Darren, I just finished my ST90 and have alot of extra parts. I have a new seat cover and foam, headlight, bulbs and tubes for the tires. I will donate to the project.
Your so right Mustie regarding around 50 year olds buying stuff like this up to relive their youth, over the last few years I’ve done just the same, I now have quite a collection, I do feature them on my small TH-cam channel, my collection comprises of Yamaha mx100,Puch Maxi mopeds, Lambretta, Hondas, then there is the vehicles Landrovers, Subaru, VW T4 van just to name a few of my collection 😂 If you have a moment please take a look. I really enjoyed the video 🙂👍
@@menditman2004 May I add - 50 years ago they built cars like white goods (washing machines/refrigerators etc) to do a job and to last. Today they build cars like white goods - cheap with safety built in (so they say) but how many washing machines or refrigerators purchased in the last 10 years or so are still running and likewise when you see dashcam footage of a small impact on a 19 miles only vehicle that is written off (guessing airbags and slight intrusion to crumple zone) you know something aint quite right. I remember 1984 just came out of the military and got my first apartment - my dad got a non working washing machine from the auctions - ripped a few parts out of other similar washing machines he'd kept for parts and got it working for my apartment. You couldn't do that now unless the washing machine was "antique"
Ya know, I am sitting here watching and listening to Musti talk while he works. It takes a special talent to talk to the camera as if it were a person standing right there with him. Problem is, the camera doesn't respond. He does it so much better than any of the many others I watch, he doesn't act like it is a camera, more like a real person.
The story of your mom and making you slide out the back of the truck....in the feels. Moms are the best. My dad was pretty cool too. Strict, firm but always fair. Great story.
In 71 i got a new MTD mini bike, a few years later i got a 65 Bridgestone 90, behind my house was a 20 acre field, next to that was a 100 acre gravel pit, next to that was a fire road that lead to a highway bypass that was being built, i had a Williams 3D pinball and and a bumper pool table in our basement, three doors away was a take out restaurant, my place was a hangout for sure, kids from miles around came there on their bikes.
I was born in ‘96, I’m a mechanic and actually have a ‘70 CT70 sitting in my basement that I’m working on restoring. I work on all my own mowers, snowblowers, pressure washers, etc. I’ve even started to pick stuff up off the side of the road and flip them to make a buck or two. There are definitely some of us out there that will try to keep this stuff alive.
Hi Darren, Oh my, memories of 1974 I bought a brand new same as DT175 in gold and black, I used It for riding to work and was lucky enough to live in a little village that was on very high ground but backed onto forestry and open fields I rode through each day to work then home In the evenings.. I could see for miles from the church green, across suburban East London all the way across the River Thames, past Fords Dagenham Plant to Kent's higher ground, loved living there, but, my wife never, said It was too lonely for her.. I sold my Yamaha a few years later when racing the ovals took over my life and money.. BUT memories you can't stop, only your future can change.. Thanks for the memories..Ian/is now aged 74 and loving life as a retiree still..
I like to watch Watch Wes Work. He’s a mechanic in Illinois. He knows what he’s doing, but the diagnostic equipment he needs is unreal to chase issues in cars that are 10 years old.
When I was a kid and young teen we had an abandoned strip mine that went for miles! We rode our dirt bikes, mine was a Yamaha 250, everywhere. A few years ago I made a trip back there and our precious pit had been completely levelled off and grass planted on it! Great video!
That 175 is a sweet looking Bike Darren!! 99% of every time I watch you, I say Yup I bet He's going to get this one started and running. So much entertainment when you include your viewers in the conversation
You always figure out whats up with your next victim. One thing I never understand is why you never clean or pressure wash whatever your working on before you start. Great job
First off it's cold this time of year. So no one wants to play with water then. Second I don't think Darren wants to invest the effort into cleaning something until after he's determined it's worth it. Finally he is a content creator and the dirt makes for good drama.
Learn to ride motorcycles because of this little beauty. I was about 9 years old. Everyone left our place to go riding and this sweet girl (from our church) had this 90 and taught me to ride. I was grinning ear to ear! Then my dad bought a couple of Yamahas. 250 (red tank) and 175 CT (green tank)
This was the first bike I ever rode in 1977,when I was 8. I didn’t know the concept of shifting,and drove it in circles through this cabbage patch,hammering it in first like a trials bike. My dad got a phone call,but it was worth it. I still enjoy riding to this day! Great video-thanks for posting!
