yes i also talk and answer him like im in the room with him. im a 52 year old black man from noth philly. ive been fixing old mini bikes alone in my garage since i was13. i sometimes talk to myself like im being filmed. glad to find im not crazy by my self. love love love this guy
I really enjoy all the comments that come in from around the globe. The world would be a better place if it was run by gear heads. Cheers from the USA!
Hey Mustie1,just wanted to say thanks for all your videos. Lawnmower was starting and stopping. Pulled the carb apart and cleaned out all the Jets. Put it back together and it started on the first pull. Only reason I felt confident enough to pull it apart was bcuz of your videos. I've learned alot. So thank you once again.😁
What's amazing to me is as I'm watching at an hour and twelve minutes in as you're attaching the air cleaner assembly to the carb I decided to frequent our usual parts website just to check out whether or not the OEM air filter element is still available. Sure is! There's six in stock at $9.20. Amazing time to be alive!
Carburetors seem to be a nemesis for young mechanics these days. I was Born in 1957 and learned about them in high school. I was the kid that would soup up your Chevy with the addition of a new intake manifold, Holly 650 double pumper and a nice set of equal length headers and glass packs on your 350ci engine. These days, fuel injection is king and most don't know their way around the carburetor. Just reminiscing.
I'm 12 I am always buying and selling anything with a small engine. Most of the time the engine just needs a carb clean and it runs after an oil change. I'll spend around 5-50usd on a push mower/self propelled and flip it for 75-200
Over 10 years my 3 kids put close to 4,000 miles on our 1969 CT90 on trails they created up at the cabin. They'd race the CT90 and our 1970 John Deere 140. They'd be gone for hours and never broke a bone. The tool pouch helped keep the battery in place. As long as the rectifier was good, it would run. Great video and great memories. Thanks!
I'm 59 years old and remember when all of these bikes were brand new. Back around 1972, my Dad bought me a new 1972 Honda SL 70 motorbike. It was so cool, a red off road/street legal trail bike. Some of my friends drove Honda Trail 50's and 70's and some even Trail 90's. Such a wonderful time to be young. Most all the kids I hung out with drove these little Hondas. Gosh, we had fun. I think this is the reason so many guys refurbish these little bikes, they bring back so many fond memories of our youth. I sure wish I still owned my little SL 70. It would be great to own, just to look at and reflect on the memories.
I love these bikes...I had three of them as a teen and managed to keep one of them running...great fun tinkering. In Melbourne (where I live) they use these as postie bikes and they have become iconic, with a large following and even a club with rides en-masse. Great little bike
That black button on the side of the carb is actually for altitude compensation. You pull it out at higher altitudes to let more air into the emulsion tube and lean the mixture down a bit. The actual 'choke' is the manual lever type. Just an FYI.😉 The earlier models didn't have the altitude compensator, and you had to change the main jet above a certain altitude (usually 4000 ft.), unless you liked to change plugs a lot.😁
My parents had one of those when I was a kid. We took it on every camp trip, lots of fond memories. It had the low range lever on the gearbox and I really enjoyed riding it, even more than dad's 250cc Suzuki 2 stroke enduro. A very fun and very tough little thumper.
I have two of these sitting in my garage that I bought as projects. I can't believe my good luck that I now have a Mustie video to jump start the project. This is great!!
I watched this series when Darren put it up, but fate brought a 73 CT90 to me this week. How great is it to have the master just go through most of what’s on my plate. Thanks Mustie!
I owned one...4 speed. Never said no to starting. In Colorado Springs it sat out all day during a BIG snow storm; when I got to it that evening and dug out of the snow drift, the cylinder cooling fins were totally full of snow; turned on the key, gave it one kick and it came to life. Low switch converts it to a an amazingly fun little trials bike...no clutch lever - centrifugal clutch. Wish I still had it...
I’m only 13 and since I saw his videos i ended up buying a broken riding lawn mower for 75 and been working on it for a month now so keep up the great content
I’m 46, when me and my buddies were in middle school we repaired some broken mowers and used them to mow lawns all summer to earn cash. When we were in high school we restored an antique farm tractor. So much fun. Glad to hear about what your doing.
I am almost 70 and have fond memories of my Red trail 90 with the extra 2 speed gearbox. Purchased Brand new for $375 in the mid 1970’s. I have owned probably 12-15 bikes and it’s the one I think of most. Thing was a billy goat in 1st gear,low range. Think it did 45 mph in high gear, high range.
