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 have the same bike, 1974, same color. New $89. Tires with tubes from China on Amazon. Total price $500. Great deal. I am second owner. Best to you and enjoy riding it this summer. Chinese Carbs are $18. On Amazon....ever tried one ?
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.😁
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
@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.
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 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 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.😁
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.
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
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
A "posty bike"? I love Australian use of English. I think most Americans do. You gave us Olivia Newton John too, and she made my teen years more.... Um.... dynamic.
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.
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!
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!!
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.
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.
last year I refurbished a 1974 CB360 that had been sitting since 1984, cleaned the carbs, new fuel lines, usual tune up stuff and it fired right up. didn't even touch the points
@@Last_one_before_I_go awesome! T's had the front disc brake. theyre great bikes and a lot of fun, yes kinda slow haha. I put flat bars, knobby tires and a chrome 2-1 exhaust on this one for a light and easily returnable scrambler look, otherwise it was totally original. I remember riding with some buddys (riding Ducattis, Triumphs, liter bikes) in Austin TX and folks were taking pics of my bike and not theirs haha! good times good times
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
(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.
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
If it's Darren Mustie1 working on a mimi-bike, scooter, motorcycle and other similar machines sooner or later he's gonna put on his white vocational school instructors lab coat and morph into Herr Doktor Professor Mustie then tear apart a carburator chuckling at times like a mad man as he's explaining what and why he's doing. 3 years after he posted this I can't remember watching it so I'll have to watch it again.
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. :)
If you go with ceiling fans, make sure they aren’t in the ceiling fixture light path. It will make havoc on your videos. Constant blinking from the blades blocking out the light, uhg.. 🤦🏻♂️
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
It could be worse, he could have a shop full of old MG’s and no BSW ( British Standard Works) tools,the ones that land in between A.S.E and Metric. I remember my neighbor trying to work on his newly acquired MG, and cussing up a storm because he didn’t have the right tools, he was a mechanic for Dodge, and didn’t know anything about European cars. The best part was him trying to work on the “ Lucas electrical system” that he didn’t understand! .... very colorful language, I loved going to the junk yard after him, I bought several good cars after he tried to fix them!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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!
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'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.
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, 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.
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.
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'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
Best tech/entertaining channel ever. I used to tinker around alot with mopeds and bikes when I was a wee laddie and ever since I found your channel I find myself looking through Marketplace searching for a cheapass, crappy little bike I could play around with. I love the hobby, seemed to end up with some left over parts though, every time ;-) I am from Holland btw and our posties have to do their rounds on a bicycle. They are very fit.
My family has 2 old Honda Trail 90 bikes from the 1970's sitting around unused for the last 35 years or so which are currently being rebuilt. Not exactly restored, but at least rebuilt to nearly factory specs. I can hardly wait to see the final result.
I remember when a major improvement for the japanese trail bikes was folding footpegs so you didnt bend them when you did an endo. Man, i loved growing up in the 70's!!!
So sad that those beautiful bikes where not sold Here in Germany, I got a 1977 Honda cb 50 Wich are legal to road ride as a 15 year old and I find it way better than plastic scooters. I'm halfway through restoring it and I'll be 15 in 7 months
@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.
......do you sell items you repair.....just curious....love your videos...i'm a fellow tinker......same stuff you do.....I like your adventures.....gives me a chuckle ......
downunder we call these postie bikes because the postal service have used them for mail deliveries since the mid 70s. first ct90 then 110s. two sounds take me back to my childhood, postie bikes and 2 stroke victa lawnmowers. today our postie still rides one of these bikes
I traveled something like 400km when I was 17, on a moped, a piaggio bravo from my city to the mountain side . now my nice has it... she dose not like it at all :))
Reserve was UP.... Don't you have a cell phone that you could (if you feel the need) that you could take some before shots so that if need be you could refer back to? Just an idea. You would be surprised how many pictures I've taken in the past when I was disassembling stuff so that I'd have a good guess at how they went back together. LOL
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
Ken Berry sounds like you need to buy a video camera and a tripod yourself and start making TH-cam videos.