I think every kid in our neighborhood had a mini bike. Most of them were CT 70s. We were known as the Tipperary gang. I could tell who rode by our house just by the sound of their bike. Those were the good old days!
Naptha works really well to break down sludge/grease/varnish. Ronsonol lighter fluid is what I have used for nearly 20 years in my fishing reel repair shop to break down old grease on fishing reels. I haven’t found anything better. And it doesn’t hurt plastic.
The points on the cam means it has an Alternator so it needs to be excited by 6 v to produce power, if the points are under the flywheel it's a magneto and will run with no battery.
Mine runs fine without a battery.... The 50cc and 70cc engines have the magnets over the coils (like the one Mustie had in the bag) The 90cc and 110cc engines have the coils outside the magnets. The magnets are permanent so the coils are excited by the field they generate. They require no voltage to excite them. The charging coils (yellow wire) are separate from the lighting coils (white wire) so as long as the white wire is connected to the rectifier and the rectifier output to the key switch, it all works. The battery is only required to provide easier cold starts and voltage for the lights when the engine speed is low.
Agreed. I ride a 1978 kl 250 and I don't need a battery to ride. It has points on the camshaft. Are a mangeto and stator not just parts of the system to generate electricity to run the bike. The magneto (contains the magnets), the Stator (contains the wires, and is stationary(sometimes).
True......yet some Hondas had points under the flywheel and still required the battery.....they used the battery to power the coil. (CL70 for example) Honda used so many different charghing and ignition systems on similar bikes during the 60s and 70s.
@@muddywater6856 the battery in the magneto versions was to act as a power sink/ voltage regulator as they didn't have an actual regulator to do the job and didn't need a rectifier.
I had a Honda 90 that I purchased in 1964 in Virginia Beach, Va. As I was in the Navy getting ready to deploy overseas in a couple of months, I decided to drive it home. I drove it from Norfolk Va to Paso Robles, Ca. It me about 10 days to make the trip. Never had any problems, not even a flat. At night I dry camped, & even slept on a rest area table one night.When my leave was over if flew back to Va. In 1966 I mustered out in Philadelphia and purchased a 250 cc Ducati and again drove across country. But when I got home the Honda started up on the third kick. I still wish that I had never sold it. The Honda was a great bike.
Mustie, a good tip from an old guy - use (no grit) waterless hand cleaner on that bike. Slob it on with a small paintbrush and let it sit and dissolve all the grease and grime then brush it around with a soft bristle brush. It will clean off grease and stains and the oils in it will rejuvenate paint, decals, plastic (lenses etc), tires, wiring and vinyl (seats etc). I've done this on everything from old cb radios to garden tractors. It restores flexibility to dried up vinyl. It has never once caused any damage at all. 000 steel wool on chrome and glass with waterless hand cleaner is amazing. Clean the glass again with Windex. Art from Ohio
that part about the old cars are going away and the people interested in them are dying off was very touching and deep really caused me to pause and appreciate life, very well said Sir.
15:10 you discovered why it got thrown in the barn. They bought parts they thought should fix it. Pulled the cover off and it was completely different. Then they gave up
Your brother's story reminded me of what my brother did to my dads new 500 honda in the 70s. When my dad was at work, my brother took the bike keys and took the honda for a joy ride from Boulder City Nevada down to Lake Mead. He accident'y dropped the keys into the lake when he was on the marina on the lake. Panic'd he called my mom who drove down and got him and they drove into vegas to the honda dealership and got a new set of keys, got back to the bike and got it home safe into the garage. My dad never knew. About 20 years later after we were grown and gone my brother told my dad. Too much time had passed for him to get mad about it. He was shocked, but laughed. Mom never told him because she didn't want my brother to get in trouble.
A friend of mine's dad bought the local sand quarry while his son was away. My friend, who was an insurance assessor, left town for a little over a month after a hurricane in Texas. When he came home his house was gone. It looked like it had been demolished and the site cleared. He called his mom, she told him to go to the sand quarry and ask his dad about it. When he got there he learned that his house had been moved, remodeled and his dad had a large spring-fed pond dug. So, he also had his own beach. We used to have a lot of great times out there.
I just think it's too cool that you grew up in NJ. I was born and raised in central NJ. My father and I used to pull over for piles on the curb, especially for stuff that had an engine on it. I think that's a big part of why I love your videos! Thanks for another great one!
Speaking of your brother reminded me of the time about 1970 that my friend yelled at his little brother for spilling milk all over their kitchen trying to make a milkshake. His little brother went out to the garage and pissed all over his bicycle. I'm 68 now and smiling at the memory.
