These are classic bikes and it's no wonder they're in great demand and getting harder to find all the time. The only major fault I ever found in them after working on bikes for years, was the timing chain. The split link had a habit of falling sometimes and then it was a case of walking home. We used to replace the split link with a ordinary chain link which made the timing chain continuous, but you had to keep an eye on the millage and listen for excessive chain rattle. More bike engines have been destroyed by a worn timing chain than by any other cause....worn timing chain leads to worn internal sprockets and goodnight Vienna!....lovely bike thanks for video.
Classic Bike! Great Restoration! At lunch today (26 April 2018) I saw a 1965 Honda CB160 pull out of a Sonoco Gas Station on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia, SC. An older guy with a gray beard and a black leather motorcycle jacket (Erick Von Zipper type) was riding it!
Love the bike. Had one in the early 70's in Kansas City. Rode all over the city and eastern Kansas on the bike. Even rode it up and down the stairs at the University of Kansas stadium....in the middle of the night.
Wow blast from the past!.. I had a rough j reg one that had been brush painted black so I decided to paint mine black and silver to look like a black bomber. Looks like I wasn't the only one?.. that was after I had paintedt yellow, don't ask me why? Ha.. amazing job on yours it looks better than new
Awesome job.I had a blue 77 & rode it through out Ireland in the late 70s.i got my love for motorcycling on that bike,thought I was doing the Isle of Man everytime I hopped on it.Lots of bikes since then,now I ride a 2014 HD streetglide.I would still like to find one like you & rebuild it,again Well done.
Great restoration, my dad had one of these many years ago and tell you the truth it was just a work horse to get him to and from work, it was never really looked after a shame really
Nice job! I had one of these back in the seventies and loved it. Then it was regarded as a bit of a Grandad Bike when it was compared to the CB250 Superdream, the Yammie RD 250, The Suzi GT250 and the Kawazaki KH250. Funny ain't it, Now it's regarded a a classic.
It's amazing to see these now regarded as classics. I feel slightly ashamed to say I bought one for 50 pounds in about 1990 when I had no money, rode it about for a couple of years, thrashed it, bodged it and neglected it and it just kept on going. Although I sort of feel romantic about it now I still recall it shook my hands to painful hell with the vibration and it never really had enough go to feel at ease on the roads but I still did have a lot of fun throwing it into roundabouts and riding it around the lanes. Eventually rotten exhausts finished it off, I'm interested how you dealt with those as replacements seemed to cost twice the value of the bike at that time.
hi, it's that romantic feeling that you talk which makes these a classic. one of the silencers survived and the other was new old stock can't remember how much but it wasn't a budget breaker. glad to hear it brought some memories back, and thanks for sharing.
Excellent job, well done! I'm currently considering a resto on one of these - just need to get the price right! BTW what is the music in your video? It goes well. Cheers
Gary Carlin hi, the music was from the free music archive you could access from windows movie maker, Ive since moved onto windows 10 which no longer has it, so sorry I cant help with that one. hope you find the right bike, if your going for a full restoration I would try to find one with a decent chain guard as they very hard to find. thanks for watching.
In 1979/80 3 of us went to see quadraphenia at the pics, we decided to try 60's rocker style fo awhile at that time the humble cd175 was regarded as a nail and dead cheap all 3 of us bought them for around 50 quid each, they looked the part you see, they all had to have megaphones on them to terrorise the local neighbourhood, mine was a L reg '73 in red anyway to cut a long story short, good fun was had by all until one by one they all blew up !! CHH709L where are you now
I have an older model with a single seat and I'm missing the front fender, found one at the wreckers, but it was made from plastic and mine was steel and got damaged in an accident. Would love to get a steel one so I can get it on the road again. It was initially a postie bike used in Sydney.
did you do a timing chain replacement? seems rattley, I owned one of these, a 1976 model from 1978 > to early 81 as a commuter & weekend getaway (despite the small engine I loved its two up capabilities! it was a really good passenger carrier, the rear shocks aren't adjustable so you had to compensate by adjusting the tyre pressures, the rear end could easily ground two up but my local garage had an excellent wheel builder and never had a puncture as a result of inner tube fracture etc) but I digress forgive the nostalgia! it just seems very rattley. I use to change the engine oil every 1.500 miles (it was cheap then) and did all my own servicing, apart from wheel truing. By the time I sold it, it had done some 30,000 miles the vast majority done by me, and the engine was "sweet as nut" and the bike was immaculate! but it was totally molicodelled.
jezztech Hi, no I didn't replace the chain, just bearings, piston rings and gaskets and had the cylinders honed. You could be correct but to be fair the audio quality is from a mobile phone and made the bike sound horrendous. Thanks for watching, glad it brought back some good memories.