What an awesome bike. I have ridden these in the mid 70's. The one you have is in excellent shape. 1500 miles is barely broke-in. The ones I find have been in the bottom of a pond for 30 years. This bike, you will find, is a capable trail bike. Trust me, you won't stop smiling.
Your delivery is beautiful, it is a pleasure to hear your voice explaining even the most mundane. This has to be the most chilled out break-down channel.
subscribed! CT90 was my first experience of motorcycling, riding around on the luggage rack with my grandfather on their farm in the mid 1980s. Some great memories. Just picked up a (much more recent!) ct110 that needs some love so this was quite interesting. I love that pretty much every aspect of these Honda CT bikes is so comprehensively documented
Thanks for letting me "hang out with you" I really enjoy watching and answering your questions screw sizes, and which spring goes where. Much love and respect.
Just to put your mind at ease, the fan noise in the background is not that bad. I could easily hear you and it wasn't distracting. I am a person that doesn't cope well with working in heat above 70°F without any air movement, so I am more than understanding with the fan running in the background while you entertain and teach me with your videos. Love the new shop, love your content, keep 'em coming!
Your videos make me smile. I've been turning wrenches for .. well, quite a while. Your approach and commentary make for a nice wind down at the end of the day. :)
I know I’m just one Sub, but your videos make my day Mustie...after a long day at work, there is nothing better than getting home and seeing a Mustie vid posted so I can sit down and relax while we rebuild small engines!
I love these long vids, keeps me inspired to work on my own projects. I wish I seen this channel many years ago. Not a single bad thing to say about it. Hope your doing well mustie. Your vids always keep me going. 90 hour work weeks and I still have the drive to work on my own toys. Your the man mustie, keep it up and try to get a early 1980s Honda magna, is love to see that. I have one I been working of for a few weeks and parts are the hardest to acquire. About 3 weeks from now and I should be posting a vid of my magna finally running.
First multispeed bike I ever rode was one of these.... when doing carb work, I like to screw in the jet / air screw very carefully till they bottom out in the seat and write down how many turns in. When you reinstall, carefully bottom them out then back out the number of turns you wrote down. Some carbs are really sensitive and can be a real pain..... then again, some aren’t. Great video!
Thank you Mustie... Totally enjoy watching your humor and videos.. They are sooo totally relaxing and your humor in situations that would make me throw a hammer/wrench at the wall is inspiring. Taken on some of your comments like "throw it anywhere" instead of looking like an a** in front of others. Your content is relaxing to watch .. mostly b/c of your calm and good nature at the bs that happens. THANKS Darren
My brother had one of those in the early 70's my other brother tried to showoff with a girl on the back, in low range he revved up the engine and dropped it into first, the front wheel came straight up and they both went off the back of the bike, one of the funniest things I ever saw
Sounds like my buddy that decided it was funny to accelerate so quickly that I slid from sitting up against the cab window, all the way past the open tailgate and onto the pavement out of a pickup truck while coming out of a field on our single lane private road. Hurt pretty badly. Never trusted anyone else's driving since then.
In case you all are wondering, the rubber flap that is mounted to the rear of the kick stand is to "send" the kickstand into the up position if you forget to put it up yourself. If it is down, when you turn (bank) left, the rubber hits the ground first, instead of the steel kickstand, which can "catapult" the bike out of control. A kickstand down, while you are riding, is potentially deadly. (This can be seen @1:08:30. Better view @1:10:48).
My first bike was a Honda 90. I put a lot of miles on it in street and trail gears. It was a fun ride and kept me busy most summers. Thanks for taking the time to show how to fix them.
Love your new Garage! you are at A new level, Much more possibilities!! I am one year younger than you Graduated 83! Congrats on your new Garage! Enjoy your Videos, Very down to earth no BS!
Thank you for this video! I have a 79 trail90 that I want to get running. It belonged to my dad who passed back in ‘06. However the motorcycle had been sitting for a lot longer before that. I forget what year it was last registered but it was around ‘85. It has almost the exact same set up as your 77. Very helpful and informational!
Cool old Honda! I picked up a set of those fuel hose pliars a month or so ago after seeing you use them. I have no idea how I lived without them all these years! Nice harbor freight score!
I had a 1969 one of these when I was 14. My dad finally sold it and yes it went to Australia. I really miss it to this day! In cleaning out my parents house after they had passed we found my original owners manual! I still have it as a memento of a lot of fun rides. Wound out tight on pavement with a 150 lb 15 year old on it I could get 60 mph.