Darren you are spot on with the whole people buying these kinds of machines to relive their childhood and I agree there's no way that this newer stuff will last and will definitely not be able to fix it and that's coming from a 21 year old I like this old stuff they're just much cooler looking and there's so much better in me and it's cool that you don't see much of them around
I live near Colorado Springs. I had a Trail 90 like the one you restored a while back. I could trust it to start any time. Once I took it to work with me. When I got off work it was packed with snow. Brushed the snow off...one kick and it lit up. It never failed - ever. Wish I had it still. Thank you so much for these informative videos. I just keep learning.
Hey now. Careful there Sparkie! I'm in my 70's, and am deep into motorcycles, and ATV's, and muscle cars and autocrossing, and motocrossing, and trials riding. It's NOT that I'm "reliving my youth" as you suggested. It's more like I never grew out of it. And don't plan to. I've promised my kids I'm going to still be hanging in here and embarrassing them til THEY are 150 years old. (I think they're finally starting to take me seriously). Awesome videos by the way. I love your cheap---, er "frugal" style.
Your stories are the same as me and my friends. Late 60’s early 70’s! I’ve bought new scooters and dirt bikes to enjoy. They sure run nice without working on them all the time.
When I was in high school- 50 years ago- I went to my friends house. He was just starting a love of dirt bikes. So he had this Suzuki in his driveway and he says “Get on Paul” . So I get on. He says “ Give it a little gas” So I gave it a little gas and said what now? He said let the clutch out. I said where’s that? So o let the clutch out the thing popped a wheelie and I got off and never got back on one. My friend is like evil kneivel , he’s had operations because of injuries sustained… but great video material !
We are the same age Mustie1.i used to have a direct drive mini bike that I cobbled together. It had a scrub brake on the back tire but the scrub shoe was missing so it had no brakes. I wore out a brand new pair of sneakers in less than a month cuz I used to have to stop it Flintstones Style! LOL! My mom wanted to strangle me!😂😂 great memories of a much simpler time!
Thanks for the time you take to make these videos I’m sure I’m not the only one who looks forward to a Mustie1 video. My friend had a Vespa would run sometimes and then not we chased the issue for ages turned out to be an intermittent spark through the plug cap. Where as this one was dead his would work occasionally so you would stick a plug in the cap it would spark then it would run for a bit then stop and no start… The plug cap wasn’t that old either… Some times tracking a fault down like that can be a nightmare…
For old dried fuel, nothing beats denatured alcohol! (as i was typing this i got to the part where you tried it) I have a 1974 RD250 that i'm restoring, and the whole area around the gas tank cap was covered and stained with a thick layer of brown lacquered fuel. I really didn't want to damage the paint underneath with anything too harsh, but acetone, lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, MEk substitute, isopropyl alcohol, soaking in wd40 for a week all did absolutley nothing, didn't soften it even. One swipe with a rag soaked in denatured alcohol turned the rag brown, a few seconds of light rubbing and i was back to the bright white paint underneath. The inside was full of loose powdered dried fuel and rust, i just vacuumed that all out and went straight to evaporust which got rid of everything.
I had a 71 CT1-175cc 2 stroke that iI made into a cafe racer, homemade fiberglass tail fairing, hacked up a basani expansion chamber made into a low slung pipe, clip-ons and forks shortened the correct way with spacers under the damper rods. It was a cool little bike.
Your so right Mustie regarding around 50 year olds buying stuff like this up to relive their youth, over the last few years I’ve done just the same, I now have quite a collection, I do feature them on my small TH-cam channel, my collection comprises of Yamaha mx100,Puch Maxi mopeds, Lambretta, Hondas, then there is the vehicles Landrovers, Subaru, VW T4 van just to name a few of my collection 😂 If you have a moment please take a look. I really enjoyed the video 🙂👍
Mustie, I was born in '94 and I found your channel through my love for VW Bugs/Beetles and Buses. Despite growing up in the late 90s and 2000s, I don't think I'll ever get to a point in my life where I'm nostalgic about a Prius though 😂😂
Mustie, for the headlight, the common is the green wire, which is a constant ground. White wire is power for low beam Blue wire is power for high beam Blue wire splits into 2 wires, because one of them goes to the high beam indicator.