You got a phone or tablet? Start recording and post it online
I do the same thing, man. I'm saying "Yeah, that's exactly what it is..." Ha. I'm a 54 white man from the middle of Kentucky. Nice to meet you!
Hey! Start simple with FB page and short vids.
i do a lot of talking to myself as well but unfortunately it doesnt take long before my words turn into a string of profanity not fit for human ears.
I have the same bike, 1974, same color. New $89. Tires with tubes from China on Amazon. Total price $500. Great deal. I am second owner. Best to you and enjoy riding it this summer. Chinese Carbs are $18. On Amazon....ever tried one ?
Love the honda trail bikes
You have a new fan
Yeah I just really like Honda anything..
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.😁
This is going to be a beautiful Sunday
What nobody says, ever: This old Honda engine just won't run... I've been working on them more than 50 years. You can always get 'em to run!
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
Like the Mods in The Who's "Quadrophenia" movie.
You should have a look at Mighty car mods. They are doing a rebuild of Moogs Postie bike atm. 👍
Do you ever have to review your tear down video for reassembly?
As long as its handy and of decent quality, I would, but I better check my tongue at the door before recording profanities!
The front suspension on that yellow bike is called leading link.
Yes, I answer questions that nobody asked.
LOL
@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.
Two stroke Vespas have Trailing Link front fork.
All right what is the front Suspension called?
@@runedyrting8476 Leading link, true!
Imagine in the future im not going to be able to teach my kids about carbs because they will be irrelevant by then
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 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 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!
You got that one right!
Im here from Ohio in the USA
OHIO here and you have that right!
How true!
Tom from the UK here here unite with mustie1
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.😁
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:
chru cas
Me too - and I have no concerns. Sunday night here in Brisbane and looking forward to another mighty Mustie.
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.
@@geoffreykeane4072 qld here also 👌
I put it on the TV then fell back to sleep. Honestly it's a little too long.
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
I fall asleep sometimes...it's that calming.
I love how tickled he is when he gets something to start.
That's what I call "the laugh"!
Ahhhh cup of coffee mustie1 and being in your garage working on your own project peefect sunday
Anyone else answering Mustie when he asks a question?
*yeah i"ll clean that for ya mustie*
Hell yeah brother thats the fun part lol
All the time...
Yep, it happens a lot... I told him "I can't smell the fuel" when he showed us the tank!
me too my wife thinks Iam a nut talking to the TV.
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.
most these days will never see a carburetor unless they run a generator
@@janramonmartin Even generators are switching to EFI.
i'm only 15 and i tinker with carburetors as much as i can
Im 15 and i have a carb on my MK2 VW GOLF. I do all maintenance myself, i changed the timing belt last year.
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
Australia uses then for the post man or woman to use to deliver the mail call a posty bike
Lol bugger that man woman PC stuff 😂 they are all posties, salt of the earth haha no one envies a Tasmanian postie in winter!
@@thetassieboys Canadian posties do..
Kiwi posties used to also.
wow that's a cool fact
A "posty bike"? I love Australian use of English. I think most Americans do. You gave us Olivia Newton John too, and she made my teen years more.... Um.... dynamic.
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.
Yes! A hour plus long vid on a Honda Trail 90. Gonna be a great Sunday Morning. Thanks Mustie!
Better with my big breaklfast at the KING
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!
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!!
Check out big ass fans, they make larger ceiling fans for shops.
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.
Glad I checked for this before I became a redundant commenter!
Yep, on aircraft, you lean the mixture over 5000 feet.
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.
Just love your videos man! Kudos. Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
Hello Mustie, I have a tank in decent condition I'd be happy to send it to you if you want it. Seeing it in a video would be payment enough!
A year late Did Musty reply ??
@@timwilkinson2797 yup, he used it in a later video
@@torquemonster8773 Your Awesome Budz ;)
Sitting 37 years, will it run ? Of Course it will, it's a Honda.
