me I also enjoy the stories

@duke6844 Год назад

I do the same thing. He's good.

@navvet4518 Год назад

I have a green ST 90 sitting in my garage. I got it running 30 years ago but it has been sitting for 20. This might be the motivation I need.

@lawrenceveinotte Год назад

In 71 i got a new MTD mini bike, a few years later i got a 65 Bridgestone 90, behind my house was a 20 acre field, next to that was a 100 acre gravel pit, next to that was a fire road that lead to a highway bypass that was being built, i had a Williams 3D pinball and and a bumper pool table in our basement, three doors away was a take out restaurant, my place was a hangout for sure, kids from miles around came there on their bikes.

@Ian_S Год назад

I was born in ‘96, I’m a mechanic and actually have a ‘70 CT70 sitting in my basement that I’m working on restoring. I work on all my own mowers, snowblowers, pressure washers, etc. I’ve even started to pick stuff up off the side of the road and flip them to make a buck or two. There are definitely some of us out there that will try to keep this stuff alive.

@miltonodom8576 Год назад

The story of your mom and making you slide out the back of the truck....in the feels. Moms are the best. My dad was pretty cool too. Strict, firm but always fair. Great story.

@ryangutt884 Год назад

I run a guitar repair shop. And I always like to turn your videos on to break the monotony. It feels like a friend working alongside me. 🙂

@demmarcsxr Год назад

That gas was deevolving back into crude... lol.

@prestongoss6824 Год назад

Love the stories! Still look forward to Mustie Sunday every week!!

@JimmyWatches2102 Год назад

Your memory lane stories are great. They add another dimension to your channel.

@ianburit3705 Год назад

Hi Darren, Oh my, memories of 1974 I bought a brand new same as DT175 in gold and black, I used It for riding to work and was lucky enough to live in a little village that was on very high ground but backed onto forestry and open fields I rode through each day to work then home In the evenings.. I could see for miles from the church green, across suburban East London all the way across the River Thames, past Fords Dagenham Plant to Kent's higher ground, loved living there, but, my wife never, said It was too lonely for her.. I sold my Yamaha a few years later when racing the ovals took over my life and money.. BUT memories you can't stop, only your future can change.. Thanks for the memories..Ian/is now aged 74 and loving life as a retiree still..

@madmanmechanic8847 Год назад

Wow interesting story thanks for sharing

@user-gy4zh6lk9b 2 месяца назад

dt175 good bike to

@LTD347 Год назад

15:10 you discovered why it got thrown in the barn. They bought parts they thought should fix it. Pulled the cover off and it was completely different. Then they gave up

@TomAllenBird Год назад

I like to watch Watch Wes Work. He’s a mechanic in Illinois. He knows what he’s doing, but the diagnostic equipment he needs is unreal to chase issues in cars that are 10 years old.

@meatstiick Год назад

I just finished fixing my st90 after watching a ton of your mini-Honda repairs

@Roger-hq1yt Год назад

The points on the cam means it has an Alternator so it needs to be excited by 6 v to produce power, if the points are under the flywheel it's a magneto and will run with no battery.

@kevinhaley6776 Год назад

Good info to know!!

@simongroot7147 Год назад

Mine runs fine without a battery.... The 50cc and 70cc engines have the magnets over the coils (like the one Mustie had in the bag) The 90cc and 110cc engines have the coils outside the magnets. The magnets are permanent so the coils are excited by the field they generate. They require no voltage to excite them. The charging coils (yellow wire) are separate from the lighting coils (white wire) so as long as the white wire is connected to the rectifier and the rectifier output to the key switch, it all works. The battery is only required to provide easier cold starts and voltage for the lights when the engine speed is low.

@deantatlow4021 Год назад

Agreed. I ride a 1978 kl 250 and I don't need a battery to ride. It has points on the camshaft. Are a mangeto and stator not just parts of the system to generate electricity to run the bike. The magneto (contains the magnets), the Stator (contains the wires, and is stationary(sometimes).

@muddywater6856 Год назад

True......yet some Hondas had points under the flywheel and still required the battery.....they used the battery to power the coil. (CL70 for example) Honda used so many different charghing and ignition systems on similar bikes during the 60s and 70s.

@Roger-hq1yt Год назад

@@muddywater6856 the battery in the magneto versions was to act as a power sink/ voltage regulator as they didn't have an actual regulator to do the job and didn't need a rectifier.