I just finished a restoration on a 74ST about a year ago. The chrome air cover is very hard to fine.took me quite some time to find one for my bike.but during my research I found out the old Honda Odyssey has the same one keep an eye out for one of those. 👍
I'm sure someone else has received a nice, running hand-me-down type item that is still in respectable shape, but anything about this old that I've taken on as a Save Me project was either blown up and forgotten or someone ruined, tinkered with, and then put away as such til two other people did the same and it got to me 30-odd years later. One day I'll get the 'This just needs paint" Category C scenario... 🤞 Add: I remember wondering what was going to be 'my vintage' era quite some time ago, having 60s-80s cars being the classifieds special when I was younger. The kind you'd get like stupid cheap as a second or third owner for a few hundred bucks and how many ever miles you got out of it as daily transpo was a bonus after you got your money's worth in gas as collateral. You pretty much nailed it though. The junk built as normal cars in the 80s and 90s (outside of Japanese stuff with exceptions for rusty bodies) wasn't really made to ever be timeless. It just became vintage-ish as cherished bygone time from guys in my age bracket now, but they're paying ridiculous money to recoup their youth. I was happy getting them cheap and having my time with it, as I'm not all about looking for 90s era JDM cars going for 50-100K as they dry up. Add2: My favorite rust remover is far and away phosphoric acid (70-85%) and dilute to about 50% with water if you need it done in 5 or so minutes. It works FAST. You need to watch it though, as it can power through rust faster than you'd like and convert into more rust if you don't keep an eye on it. After a thorough cleaning, just chase with a bit of oil or wd40, or the more permanent way, use a two part epoxy resin and seal it. Muriatic acid is more like hydrochloric acid and offgases chlorine gas, but if you do it outside, you don't have to worry about it too terribly much. If you're more time lenient, acetic acid is much cheaper, safer and slower. The lab grade stuff you can thin with water also but leave at about 35% concentration so it works faster than vinegar, then clean with water and treat as above. You can use ammonia with either to neutralize the reaction and if done with the phosphoric acid, makes a nice compostable fertilizer if you're just doing rust removal.
Phosphoric acid is the ingredient in Coca-Cola that makes it remove rust (read the contents on cans). Mostly used as industrial glass cleaner/pool tile cleaner. Eats calcium deposits like right NOW!
My first bike was a '69 Yamaha 175 Enduro basket case. Our stories sound similar - it was my ticket to adventure, and I pushed it home quite a few times. Never got caught on the road, though - we got far enough out of town on the trails we were out of cop territory! Good times!
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast because the topic Mustie addresses in the video. The "kids" are hitting middle age. Vehicles of their youth aren't serviceable like this one. Big market for vintage gaming consoles and computers though.
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast was ranting about "why can't I find an old guy to work on my vintage boat engines?". I realized... I'M THAT OLD GUY!! Like the old grandpa that rebuilds pocket watches.
Here in Australia, denatured alcohol is called methylated spirits, or just "metho" for short. We used it for preheating kerosene fuel appliances, such as stoves, & lanterns, along with blowtorches.
My first bike was a 64 Rockford..lol.. Loved that bike. Of course the clutch was out so I had to get it coasting before putting it into gear ( all 4 down, then one more down was neutral and another down started it all over again)... Oh the misshapes with that system..lol.. bump into neutral to coast down the mountain and accidently bump down again and locked the rear tire right up. Our first bike are the best.
I had one, the green color! I used to roll it in my bedroom late at night, remove the headlamp lense, disconnect the speedometer, push it out our back gate and down the street where I would start it up and be gone from midnight to five in the morning up at my friend's house - my parents did not know why I was so tired all the time! We would take it up into a state park and cruise the trails. great little bike! I agree 100%about middle aged men chasing their childhood memories - these machines have a way of putting smiles on our faces don't they?
Am i the only 27 year old that is in love with cars from the 80s all the way down to the 1900s. Like the things id do for a ford model a or t or a mid 1940s car. Hell even a Chrysler new yorker would also be awesome or a 84? Olds cutlass LS sedan.
Excellent video Mustie 1 :) surprises me Bike are 6 volt postive ground back in 1970's of Honda and did change like Automotive companies did 1960's to 12 volt Negative ground it wild too for sure ! Also enjoy your fix up teach on bikes or anything to love it plus share information together to!
I had a battery clamp snap on a Mitsubishi L400, it's a double battery set up so not standard. The breakers yard is 100 yards from my front door, I hadn't been for about 10 as all my motors are rare, newest being 2001. The cars and vans in stock totally different to what I am used too I was able to find bits to build a new clamp but looking at the current stock they were not easy to repair, more buy replacement parts and fit. One reason folk enjoyed their motoring is when you spent a day pulling bits off fixing and replacing the pleasure you get from starting and driving the wreck you put back together is memorable. Most modern cars are polish only with computer dominating.