And because it's a Mustie1!
last year I refurbished a 1974 CB360 that had been sitting since 1984, cleaned the carbs, new fuel lines, usual tune up stuff and it fired right up. didn't even touch the points
@@hank1556 - you brought back memories. Had a 360T red one. Reliable, but kind of a dog. I had a soft spot for it tho...
@@Last_one_before_I_go awesome! T's had the front disc brake. theyre great bikes and a lot of fun, yes kinda slow haha. I put flat bars, knobby tires and a chrome 2-1 exhaust on this one for a light and easily returnable scrambler look, otherwise it was totally original. I remember riding with some buddys (riding Ducattis, Triumphs, liter bikes) in Austin TX and folks were taking pics of my bike and not theirs haha! good times good times
It’s a Honda and lets be honest, what can’t mustie get running?
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.
How riveting is it watching a carb be picked apart and put together again by this man? Awesome stuff.
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!
I love that it doesn't take much to make you laugh! You have reignited my love of wrenching on small engines! Thanks for taking the time.
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.
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.
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!
The lighting is much better, Much warmer and cosy not so like you said Hospital.
I agree. And the 'cordoned off' area helps too. Thanks Mustie!
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast needs a better place for the POOCH and a few fake windows to liven up theplace
I noticed the cordoned off area, back to cozyville 👍
@@PKTDERK methinks he hiding future projects there and wil do a mega display gala livestream for mega likes and new subs
The low range on those CT90s is amazing, makes the bike ride like it has 3x the displacement and the low speed performance is unparalleled.
(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.
If she could talk, she'd be saying, thank you Mustie-1, I've been clogged up way too long. Jump on and let's go riding, Woo Hoo. See ya
mark
The stock airbox filter is required for these to run perfectly unless you rejet the carb to compensate for the extra air.
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
My honda 90 has a rubber spacing around battery to prevent damage.
Fold up an inner tube for a spacer.
If it's Darren Mustie1 working on a mimi-bike, scooter, motorcycle and other similar machines sooner or later he's gonna put on his white vocational school instructors lab coat and morph into Herr Doktor Professor Mustie then tear apart a carburator chuckling at times like a mad man as he's explaining what and why he's doing.
3 years after he posted this I can't remember watching it so I'll have to watch it again.
Already used to the new shop/backdrop. As the saying goes, “It’s not the tools; it’s the carpenter.”
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. :)
My Sunday afternoon is sorted. Love mustie1
If you go with ceiling fans, make sure they aren’t in the ceiling fixture light path. It will make havoc on your videos. Constant blinking from the blades blocking out the light, uhg.. 🤦🏻♂️
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
"I don't have much metric stuff" shop full of Japanese bikes 😂 think You're gonna need to start stocking metric mate.
He must have been joking as all the Volkswagens are metric.
When you're collecting European and Asian stuff then you're going Metric...
It could be worse, he could have a shop full of old MG’s and no BSW ( British Standard Works) tools,the ones that land in between A.S.E and Metric. I remember my neighbor trying to work on his newly acquired MG, and cussing up a storm because he didn’t have the right tools, he was a mechanic for Dodge, and didn’t know anything about European cars. The best part was him trying to work on the “ Lucas electrical system” that he didn’t understand! .... very colorful language, I loved going to the junk yard after him, I bought several good cars after he tried to fix them!
@@gettintheresafelywithpatf2869 BSW = British Standard Whitworth, not British Standard Works and it's SAE or Society of Automotive Engineers.
@@droceretik Thanks for the correction. I wondered, what in the world was A.S.E.
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.
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).
Known as a "Postie" bike here in Australia Mustie, still used in later versions today!
Mark Finnigan
1:are you related to roadkill (the show)
2:ohhh that’s what type of bike those are thanks mate
@@timrattenbury53211: yeah,nah digger. Mike spells his name funny
2:Nah yeah!
Don't Posties lack the High/Low transmission. Wish we could get new ones here in the states.
Very cool! I’ve got the ‘73 version in Orange. I propose a full fuel tank restoration with video...for education. 👍🏻
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.