@888johnmac Год назад

coffee , bacon & eggs , over 1 hour of Mustie .. Sunday morning sorted

@gearheadgregwi Год назад

Same!

@SlartiMarvinbartfast Год назад

I just can't understand why this channel doesn't have at least a million subscribers, the content and presenter are excellent.

@gearheadgregwi Год назад

@@SlartiMarvinbartfast because the topic Mustie addresses in the video. The "kids" are hitting middle age. Vehicles of their youth aren't serviceable like this one. Big market for vintage gaming consoles and computers though.

@gearheadgregwi Год назад

@@SlartiMarvinbartfast was ranting about "why can't I find an old guy to work on my vintage boat engines?". I realized... I'M THAT OLD GUY!! Like the old grandpa that rebuilds pocket watches.

@dirtyroofer3678 Год назад

I grew up like you. The younger generation ain't the same , kinda sad to say

@insomniac2233 Год назад

This was the first bike I ever rode in 1977,when I was 8. I didn’t know the concept of shifting,and drove it in circles through this cabbage patch,hammering it in first like a trials bike. My dad got a phone call,but it was worth it. I still enjoy riding to this day! Great video-thanks for posting!

@4himsanctified Год назад

me too, I was 10

@Melicoy Год назад

"Changes channel to "can we get it started"

@ericvdwilt4741 Год назад

after a minibike, i got a brand new one, i think in 1974/75. loads of fun.

@TH3mrBROWN Год назад

Mustie, I was born in '94 and I found your channel through my love for VW Bugs/Beetles and Buses. Despite growing up in the late 90s and 2000s, I don't think I'll ever get to a point in my life where I'm nostalgic about a Prius though 😂😂

@ndafarachaitezvi1139 Год назад

Great content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

@christaylor2168 Год назад

It’s good too see a bike back on your operating table. Thanks for the vids man. We appreciate them.

@lancenutter1067 Год назад

Had one just like it I found in a dumpster in about 2005! Got it going, rode it for years. Fun little bikes. Kind of collector items I guess.

@Ihavetruth22 Год назад

lucky bastard. 😗

@patricklucki5368 Год назад

You always figure out whats up with your next victim. One thing I never understand is why you never clean or pressure wash whatever your working on before you start. Great job

@1pcfred Год назад

First off it's cold this time of year. So no one wants to play with water then. Second I don't think Darren wants to invest the effort into cleaning something until after he's determined it's worth it. Finally he is a content creator and the dirt makes for good drama.

@user-gy4zh6lk9b 2 месяца назад

well said i always clean the bikes first 2

@tool717 Год назад

Your story times are awesome. Really enjoy hearing about your child hood.

@echobeefpv8530 Год назад

Hoping the parts are available for this one, as it's a great little bike, thanks as always for making my Sunday start well !!

@texasvet7241 Год назад

Naptha works really well to break down sludge/grease/varnish. Ronsonol lighter fluid is what I have used for nearly 20 years in my fishing reel repair shop to break down old grease on fishing reels. I haven’t found anything better. And it doesn’t hurt plastic.

@martinburgess4814 Год назад

Cool brings back memories here in England we had similar bike called Honda Dax.I had a couple over the trails.All the best to you all.

@skyll4141 Год назад

love hearing your stories, my dad's long ago dead so your videos are like the dad I never had. Thanks

@JamesColeman1 Год назад

Would love a video on how you organize your tools. I always have mine all over and can never find the same tool twice.

@BilgemasterBill Год назад

Always a pleasure to watch you sort 'em out...kind of like that newfangled ASMR stuff, but "goal-oriented" and that doesn't bore me into a snooze.

@jibahmad7628 Год назад

Well done, I have never had much luck messing with mechanical stuff but I sure enjoy watching it. Thanks for all you do for us.

@ThePeavey23 Год назад

Wife just left for yoga , coffee is made dogs are chilling and I’m watching the best channel on RU-vid!