Cool! The 1971 Honda 70 we had when I was a kid had thicker heavier wheels/tires and was a dog. It surely would be a lot better with a 90cc. And I hope it has a clutch instead of the centrifugal semi-automatic 3 speed.
Whilst my brother was away in Florida for a vacation (whilst living in the U.K.) I ‘borrowed’ his CG125 and rode it across town about 6 miles away. Problem was he never serviced it or really looked after it all. I had no appropriate licence, no insurance, and the bike hadn’t seen a MoT safety inspection in years. In short, the whole endeavour was totally illegal. On the way home, about 4 miles from home, the engine stopped dead and made awful noises when I tried to turn it over on the starter. Because of the above illegality, I elected to PUSH it home, up a massive hill too, and pushed it into the back yard. My 13 year old nephew knew more than me and took the head off, correctly suspecting a holed piston. My brother was a giant of a man, and when he came from hols and I had to explain why he couldn’t ride to work, I got the beating I richly deserved…
Bro mustie i love you efforts of giving another chance to these vintage machines. My opinion is instead start a full restoration series on these machines people love watching restoration vidz.cheers
Full restorations are a rich man's game and he'd never get to ride it. It would instead sit in pieces while he hunted down all the new OEM parts it would need to "restore it". They're only original once and a full restoration is literally impossible because it means a return to its original condition. I'm all for repair, preserve (stop any active decay) and ride it.
25:30 Yes and yes. Millennial here, auto enthusiasts used to say the same things about the common cars with all their plastic interiors and heavy use of increasingly integrated electronics (as opposed to the preceeding scattering of relays throughout the car) when I was a kid, and... I am sure you've noticed that the market for '80s and '90s cars (iconic and otherwise) is kind of big, and with 3D printing, some fiberglass and some dye... Anyway, never, EVER discount the power of nostalgia.
Similar experience growing up. I had a mini bike, 5 hp Clinton motor… we were like 13.’the big kids, 17 or so, would show up with bulltaco dirt bikes. We were in awe. Later had a 72 xl250 Honda I drove to high school. Fun times
I had a Lambretta 175 scooter in 1963 and it would never start with the kick starter, so I had to run alongside and and hop on it sidesaddle while releasing the clutch to get it to fire- then the challenge was to stay upright and not crash before I could get seated. I always laughed at the scene in American Graffiti where the Toad pulls up to the drive in and forgets to take his scooter out of gear. ( I think that was an actual accident during filming and they decided to leave it in the movie.)
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Darren, I just finished my ST90 and have alot of extra parts. I have a new seat cover and foam, headlight, bulbs and tubes for the tires. I will donate to the project.
ROCK ON, Mike! Thanks. Always great to find those willing to help with any restore! We're a close-knit group. 🙂
can i have the seat i cant find one LOL
Not a monkey
Your so right Mustie regarding around 50 year olds buying stuff like this up to relive their youth, over the last few years I’ve done just the same, I now have quite a collection, I do feature them on my small TH-cam channel, my collection comprises of Yamaha mx100,Puch Maxi mopeds, Lambretta, Hondas, then there is the vehicles Landrovers, Subaru, VW T4 van just to name a few of my collection 😂 If you have a moment please take a look. I really enjoyed the video 🙂👍
@@menditman2004 May I add - 50 years ago they built cars like white goods (washing machines/refrigerators etc) to do a job and to last. Today they build cars like white goods - cheap with safety built in (so they say) but how many washing machines or refrigerators purchased in the last 10 years or so are still running and likewise when you see dashcam footage of a small impact on a 19 miles only vehicle that is written off (guessing airbags and slight intrusion to crumple zone) you know something aint quite right.
I remember 1984 just came out of the military and got my first apartment - my dad got a non working washing machine from the auctions - ripped a few parts out of other similar washing machines he'd kept for parts and got it working for my apartment. You couldn't do that now unless the washing machine was "antique"
Ya know, I am sitting here watching and listening to Musti talk while he works. It takes a special talent to talk to the camera as if it were a person standing right there with him. Problem is, the camera doesn't respond. He does it so much better than any of the many others I watch, he doesn't act like it is a camera, more like a real person.
I concur, people dont talk anymore about their life and talk period just text me I also enjoy the stories
I do the same thing. He's good.
