thelaird....unlikely to find one here in Britain...if you live in Germany or France maybe...but our stupid second hand parts distribution idea encouraged idiots to dismantle every used bike they got their hands on in Breakers yards...every bike 30 or 40 years ago with a scratch or dent ended up in one and stripped...finally they would go bust and i assume bits went to scrapyards and lost forever...i managed to save some KH250 parts along with my KH...you couldn't give it away 30 odd years ago...now it's all worth thousands...
I have done a CD 200 here in the UK . Same sort of job . Not a show winner but now a very smart reliable bike . Nice to still have some age patina left . Makes them more useable . No worries about getting a drop of rain on them ! If you haven't already done so I would advise fitting a fuel filter inline . I had a bit of trouble at first with dirt from the tank entering the carb . Really enjoyed the video ... Lovely job . Well done .
Thanks for this. Problem on this bike with the two outlets from the petcock you would have to fit two filters and there is no space to fit them but I agree it really needs them
@@stvheat That bike is a PARTS only bike. CD200's are NOT CB750 fours. You wasted that much time and spent ANY money to get it looking so crap as it does finished off is stupefying. I think you have a screw loose. You even took the engine out, did work on it, repainted the entire frame etc??? You lost your marbles champ.
Last week I tried routing the throttle cable over the backbone. Throttle sticking. Routing under the backbone works perfectly. Aftermarket cheep cable.
Made a nice job of that mate Makes a change to see someone tidy up something rather than spending a fortune on it. And working in a normal blokes garage, not a fully stocked workshop with all the gear.
Hi from the Cape ZA. First time I've see one with a vinyl top on the tank. You're right about over investing in the bike. Respraying the tank could be a job for next winter though. I wouldn't be surprised if you could still get new exhaust pipes, providing they aren't too expensive. Those bikes should cruise at 100 kph, my old DR200 will cruise at 80.
To be honest I priced up new exhausts and it was going to be really expensive si I just slipped over some 3” exhaust tubing I had in the workshop and tacked it on and sprayed them with high temp paint
lovely bike, one thing to watch out for after an engine rebuild on these engines is to make sure oil is getting to the camshaft, from memory i think oil goes up from the crankcase via a head stud and needs to be bled just at the initial start up.
Well you were well unlucky. These bikes, and the CB175 were in the tradition of the 125, unbreakable solid workhorses. Had CD175 in my day, great bike, bar the styling. Would love to find a decent cB175 or 200 now
There was an earlier one, but that was a 160. Between three of us we had the CD175, CB175 and the CB200. All were 1972 to 1976 bikes and basically all the same chain driven SOHC engine. The CD was single carb and no starter or rev counter. But otherwise all much the same.
I had a red one it was built like a brick sh1t house amazing it was as fast as my mates gt250 but ran better less noise lol they have shot up in price now
Great Video. One of these was my first bike 48 years ago. Looking for one now to restore. Thanks for posting.
thelaird....unlikely to find one here in Britain...if you live in Germany or France maybe...but our stupid second hand parts distribution idea encouraged idiots to dismantle every used bike they got their hands on in Breakers yards...every bike 30 or 40 years ago with a scratch or dent ended up in one and stripped...finally they would go bust and i assume bits went to scrapyards and lost forever...i managed to save some KH250 parts along with my KH...you couldn't give it away 30 odd years ago...now it's all worth thousands...
Mate had one when the rest of us still had mopeds, thought it was great, nice job really enjoyed the video, thanks.
Hi from the UK I remember these with green tanks as well, done a great job have fun Kev East Devon 👍🇬🇧
Thanks Kev
I have done a CD 200 here in the UK . Same sort of job . Not a show winner but now a very smart reliable bike . Nice to still have some age patina left . Makes them more useable . No worries about getting a drop of rain on them !
If you haven't already done so I would advise fitting a fuel filter inline . I had a bit of trouble at first with dirt from the tank entering the carb .
Really enjoyed the video ... Lovely job . Well done .
Thanks for this. Problem on this bike with the two outlets from the petcock you would have to fit two filters and there is no space to fit them but I agree it really needs them
@@stvheat That bike is a PARTS only bike. CD200's are NOT CB750 fours. You wasted that much time and spent ANY money to get it looking so crap as it does finished off is stupefying. I think you have a screw loose. You even took the engine out, did work on it, repainted the entire frame etc??? You lost your marbles champ.
Beautiful bike, good job, congratulations, enjoy it!
Last week I tried routing the throttle cable over the backbone. Throttle sticking. Routing under the backbone works perfectly. Aftermarket cheep cable.
Thanks for this. Mine seems to be ok now
nicely done, I'd call that a sympathetic restoration - enjoy it!
Thanks
@@stvheat It's half baked and YOU know it! That would have cost a few grand for what? Nothing.
Great job mate glad ur happy with it looks fab many years of happy riding enjoy
Thanks very much
neat little bike.
Made a nice job of that mate
Makes a change to see someone tidy up something rather than spending a fortune on it.
And working in a normal blokes garage, not a fully stocked workshop with all the gear.
Thanks for the comment!!!!
@@stvheat Trust me. You spent a FORTUNE on that old piece of junk! LOL
Hi from the Cape ZA. First time I've see one with a vinyl top on the tank. You're right about over investing in the bike. Respraying the tank could be a job for next winter though. I wouldn't be surprised if you could still get new exhaust pipes, providing they aren't too expensive. Those bikes should cruise at 100 kph, my old DR200 will cruise at 80.
To be honest I priced up new exhausts and it was going to be really expensive si I just slipped over some 3” exhaust tubing I had in the workshop and tacked it on and sprayed them with high temp paint
@@stvheat Would be fun to ride that classic at your local Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, it would turn a few heads for sure.
really good job ! greetings from germany
Thanks
lovely bike, one thing to watch out for after an engine rebuild on these engines is to make sure oil is getting to the camshaft, from memory i think oil goes up from the crankcase via a head stud and needs to be bled just at the initial start up.
I better check on that. Thanks
I had one it was awful cam chain rattle even the Honda 5* dealer couldn't sort it bought a triumph lovely bike real easy to work on
Well you were well unlucky. These bikes, and the CB175 were in the tradition of the 125, unbreakable solid workhorses. Had CD175 in my day, great bike, bar the styling. Would love to find a decent cB175 or 200 now
@petedawson8257 but was that a overhead cam or pushrod the 175 I think had a much better reliability record
There was an earlier one, but that was a 160. Between three of us we had the CD175, CB175 and the CB200. All were 1972 to 1976 bikes and basically all the same chain driven SOHC engine. The CD was single carb and no starter or rev counter. But otherwise all much the same.
Well done mate - looking and sounding great! I've had a few of these here in the UK and I just love 'em 👍😃👍
Couldn’t agree more. Thanks
@@stvheat You didn't even machine the front disc rotor? And no paint? What a joke.
Looks awesome!
nice job mate
Thanks for uploading.
From a fellow kiwi
Thanks mate !!
I had a red one it was built like a brick sh1t house amazing it was as fast as my mates gt250 but ran better less noise lol they have shot up in price now