By far one of the best youtubers out there. Fantastic video quality, very detailed and descriptive. Excellent job. I look forward to every new video you post. Keep it up we all love it!
My first bike was a trail 90. A yellow one, and that was in about 1968, so that would have been probably a 1965, 66. It had two rear sprockets and a piece of chain to add in when you put on the larger sprocket. In all the time I owned it, using it to commute a couple of blocks to school and a mile to work, I think I only put gas in it once.
Great video Mustie! Fond memories of racing my local Postie on a Trail90 on my Honda XR75 as a kid. Australian Postal Service used these bikes for over 30 years. Plenty of spares over here.
Just bought one of these on the back of watching this vid. Damn you for your salesmanship. Didn't think I would be able to get one in the UK as never imported, but blow me, there were several to choose from. I shall be watching you like a hawk for any further episodes!! Thanks for your great content.
Dear Mustie1: Honestly: I was trembling because of positive anticipation when realizing the length of this great video. So I gave 👍 button even before watching it. Now let's see:
Dear@@geoffreykeane4072 Yes, another "mighty mouse mustie" vid, hooray. Here it was 1 o' clock after midday when you commented. It is extremely hot in Germany for June (up to 40° Celsius again). Best regards luck and health.
There have been times I was too busy to watch a Mustie1 video the day it came out but while marking them for later viewing I give them an upvote anyway because I know they will be good.
I'm 64 and would totally hang out with you and work for free if I lived next door. I like how your mind works and your always asking me questions and never listening...lol
(1:05:22) One LEANS the mixture at elevation for "thinner" air (less air - less fuel). As when one flies a normally aspirated aircraft engine above nominal altitudes, the mixture must be leaned for proper performance; and, of course, richened for landing. Great video; love all carb rebuilds.
@mustie1, Thanks for showing us these videos. Based on your videos I bought my first non- running riding mower to fix up and have a little fun tinkering. I brought it back to life and am having a great time. Thanks again.
Hidy. I thank you for doing these excellent videos ! You mentioned the fuel tank, being in sad shape. My Dad used to work on outboard motors, tank-top kind, as well as the tanks themselves. They used to have 2 hoses running to them, and then Mercury came out with a single hose. Everyone followed suit. So Dad did the change-overs on the 6 gallon outboard tanks. He also could get the rust out of the tanks. Dad kept a pill-bottle full of BB's and a concoction...I'm not real sure, but I think it had kerosene and marvel-mystery oil in it, and maybe some carb cleaner. He would plug all the holes in the fuel tank & pour that little bit of liquid in the fuel tank, along with the bottle of BB's and hand it to me to make a racket ! He wanted it shook, sideways, turn it, and shake, shake, shake !!! Then I'd hand it back to him and He would pour it all out, shaking and bumping it against a wooden bench, thru a homemade colindar, made of heavy screen wire. He would wash off the BB's and save the fluid, after He ran it thru a cloth filter. This cleaned the scummie and rusty junk off the surface of the inside of the tank. He made a good living on doing what you do...He would bring dead outboards back to life. There's a good tip for you, Mustie1
Watched my weekly Mustie1 videos. Had my coffee, bacon, eggs, toast and hash browns ready, on my big tv. Watching it carefully and see any important bits on Darren's careful words. Man that video today made my Sunday so relaxing with your words, made me feel I'm right there in the room. Excellent video! Many many thumbs up!
My first bike was a Trail 90, I refered to it as my little tank as it would go almost anywhere. Cleaning the carb was a yearly thing but other than that it never left me stranded during my adventures. To this day almost 30 years later I still regret ever letting it go to get a bigger bike.
Musti1 you are a very good teacher. I am not mechanically inclined and I'm trying to learn in my old age. I will continue to watch and learn. How you tear into things and not pay too much attention to position of screws. "o" rings and such is amazing to me. Thanks for the lesson.
Mustie1, love it when you get something to start for the first time, or even after the first start ... you give a giggle... on every video I've seen on many types of vehicles ... great stuff.
Hi Mustie, great video as always, you're right about the charging system, being the same as your Trail 70 with no regulator they will blow bulbs without a battery connected. This model also runs the headlight permanently and leaving it disconnected will eventually boil the battery (ask me how i know haha). The low range is fairly useful off road, and will actually crawl up some pretty steep inclines with it.