I just finished fixing my st90 after watching a ton of your mini-Honda repairs
The story of your mom and making you slide out the back of the truck....in the feels. Moms are the best. My dad was pretty cool too. Strict, firm but always fair. Great story.
I have a green ST 90 sitting in my garage. I got it running 30 years ago but it has been sitting for 20. This might be the motivation I need.
I run a guitar repair shop. And I always like to turn your videos on to break the monotony. It feels like a friend working alongside me. 🙂
In 71 i got a new MTD mini bike, a few years later i got a 65 Bridgestone 90, behind my house was a 20 acre field, next to that was a 100 acre gravel pit, next to that was a fire road that lead to a highway bypass that was being built, i had a Williams 3D pinball and and a bumper pool table in our basement, three doors away was a take out restaurant, my place was a hangout for sure, kids from miles around came there on their bikes.
I was born in ‘96, I’m a mechanic and actually have a ‘70 CT70 sitting in my basement that I’m working on restoring. I work on all my own mowers, snowblowers, pressure washers, etc. I’ve even started to pick stuff up off the side of the road and flip them to make a buck or two. There are definitely some of us out there that will try to keep this stuff alive.
Your memory lane stories are great. They add another dimension to your channel.
Hi Darren, Oh my, memories of 1974 I bought a brand new same as DT175 in gold and black, I used It for riding to work and was lucky enough to live in a little village that was on very high ground but backed onto forestry and open fields I rode through each day to work then home In the evenings.. I could see for miles from the church green, across suburban East London all the way across the River Thames, past Fords Dagenham Plant to Kent's higher ground, loved living there, but, my wife never, said It was too lonely for her.. I sold my Yamaha a few years later when racing the ovals took over my life and money.. BUT memories you can't stop, only your future can change.. Thanks for the memories..Ian/is now aged 74 and loving life as a retiree still..
Wow interesting story thanks for sharing
dt175 good bike to
I like to watch Watch Wes Work. He’s a mechanic in Illinois. He knows what he’s doing, but the diagnostic equipment he needs is unreal to chase issues in cars that are 10 years old.
When I was a kid and young teen we had an abandoned strip mine that went for miles! We rode our dirt bikes, mine was a Yamaha 250, everywhere. A few years ago I made a trip back there and our precious pit had been completely levelled off and grass planted on it! Great video!
love hearing your stories, my dad's long ago dead so your videos are like the dad I never had. Thanks
Wife just left for yoga , coffee is made dogs are chilling and I’m watching the best channel on TH-cam!
Your story times are awesome. Really enjoy hearing about your child hood.
That 175 is a sweet looking Bike Darren!! 99% of every time I watch you, I say Yup I bet He's going to get this one started and running. So much entertainment when you include your viewers in the conversation
Cool brings back memories here in England we had similar bike called Honda Dax.I had a couple over the trails.All the best to you all.
I got a Honda ST 90 for Christmas 1974 until I was 18. My only source of transportation in Middle School through High School. Great memories!
You always figure out whats up with your next victim. One thing I never understand is why you never clean or pressure wash whatever your working on before you start. Great job
First off it's cold this time of year. So no one wants to play with water then. Second I don't think Darren wants to invest the effort into cleaning something until after he's determined it's worth it. Finally he is a content creator and the dirt makes for good drama.
well said i always clean the bikes first 2
Learn to ride motorcycles because of this little beauty. I was about 9 years old. Everyone left our place to go riding and this sweet girl (from our church) had this 90 and taught me to ride.
I was grinning ear to ear!
Then my dad bought a couple of Yamahas.
250 (red tank) and 175 CT (green tank)
This was the first bike I ever rode in 1977,when I was 8. I didn’t know the concept of shifting,and drove it in circles through this cabbage patch,hammering it in first like a trials bike. My dad got a phone call,but it was worth it. I still enjoy riding to this day! Great video-thanks for posting!
me too, I was 10
"Changes channel to "can we get it started"
after a minibike, i got a brand new one, i think in 1974/75. loads of fun.
I think every kid in our neighborhood had a mini bike. Most of them were CT 70s. We were known as the Tipperary gang. I could tell who rode by our house just by the sound of their bike. Those were the good old days!
Love the stories! Still look forward to Mustie Sunday every week!!
Naptha works really well to break down sludge/grease/varnish. Ronsonol lighter fluid is what I have used for nearly 20 years in my fishing reel repair shop to break down old grease on fishing reels. I haven’t found anything better. And it doesn’t hurt plastic.