@born_again_torinos Год назад

Your brother's story reminded me of what my brother did to my dads new 500 honda in the 70s. When my dad was at work, my brother took the bike keys and took the honda for a joy ride from Boulder City Nevada down to Lake Mead. He accident'y dropped the keys into the lake when he was on the marina on the lake. Panic'd he called my mom who drove down and got him and they drove into vegas to the honda dealership and got a new set of keys, got back to the bike and got it home safe into the garage. My dad never knew. About 20 years later after we were grown and gone my brother told my dad. Too much time had passed for him to get mad about it. He was shocked, but laughed. Mom never told him because she didn't want my brother to get in trouble.

@madmanmechanic8847 Год назад

Too funny love that story

@kendewitt5811 Год назад

I just think it's too cool that you grew up in NJ. I was born and raised in central NJ. My father and I used to pull over for piles on the curb, especially for stuff that had an engine on it. I think that's a big part of why I love your videos! Thanks for another great one!

@lrrromicronpersei8294 Год назад

Thanks for the time you take to make these videos I’m sure I’m not the only one who looks forward to a Mustie1 video. My friend had a Vespa would run sometimes and then not we chased the issue for ages turned out to be an intermittent spark through the plug cap. Where as this one was dead his would work occasionally so you would stick a plug in the cap it would spark then it would run for a bit then stop and no start… The plug cap wasn’t that old either… Some times tracking a fault down like that can be a nightmare…

@donaldhoot7741 Год назад

When I was a kid and young teen we had an abandoned strip mine that went for miles! We rode our dirt bikes, mine was a Yamaha 250, everywhere. A few years ago I made a trip back there and our precious pit had been completely levelled off and grass planted on it! Great video!

@marksmithson1414 Год назад

That 175 is a sweet looking Bike Darren!! 99% of every time I watch you, I say Yup I bet He's going to get this one started and running. So much entertainment when you include your viewers in the conversation

@twebster1948 Год назад

I live near Colorado Springs. I had a Trail 90 like the one you restored a while back. I could trust it to start any time. Once I took it to work with me. When I got off work it was packed with snow. Brushed the snow off...one kick and it lit up. It never failed - ever. Wish I had it still. Thank you so much for these informative videos. I just keep learning.

@fedeperezko Год назад

The story telling in the videos are fabtastic. Keep it coming.

@josephcormier5974 Год назад

This one was a long time coming and it's going to be fun excellent first day thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother

@tommoso55 Год назад

Mustie, really love it when you fiddle about with old bikes 😀👍👍👍

@jordang1814 Год назад

My very first bike was a 1978 DT100. I drove that thing into the ground and it definitely had some throttle issues. Good memories

@dominickserignese8837 Год назад

We are the same age Mustie1.i used to have a direct drive mini bike that I cobbled together. It had a scrub brake on the back tire but the scrub shoe was missing so it had no brakes. I wore out a brand new pair of sneakers in less than a month cuz I used to have to stop it Flintstones Style! LOL! My mom wanted to strangle me!😂😂 great memories of a much simpler time!

@garyhickey4789 Год назад

I got a Honda ST 90 for Christmas 1974 until I was 18. My only source of transportation in Middle School through High School. Great memories!

@soupyjr8649 Год назад

Thank you! Love watching on Sunday nights

@jeeaaenlourens1434 Год назад

One of my favourite subjects this. Always good fun wrenching on old stuff from the 70's and 80's. Amazing low mileage on this one.

@dr.leonardhofstadtersavage6413 Год назад

I always look forward to every video Mustie1. 👍👍👍👍

@rexkars7867 Год назад

This a great bike! I never seen one growing up,, Dealership in the St.Louis area were small, this is a video I will watch twice!!

@millerbeer8743 Год назад

Thank you for another great piece of entertainment. 🤘🏼Also, I miss Radio Shack. What a pleasant surprise seeing a piece of their equipment.

@machinist5828 Год назад

My 1st new bike was a DT100A. Same color gold. Oh the memories! Cheers Terry

@roger4375 Год назад

A good start to getting this little Honda back on the trails.

@BlackAck90 Год назад

very underrated channel. thanks for your time

@jimmaltese1852 Год назад

Love watching you! Your so thouro on everything! Awsome man, can't wait for part 2!!

@roryrice8742 Год назад

Your stories are the same as me and my friends. Late 60’s early 70’s! I’ve bought new scooters and dirt bikes to enjoy. They sure run nice without working on them all the time.

@bryanmora960 Год назад

Mustie, for the headlight, the common is the green wire, which is a constant ground. White wire is power for low beam Blue wire is power for high beam Blue wire splits into 2 wires, because one of them goes to the high beam indicator.