Nice job, I have looked at other postings on youtube from guys owning the CB175 twin carb, 5 speed variants which are more high reving and its been aluded to by them that they needed timing replacement. May be Ive been lucky for mine to last so long without said timing chain rattling.You can easily confirm excessive cam chain wear by allowing the engine to totally cool down, you will find behind the cylinders, below the carb a small protruberance that houses a small nut/ bolt arrangement, gently depress kick starter with hand and ignition turned off, to feel maximum compression and therefore TDC, allow kick starter to back ratchet, slacken off the nut/bolt arrangement in the tensioner housing, remove spark plugs and then gentally hand crank two depressions of kick starter to cause 360 degrees of crankshaft rotation, hold this position then tighten up the cam chain tensioner wjth your micro spanners, when the bolt cant be advanced further into the engine, the semi automatic tensioner has no further influence over the timing chain and therefore said chain needs replacement.I learned this as a Saturday job "Lad" in a Motorcycle workshop selling Hondas among many others, whilst working for my "Uni" fees and it stood me excellently.
Hello brother I am facing problem with my CD 175 there isnt any spark in spark plugs.. What could be the problem. Installed New ignition coil New condensor New rectifier Stator coil is also generating current alright. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks.
These are classic bikes and it's no wonder they're in great demand and getting harder to find all the time. The only major fault I ever found in them after working on bikes for years, was the timing chain. The split link had a habit of falling sometimes and then it was a case of walking home. We used to replace the split link with a ordinary chain link which made the timing chain continuous, but you had to keep an eye on the millage and listen for excessive chain rattle. More bike engines have been destroyed by a worn timing chain than by any other cause....worn timing chain leads to worn internal sprockets and goodnight Vienna!....lovely bike thanks for video.
Classic Bike!
Great Restoration!
At lunch today (26 April 2018) I saw a 1965 Honda CB160 pull out of a Sonoco Gas Station on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia, SC.
An older guy with a gray beard and a black leather motorcycle jacket (Erick Von Zipper type) was riding it!
I own this motorcycle now & it's still as beautiful as that day they finished restoring it. Always gets a lot of admirers wherever I go.
That's awesome to hear, glad it's still in good nick 👍🍻
Love the bike. Had one in the early 70's in Kansas City. Rode all over the city and eastern Kansas on the bike. Even rode it up and down the stairs at the University of Kansas stadium....in the middle of the night.
Lovely job mate. Probably better than when it left the factory. Well done!
Wow blast from the past!.. I had a rough j reg one that had been brush painted black so I decided to paint mine black and silver to look like a black bomber. Looks like I wasn't the only one?.. that was after I had paintedt yellow, don't ask me why? Ha.. amazing job on yours it looks better than new
Good job. I had one way back in 1974 in Cumbria, England.
It pleases my heart to see you saved another 1976 model. Us 76's are getting long in the tooth. We need some fixing up. lol
Job well done! Thanks for the inspiration - Just bought a '69 and intend doing the same.
How does yours look now?
Had one from New in 1970 as a sixteen year old in blue .This brought back memories.
Nice restoration. Those were the days when front mudguards actually kept muck off your engine. These modern short jobs are useless.
Awesome job.I had a blue 77 & rode it through out Ireland in the late 70s.i got my love for motorcycling on that bike,thought I was doing the Isle of Man everytime I hopped on it.Lots of bikes since then,now I ride a 2014 HD streetglide.I would still like to find one like you & rebuild it,again Well done.
i have a 1970 you can buy from me.co clare man here.
@@dianen2344 I am living here in the States the last 40 years.I would have to find one over here.Thanks for the thought Co Clare man..
I built many of these beauties, I would pull them completely apart .
Then totally rebuild them.
My all time favourite bike.
Great restoration, my dad had one of these many years ago and tell you the truth it was just a work horse to get him to and from work, it was never really looked after a shame really
well done exceptional restoration. i had one in the eighties but unrestored in metallic blue. bill...
A HEAL/TOE SHIFTER. DESTROYED SO MANY ENGINES.
Nice job! I had one of these back in the seventies and loved it. Then it was regarded as a bit of a Grandad Bike when it was compared to the CB250 Superdream, the Yammie RD 250, The Suzi GT250 and the Kawazaki KH250. Funny ain't it, Now it's regarded a a classic.
Nice video, and a nice bike. Thank you for saving it.
Thank you for this-I love old Hondas
It's amazing to see these now regarded as classics. I feel slightly ashamed to say I bought one for 50 pounds in about 1990 when I had no money, rode it about for a couple of years, thrashed it, bodged it and neglected it and it just kept on going. Although I sort of feel romantic about it now I still recall it shook my hands to painful hell with the vibration and it never really had enough go to feel at ease on the roads but I still did have a lot of fun throwing it into roundabouts and riding it around the lanes. Eventually rotten exhausts finished it off, I'm interested how you dealt with those as replacements seemed to cost twice the value of the bike at that time.
hi, it's that romantic feeling that you talk which makes these a classic. one of the silencers survived and the other was new old stock can't remember how much but it wasn't a budget breaker. glad to hear it brought some memories back, and thanks for sharing.
fair play well done lovely job. I used to have a red one never missed a beat, used to ride from Ipswich East Anglia to south wales regularly
great job mate
looks better then when i found mine
Nice job. I thought mine was bad when I started restoring it but yours looked to be in worse condition! 😂
nice job..