Always a pleasure to watch you sort 'em out...kind of like that newfangled ASMR stuff, but "goal-oriented" and that doesn't bore me into a snooze.
The points on the cam means it has an Alternator so it needs to be excited by 6 v to produce power, if the points are under the flywheel it's a magneto and will run with no battery.
Good info to know!!
Mine runs fine without a battery.... The 50cc and 70cc engines have the magnets over the coils (like the one Mustie had in the bag) The 90cc and 110cc engines have the coils outside the magnets. The magnets are permanent so the coils are excited by the field they generate. They require no voltage to excite them. The charging coils (yellow wire) are separate from the lighting coils (white wire) so as long as the white wire is connected to the rectifier and the rectifier output to the key switch, it all works. The battery is only required to provide easier cold starts and voltage for the lights when the engine speed is low.
Agreed. I ride a 1978 kl 250 and I don't need a battery to ride. It has points on the camshaft. Are a mangeto and stator not just parts of the system to generate electricity to run the bike. The magneto (contains the magnets), the Stator (contains the wires, and is stationary(sometimes).
True......yet some Hondas had points under the flywheel and still required the battery.....they used the battery to power the coil. (CL70 for example) Honda used so many different charghing and ignition systems on similar bikes during the 60s and 70s.
@@muddywater6856 the battery in the magneto versions was to act as a power sink/ voltage regulator as they didn't have an actual regulator to do the job and didn't need a rectifier.
I had a Honda 90 that I purchased in 1964 in Virginia Beach, Va. As I was in the Navy getting ready to deploy overseas in a couple of months, I decided to drive it home. I drove it from Norfolk Va to Paso Robles, Ca. It me about 10 days to make the trip. Never had any problems, not even a flat. At night I dry camped, & even slept on a rest area table one night.When my leave was over if flew back to Va. In 1966 I mustered out in Philadelphia and purchased a 250 cc Ducati and again drove across country. But when I got home the Honda
started up on the third kick. I still wish that I had never sold it. The Honda was a great bike.
Mustie, a good tip from an old guy - use (no grit) waterless hand cleaner on that bike. Slob it on with a small paintbrush and let it sit and dissolve all the grease and grime then brush it around with a soft bristle brush. It will clean off grease and stains and the oils in it will rejuvenate paint, decals, plastic (lenses etc), tires, wiring and vinyl (seats etc). I've done this on everything from old cb radios to garden tractors. It restores flexibility to dried up vinyl. It has never once caused any damage at all. 000 steel wool on chrome and glass with waterless hand cleaner is amazing. Clean the glass again with Windex.
Art from Ohio
that part about the old cars are going away and the people interested in them are dying off was very touching and deep
really caused me to pause and appreciate life, very well said Sir.
15:10 you discovered why it got thrown in the barn. They bought parts they thought should fix it. Pulled the cover off and it was completely different. Then they gave up
Hoping the parts are available for this one, as it's a great little bike, thanks as always for making my Sunday start well !!
Your brother's story reminded me of what my brother did to my dads new 500 honda in the 70s. When my dad was at work, my brother took the bike keys and took the honda for a joy ride from Boulder City Nevada down to Lake Mead. He accident'y dropped the keys into the lake when he was on the marina on the lake. Panic'd he called my mom who drove down and got him and they drove into vegas to the honda dealership and got a new set of keys, got back to the bike and got it home safe into the garage. My dad never knew. About 20 years later after we were grown and gone my brother told my dad. Too much time had passed for him to get mad about it. He was shocked, but laughed. Mom never told him because she didn't want my brother to get in trouble.
Too funny love that story
Had one just like it I found in a dumpster in about 2005! Got it going, rode it for years. Fun little bikes. Kind of collector items I guess.
lucky bastard. 😗
A friend of mine's dad bought the local sand quarry while his son was away. My friend, who was an insurance assessor, left town for a little over a month after a hurricane in Texas. When he came home his house was gone. It looked like it had been demolished and the site cleared.
He called his mom, she told him to go to the sand quarry and ask his dad about it.
When he got there he learned that his house had been moved, remodeled and his dad had a large spring-fed pond dug. So, he also had his own beach.
We used to have a lot of great times out there.
I just think it's too cool that you grew up in NJ. I was born and raised in central NJ. My father and I used to pull over for piles on the curb, especially for stuff that had an engine on it. I think that's a big part of why I love your videos! Thanks for another great one!