@THX-vb8yz Год назад

Learn to ride motorcycles because of this little beauty. I was about 9 years old. Everyone left our place to go riding and this sweet girl (from our church) had this 90 and taught me to ride. I was grinning ear to ear! Then my dad bought a couple of Yamahas. 250 (red tank) and 175 CT (green tank)

@grendalnewgod Год назад

A friend of mine's dad bought the local sand quarry while his son was away. My friend, who was an insurance assessor, left town for a little over a month after a hurricane in Texas. When he came home his house was gone. It looked like it had been demolished and the site cleared. He called his mom, she told him to go to the sand quarry and ask his dad about it. When he got there he learned that his house had been moved, remodeled and his dad had a large spring-fed pond dug. So, he also had his own beach. We used to have a lot of great times out there.

@thomasboulay3309 Год назад

I have a couple of A 50s I play with from time to time. Always love watching these will it runs!

@warmblood58 Год назад

I had one, the green color! I used to roll it in my bedroom late at night, remove the headlamp lense, disconnect the speedometer, push it out our back gate and down the street where I would start it up and be gone from midnight to five in the morning up at my friend's house - my parents did not know why I was so tired all the time! We would take it up into a state park and cruise the trails. great little bike! I agree 100%about middle aged men chasing their childhood memories - these machines have a way of putting smiles on our faces don't they?

@neilmurphy845 Год назад

Darren you are spot on with the whole people buying these kinds of machines to relive their childhood and I agree there's no way that this newer stuff will last and will definitely not be able to fix it and that's coming from a 21 year old I like this old stuff they're just much cooler looking and there's so much better in me and it's cool that you don't see much of them around

@Leroys_Stuff Год назад

Good morning Mustie family I enjoy story time The world sure has changed since I was a kid

@tracymacdonald4598 Год назад

I think every kid in our neighborhood had a mini bike. Most of them were CT 70s. We were known as the Tipperary gang. I could tell who rode by our house just by the sound of their bike. Those were the good old days!

@AndrewHCann Год назад

Excellent video Mustie 1 :) surprises me Bike are 6 volt postive ground back in 1970's of Honda and did change like Automotive companies did 1960's to 12 volt Negative ground it wild too for sure ! Also enjoy your fix up teach on bikes or anything to love it plus share information together to!

@TheZombieKillsss Год назад

Less than half way through but love listening to your stories and stuff.

@normanbuchanan9710 Год назад

that part about the old cars are going away and the people interested in them are dying off was very touching and deep really caused me to pause and appreciate life, very well said Sir.

@tomhawley1961 Год назад

just wanted to say happy holidays...thk u Mustie.....ive learned so much from ur vids.....take care

@jameswallace3794 Год назад

I just finished a restoration on a 74ST about a year ago. The chrome air cover is very hard to fine.took me quite some time to find one for my bike.but during my research I found out the old Honda Odyssey has the same one keep an eye out for one of those. 👍

@FreedomRock44 Год назад

Mustie I love how you always have something for something!!!!!!!! A battery supply....Nice!

@speedybeef Год назад

i love the old hondas! Can't wait to enjoy this one!

@Nine_Finger_Wrenching Год назад

I still remember my little golden Honda Z50……and my broken collar bone 😂!! Love your channel Mustie1!!!

@mischef18 Год назад

Enjoyed your bit of wrench'n bro. Safe travels

@barfass Год назад

I had to look and see if Harvey was still doing videos.. he is! Haven't watched in many years. Always a great channel for anything Honda ATC/ATV/Dirtbike.

@georgemarshall7508 Год назад

Good morning from keefeton oklahoma.

@johnturner8829 Год назад

Good Morning.

@xcalibre222 Год назад

New gas tanks for these are found on ebay for around $50 with free ship if needed. Thanks for the Vids.

@meknownothing Год назад

Hi bud really love the video's it's my Sunday entertainment pls keep up the good work. From the uk

@josephsteffen2378 Год назад

Just a great video: plenty of info and familiar stories (especially since Darren and I were born in the same year). Very relaxing. In a funny way: like a feature film that "takes you away."