Nice job. Going to make a start on my 74 one. Where did you buy wheel rims and spokes from. Or did you build the wheels yourself
Liam Boyce thanks pal, the rims were from David silver Honda parts online
lovely job weldone. ...did you painted the engine block or just buffed it ?
Hi, thanks buddy. No the engine was bead blasted and then we painted the side casings.
plz tell me where you restore this bike and how much you spent
Any supplier you can recommend for the parts?Thanks!
love it
Excellent job, well done!
I'm currently considering a resto on one of these - just need to get the price right!
BTW what is the music in your video? It goes well. Cheers
Gary Carlin hi, the music was from the free music archive you could access from windows movie maker, Ive since moved onto windows 10 which no longer has it, so sorry I cant help with that one. hope you find the right bike, if your going for a full restoration I would try to find one with a decent chain guard as they very hard to find. thanks for watching.
Cheers
Well done.
Did you replace the spokes. If so, where from.
I'm pretty sure I had the originals zinc plated, but I would think you could get some replacements from David silver, CSMNL or maybe NOS on eBay.
Thanks for the quick reply. None available at David silver but will try the others mentioned and post back if I get lucky.
ES UNA HERMOSURAAA...
VHT paint ???? i tried it on my vespa engine. .results didnt satisfy me...wonder what i did wrong
Usually with aluminium you need to etch prime it before a top coat. In this case I just used hammerite straight onto the aluminium .
It very hard to buy this bike right now !!! 😢😢😢 2018
Where do you get parts for this bike?
wemoto, csmnl, ebay, david sliver. to name a few I'm sure there are more
In 1979/80 3 of us went to see quadraphenia at the pics, we decided to try 60's rocker style fo awhile
at that time the humble cd175 was regarded as a nail and dead cheap
all 3 of us bought them for around 50 quid each, they looked the part you see, they all had to have megaphones
on them to terrorise the local neighbourhood, mine was a L reg '73 in red
anyway to cut a long story short, good fun was had by all until one by one they all blew up !!
CHH709L where are you now
Nice supra
Hiw to restore chrome finish parts?
soon im getting at least 3 175s from govt auction
looking fwd to restore 1 . and 1 as cafe racer
Lovely job!
Excellent
a real dimond
Beautiful job well done
Beautiful, good job. Saved a great motorcycle
Great job, especially for the first try
Beautiful work.....
Fantastic work
I have an older model with a single seat and I'm missing the front fender, found one at the wreckers, but it was made from plastic and mine was steel and got damaged in an accident. Would love to get a steel one so I can get it on the road again. It was initially a postie bike used in Sydney.
Fine job
Very well done sir i had the early one pressed steel fram in blue very good bike wish i still had it well done
nice bike I love this CD175 70s model
2:04 is that a supra!!
Twin Turbo 😘
did you do a timing chain replacement? seems rattley, I owned one of these, a 1976 model from 1978 > to early 81 as a commuter & weekend getaway (despite the small engine I loved its two up capabilities! it was a really good passenger carrier, the rear shocks aren't adjustable so you had to compensate by adjusting the tyre pressures, the rear end could easily ground two up but my local garage had an excellent wheel builder and never had a puncture as a result of inner tube fracture etc) but I digress forgive the nostalgia! it just seems very rattley. I use to change the engine oil every 1.500 miles (it was cheap then) and did all my own servicing, apart from wheel truing. By the time I sold it, it had done some 30,000 miles the vast majority done by me, and the engine was "sweet as nut" and the bike was immaculate! but it was totally molicodelled.
jezztech Hi, no I didn't replace the chain, just bearings, piston rings and gaskets and had the cylinders honed. You could be correct but to be fair the audio quality is from a mobile phone and made the bike sound horrendous. Thanks for watching, glad it brought back some good memories.
Nice job, I have looked at other postings on youtube from guys owning the CB175 twin carb, 5 speed variants which are more high reving and its been aluded to by them that they needed timing replacement. May be Ive been lucky for mine to last so long without said timing chain rattling.You can easily confirm excessive cam chain wear by allowing the engine to totally cool down, you will find behind the cylinders, below the carb a small protruberance that houses a small nut/ bolt arrangement, gently depress kick starter with hand and ignition turned off, to feel maximum compression and therefore TDC, allow kick starter to back ratchet, slacken off the nut/bolt arrangement in the tensioner housing, remove spark plugs and then gentally hand crank two depressions of kick starter to cause 360 degrees of crankshaft rotation, hold this position then tighten up the cam chain tensioner wjth your micro spanners, when the bolt cant be advanced further into the engine, the semi automatic tensioner has no further influence over the timing chain and therefore said chain needs replacement.I learned this as a Saturday job "Lad" in a Motorcycle workshop selling Hondas among many others, whilst working for my "Uni" fees and it stood me excellently.
Great job thanks
Hello brother
I am facing problem with my CD 175 there isnt any spark in spark plugs.. What could be the problem.
Installed
New ignition coil
New condensor
New rectifier
Stator coil is also generating current alright.
Your help would be appreciated. Thanks.
clean the points.
possibly replace the contact points