I just picked up a trail110 two days ago thoroughly enjoying it eve with its quirks.
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.
Mitcheal Wisniewski
Very cool
Good on you Mitcheal. Well done and I hope she fires up soon so you can earn some extra money perhaps.
Same dude, except I have bought an engine, for 10$ and it has been working for me for years
Is good to see a young man working with his hands that’s a rarity this days !!!!
When I saw the picture, I had a flood of memories! I had one of these many years ago. Also with dual ratio gearbox. Lots of fun!
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.
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!
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!
HF is addictive. There's one down the road. Being in the store is way different that the website or a catalog.
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.
That auxiliary gas tank is worth $300 to $600 on ebay. Outrageous.
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!
Hey Darren, love your vids, was wanting to ask what happened to the double cab?
Great video.
I drop the float and pin back in when I soak the carb to hold the float under the solvent....
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.
I was always a Yamaha guy in my younger days, but I have to admit, you ve given me a new appreciation for those old Hondas.
There is a company that makes ceiling fans just for shops called Big Ass Fans. Lots of times if you can find them used they are reasonably cheap.
this takes me back 40 years when I learnt to ride and tinker with these bikes on the farm we had 4 of them over the years great little bikes
Damn, where do you find all this great stuff?? I wanted one of these so bad when I was 13.
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.
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!
Its funny mustie how when they start we laugh in happiness i love it
Its not a choke its for altitudes over 6000 ft
As soon as I saw that cookie tin I instantly thought “please don’t be sewing stuff, PLEASE don’t be sewing stuff!” 😫
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
Thanks :) Great to see this in uk, seen many Honda 50/70/90 step-thru but never a trail version!
Best tech/entertaining channel ever. I used to tinker around alot with mopeds and bikes when I was a wee laddie and ever since I found your channel I find myself looking through Marketplace searching for a cheapass, crappy little bike I could play around with. I love the hobby, seemed to end up with some left over parts though, every time ;-) I am from Holland btw and our posties have to do their rounds on a bicycle. They are very fit.
Morning with Mustie and coffee.!
I should have gotten up earlier , i feel bad being 4 hours late.
My family has 2 old Honda Trail 90 bikes from the 1970's sitting around unused for the last 35 years or so which are currently being rebuilt. Not exactly restored, but at least rebuilt to nearly factory specs. I can hardly wait to see the final result.
Ironically, this was interrupted by an advertisement for Brixton motorcycles.
I remember when a major improvement for the japanese trail bikes was folding footpegs so you didnt bend them when you did an endo. Man, i loved growing up in the 70's!!!
i love watching long video's i have been watching your video's for a long time now
So sad that those beautiful bikes where not sold Here in Germany, I got a 1977 Honda cb 50 Wich are legal to road ride as a 15 year old and I find it way better than plastic scooters. I'm halfway through restoring it and I'll be 15 in 7 months
@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.
......do you sell items you repair.....just curious....love your videos...i'm a fellow tinker......same stuff you do.....I like your adventures.....gives me a chuckle ......
The sunday wait is over !!!
Nice CT90 , fun bikes ....freeze pop please
Great work on that bike Mustie, I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the good work!
downunder we call these postie bikes because the postal service have used them for mail deliveries since the mid 70s. first ct90 then 110s. two sounds take me back to my childhood, postie bikes and 2 stroke victa lawnmowers. today our postie still rides one of these bikes
I traveled something like 400km when I was 17, on a moped, a piaggio bravo from my city to the mountain side . now my nice has it... she dose not like it at all :))
Reserve was UP.... Don't you have a cell phone that you could (if you feel the need) that you could take some before shots so that if need be you could refer back to? Just an idea. You would be surprised how many pictures I've taken in the past when I was disassembling stuff so that I'd have a good guess at how they went back together. LOL
Such a sweet bike for its age, never seen that version here in UK. Now i want one :) Great video too Mustie, loving the brand new workshop
I graduated in 1974. Looks like i have 8 on you. LOL I can see you on this one and your wife on the 70???? was it.