@thomasherring6640 Год назад

Always love watching you work, and listening to your banter! I am one of those 50 something year old guys that goes to the car shows now, and I agree, the demographic is changing. I however, don't mind the 50's music at the car shows, because it fits with the cars, and just kind of feels right. I do wonder what will happen to prices on those older cars as we move on in years though. I have noticed that cars well into the 70's now are going up in price, which I will assume is because guys my age grew up with those 70's muscle cars.

@pdrphil8159 Год назад

I had a Honda 70 in the 70's. Had a lot of fun as a kid.

@FreedomRock44 Год назад

The shot of the banana seat bike and the 175 is PERFECT and they match almost!!!!

@mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff Год назад

That thing looks like it will clean up nice looking forward to seeing the next one.

@dianehammond5071 Год назад

I had a Honda 90 that I purchased in 1964 in Virginia Beach, Va. As I was in the Navy getting ready to deploy overseas in a couple of months, I decided to drive it home. I drove it from Norfolk Va to Paso Robles, Ca. It me about 10 days to make the trip. Never had any problems, not even a flat. At night I dry camped, & even slept on a rest area table one night.When my leave was over if flew back to Va. In 1966 I mustered out in Philadelphia and purchased a 250 cc Ducati and again drove across country. But when I got home the Honda started up on the third kick. I still wish that I had never sold it. The Honda was a great bike.

@billyhaddock5540 Год назад

Great Job Mustie1 on finding stuff wrong with the ST90 Bike.. next time new parts and run..

@thehillbillyhoarder4996 4 месяца назад

Nice video. I just bought one of these this week. Neat little bike.

@AZVIDS Год назад

Awesome video, what a great old Honda. Cannot wait for next vid👍👍👍

@tdgarage7 Год назад

Yes!! Love to see another Honda mini on the operating table!

@douglasschmidt6873 Год назад

Honda cr80 1982 was under the Christmas tree when I was a kid I loved that bike

@Oldjohn52 Год назад

that gas in the tank reverted to being crude oil

@jessecopeland9728 Год назад

I love your videos! I can’t wait until the next one. Honestly I feel like ripping into a small engine just for fun now.

@alveus8205 Год назад

More stories from Mustie’s early days please.

@donaldhalls2189 Год назад

Nice old bike, should be a bit of fun, all the best to you and your loved ones

@wmweekendwarrior1166 Год назад

Great discussion on the future of wrenching.

@SMKreitzer1968 Год назад

Thanks Mustie1! I sure enjoy the shop time!

@staceygandy2009 Год назад

I see you like the rope ratchets! I have used them over 10plus years and first found them at Lowes. They are awesome!

@andrewgrace4410 5 месяцев назад

Great restoration 😊

@JohnnieBravo1 Год назад

Hey now. Careful there Sparkie! I'm in my 70's, and am deep into motorcycles, and ATV's, and muscle cars and autocrossing, and motocrossing, and trials riding. It's NOT that I'm "reliving my youth" as you suggested. It's more like I never grew out of it. And don't plan to. I've promised my kids I'm going to still be hanging in here and embarrassing them til THEY are 150 years old. (I think they're finally starting to take me seriously). Awesome videos by the way. I love your cheap---, er "frugal" style.

@dougaranda6187 Год назад

Vintage Mustie. Love the small engine resurrections, no matter what they are.

@shawnurquhart5420 Год назад

I had one of these when I was 10. Miss it great little trail bike for a young kid

@artszabo1015 Год назад

Mustie, a good tip from an old guy - use (no grit) waterless hand cleaner on that bike. Slob it on with a small paintbrush and let it sit and dissolve all the grease and grime then brush it around with a soft bristle brush. It will clean off grease and stains and the oils in it will rejuvenate paint, decals, plastic (lenses etc), tires, wiring and vinyl (seats etc). I've done this on everything from old cb radios to garden tractors. It restores flexibility to dried up vinyl. It has never once caused any damage at all. 000 steel wool on chrome and glass with waterless hand cleaner is amazing. Clean the glass again with Windex. Art from Ohio

@paulfellows2094 Год назад

looks a gtreat little bike great content waitijng for next one all the best mate

@billburkart9087 Год назад

Speaking of your brother reminded me of the time about 1970 that my friend yelled at his little brother for spilling milk all over their kitchen trying to make a milkshake. His little brother went out to the garage and pissed all over his bicycle. I'm 68 now and smiling at the memory.