Way back in April I was ever so pleased when I struck a deal with my dad's cousin: I'd take the assorted 90cc Hondas from his back yard, and in return I'd throw together a Honda 90 paddock basher. Unfortunately for me, he insisted on a CT90 with telescopic forks and a dual-range gearbox... |
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Here's Frankenbike. Due to the paucity of some parts it has been cobbled together from at least 6 different bikes. I've still got a bash plate, air filter and carry rack to bolt on. |
The handlebars are off some kind of Suzuki trailie - this way I got a rotary throttle instead of the old-fashioned Honda "slide-in-a-trough" unit (I know that some of you out there know what I'm talking about!) |
The forks and triple clamps were removed from a CT90K0 from the junk pile (not original fitment on that, either!) The exhaust is off a CT90K0. The front wheel is off that CT90 that was in the shed in the top pic. The rear shocks and centrestand are C90 units. |
I didn't need to use any parts of this particular CT90K0... |
...because it's pretty much this rusty all over. 20+ years lying in the open will do that. The K0 was the first CT90, and had leading-link rather than telescopic forks. They don't work quite as well, but they don't wear out as quickly either. |
I used the front wheel off this CT90. I would have used the whole bike, except that it's forks, motor, chain and rear shocks are all seized. |
My CD90. It's the next project in line after Franken90 leaves the shed, I'll be putting a Chinese 125cc motor in it and making it my Wintersun 2008 mount. |
As you can see, CT90K0 mufflers have slightly different bends in the header pipe as compred with all other CT90 motorbikes. |
Usable kickstands were one of those things in short supply. Rebuildable carburettors and unrusty non-bent intake valves were also a bit uncommon. The footpegs are once again CT90K0 parts. |