Man,this brings back OLD memories...my first bike was a 1967 Honda 90cc step through that looked almost exactly like your 76 version. I was 10,it was 1968,and my grandpa gave it to me for my birthday....the only real looks difference was it had a kind of fairing/knee shield . It was a 4spd(3 up,1 down centrifugal clutch with a neutral...and mine didn't have hi/lo range,that came later on. I used that bike UP,went everywhere on it and still even had it in 1976 when I got married(yes,I was only 18) but it eventually gave up on me. Seeing the one you are going to be working on is an awesome memory of a great childhood...Thanks a lot,I'm a new subscriber and am looking forward to going back and bingeing your old content after I've seen this piece through...keep up the great work and the accompanying videos.......stay safe......oh ya....I'm from Ontario,Canada...
@kevin paul halliday your right they did have anti dive. Get on the front brake and the front lifts up. My C70 has got the same leading links in front.
On a side note, when you got the new shop, and the intro video you had said something to the effect of you originally started your utube channel to overcome social anxiety. You could have knocked me over with a feather. You are utterly gifted in your approach and mannerisms when I front of the camera. In fact you should really be a teacher/instructor.your videos helped me to learn how to work on my own small engine issues with my mowers or rototillers.you dont need to be anxious about anything sir. You are just clearly one of the people who are well liked and respected because of who you are and how you converse with others. Just so you know for what its worth from a bumpkin from dawson creek in canada.
I'm about 8 years older than you and I remember a lot of people bought his & hers trail 90s including some friends of mine that hauled them on the back of their Winnebago. Needless to say the his almost always got more miles & beat more. The one you have may have been a hers given the low miles and over all good condition. If I remember correctly Honda even advertised them as his & hers to sell more.
You graduated the same year as my oldest brother, I knew there was a reason I liked watching your videos! For your shop appearance, you could always make a re-creation of your garage, so it feels more familiar to the viewers who are having withdrawals from the move to the new place.
I'm always impressed at your project success rate. Mine take a lot longer. I'm a small engine by trade, but find trouble working on anything my own. Have to be getting paid!
Another great video from your new digs. Back in the late 1970's I used the Honda turn signals for the front of my Baja bug. Worked fine. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic, thanks for taking us along in the new shop, even with the cookies and ice pops, nice touch. Glad you heard me before you got all the screws in the carb.
Really enjoy watching your videos and seeing you work I can Relate as I'm a mechanic and funny thing is that you almost always repair the car, bike, lawnmower etc in the same way that I would, keep it up and keep posting videos and ignore the people that give you crap
Awesome work mate also love your humour they don't make many of us like that anymore sad to say but absolute love your channel I have an old Honda pc 50 which I have managed to get running through watching and learning from you so thank you for that take care and God bless your a legend 👍👌👌😀
When you were talking about how old you are because she graduated from school that year so did I. Believe it or not my cousin had this exact model. He bought it brand new and we rode all through the city. He drove that thing until there was nothing left. I still remember sitting on the sidewalk watching him patch the tube on the front tire. Thank you for bringing back good memories.
At higher altitudes the carb mix needs to be leaner to maintain the same air/fuel ratio (by weight)...ie, lower lb/min of air requires lower lbs/min of fuel.
All that series of little Hondas are some of the best things to come out of Japan, so you're onto a good thing, Mustie. As usual, a great video, I think painting the overhead light bulbs yellow works for me, but I think the ceiling fan is worth a try. In fact I'd like to see a video on restoring an old ceiling fan and setting it up!
Wtf this is hella recent. I have my mom's honda trail 90 that's been sitting for hella long. Same exact color and model, and i've been wanting to fix it for ages but I know nothing about motorcycles, but now I have something to use as a reference. Thank you so much for this upload!!!
You are the best, have loved you since I found you looking at old VW restoration vids, because i was curious about how they work. You had about 2500 subs when I first subbed under my old name. Great to see an awesome guy like you making good at this!
I’m sure this is a redundant comment...but I think it’s probably worth repeating often...THANK YOU!!! I’ve learned so much from watching you dissect, discuss and troubleshoot mechanisms top to bottom...I just can’t thank you enough! I was the guy who’d curse the sky for my lousy luck with small engines and the like. Now, I’m the guy who rips them apart and nurses them back to life. And I could not have matured to that guy without your help. Thanks for taking us along for the ride...they’re always great times 😁
I love the little laugh Mustie1 that you make when something runs, sounds like a mad scientist hahahaha. Love your content and thank you for posting your adventures with us👍👍
