Bringing a rare 1985 Honda back to life after it was left outside for many years. #atv #fix #honda #rare #dirtbike #restoration #offroad #mechanic Like, Share, and Subscribe!
I had the 83' 350, was blasting down a road whilst is was unregistered, cop pulled me over and fined me like a hundred bucks. I never paid that fine, that was like in 1991 hope there is a statu.......(just looked this up>>> Each Australian territory has a statute of limitations. The set time limitations for most of the summary offenses within the Australian jurisdictions range from 6 months to 12 years......................WOOHOO!
As a 14 year old boy in 1985 this was my dream bike (I wasn't tall enough or experienced enough to ride a CR500). Honda's have always been my favorite brand of motorcycle. Glad to see one of my dream bikes coming back to life!
XR350 has always been one of my favorites! Since it's been sitting for so long, check the wheel bearings, swing arm bushings and suspension linkage bushings, check the valve clearance, etc. Don't forget to put a piece of rubber breather hose on that fuel tank cap, otherwise you will get water in the tank. Other than that, you've got an original gem! Great video!
Wait a damn Minute! I just realized this is your third video! Great job, very well put together. Would love to see more of the work you did. Like for example when you cleaned the carb all we saw that you took i apart but not how you did it. But all in all very nice!
Great bikes my mate had a couple of these we used to hit trails on em in the late 80s /90s in the uk i remember the lil bag thing behind the seat quite reliable bikes if i remember too .
@Pickup_Projects it's crazy the amount of stuff I used to pick up back then I had bout 15 bikes in my front garden all ready to go id get my fuel can and go camping out places in the 80s my fave old bike was my yammaha 175 trial bike and my trusty trail cub both modded up long before it was fashionable lol I had a cr 125 too but it allways broke down and was a proper beater of a bike .
Great bikes these (my avatar is me sitting on mine) - well worth restoring or at least bringing up to a decent condition. My one was 1981 and was a twin carb set up and was a bit of PITA - lucky to have a single carb I say! Anyway, good luck with it. Wish I still had mine.......
I cant remember what year's of the rfvc engine were recalled, but they had a major problem with starving the valvetrain for oil. Many heads were destroyed due to this. Honda fixed the issue at the time by running an oil flow tube to the top via cranckcase. You might want to look into that. Should be info on thumpertalk. Good luck
be careful with the purple cleaners on raw aluminum - don't let it sit for more than 5 minutes or it will start to oxidize the metal - makes swingarms look like crap
You need a Real pressure washer . 11 hp is the way to go . Lots of pressure not too heavy . Mine took most of that white oxidation off the tank on my 84 xr250
12:21 honda valdez you got there.......if that gas slick gets bigger, our govt might invade, carb needle not seating? smoking too, might need a valve adjust......great bike tho, hard to kill them
The float needle was not closing all the way due to the float not set correctly. It wouldn’t hurt to check the valves as well if the smoking continues.