I always look forward to every video Mustie1. 👍👍👍👍
Speaking of your brother reminded me of the time about 1970 that my friend yelled at his little brother for spilling milk all over their kitchen trying to make a milkshake. His little brother went out to the garage and pissed all over his bicycle. I'm 68 now and smiling at the memory.
Darren you are spot on with the whole people buying these kinds of machines to relive their childhood and I agree there's no way that this newer stuff will last and will definitely not be able to fix it and that's coming from a 21 year old I like this old stuff they're just much cooler looking and there's so much better in me and it's cool that you don't see much of them around
New gas tanks for these are found on ebay for around $50 with free ship if needed. Thanks for the Vids.
I live near Colorado Springs.
I had a Trail 90 like the one you restored a while back.
I could trust it to start any time.
Once I took it to work with me. When I got off work it was packed with snow.
Brushed the snow off...one kick and it lit up.
It never failed - ever.
Wish I had it still.
Thank you so much for these informative videos. I just keep learning.
Great content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Hey now. Careful there Sparkie! I'm in my 70's, and am deep into motorcycles, and ATV's, and muscle cars and autocrossing, and motocrossing, and trials riding. It's NOT that I'm "reliving my youth" as you suggested. It's more like I never grew out of it. And don't plan to. I've promised my kids I'm going to still be hanging in here and embarrassing them til THEY are 150 years old. (I think they're finally starting to take me seriously). Awesome videos by the way. I love your cheap---, er "frugal" style.
very underrated channel. thanks for your time
This one was a long time coming and it's going to be fun excellent first day thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
I still remember my little golden Honda Z50……and my broken collar bone 😂!! Love your channel Mustie1!!!
Your stories are the same as me and my friends. Late 60’s early 70’s! I’ve bought new scooters and dirt bikes to enjoy. They sure run nice without working on them all the time.
My very first bike was a 1978 DT100. I drove that thing into the ground and it definitely had some throttle issues. Good memories
When I was in high school- 50 years ago- I went to my friends house. He was just starting a love of dirt bikes. So he had this Suzuki in his driveway and he says “Get on Paul” . So I get on. He says “ Give it a little gas” So I gave it a little gas and said what now? He said let the clutch out. I said where’s that? So o let the clutch out the thing popped a wheelie and I got off and never got back on one. My friend is like evil kneivel , he’s had operations because of injuries sustained… but great video material !
That gas was deevolving back into crude... lol.
We are the same age Mustie1.i used to have a direct drive mini bike that I cobbled together. It had a scrub brake on the back tire but the scrub shoe was missing so it had no brakes. I wore out a brand new pair of sneakers in less than a month cuz I used to have to stop it Flintstones Style! LOL! My mom wanted to strangle me!😂😂 great memories of a much simpler time!
My 1st new bike was a DT100A. Same color gold. Oh the memories!
Cheers
Terry
I had a Honda 70 in the 70's.
Had a lot of fun as a kid.
One of my favourite subjects this. Always good fun wrenching on old stuff from the 70's and 80's. Amazing low mileage on this one.
Honda cr80 1982 was under the Christmas tree when I was a kid I loved that bike
A good start to getting this little Honda back on the trails.
Thank you! Love watching on Sunday nights
Had one of these in 1980. It was mint. Bought it at a yard sale for $200. We used it at the tracks as a pit-bike.
Thanks for the time you take to make these videos I’m sure I’m not the only one who looks forward to a Mustie1 video.
My friend had a Vespa would run sometimes and then not we chased the issue for ages turned out to be an intermittent spark through the plug cap. Where as this one was dead his would work occasionally so you would stick a plug in the cap it would spark then it would run for a bit then stop and no start…
The plug cap wasn’t that old either…
Some times tracking a fault down like that can be a nightmare…
For old dried fuel, nothing beats denatured alcohol! (as i was typing this i got to the part where you tried it) I have a 1974 RD250 that i'm restoring, and the whole area around the gas tank cap was covered and stained with a thick layer of brown lacquered fuel. I really didn't want to damage the paint underneath with anything too harsh, but acetone, lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, MEk substitute, isopropyl alcohol, soaking in wd40 for a week all did absolutley nothing, didn't soften it even. One swipe with a rag soaked in denatured alcohol turned the rag brown, a few seconds of light rubbing and i was back to the bright white paint underneath. The inside was full of loose powdered dried fuel and rust, i just vacuumed that all out and went straight to evaporust which got rid of everything.
I had a 71 CT1-175cc 2 stroke that iI made into a cafe racer, homemade fiberglass tail fairing, hacked up a basani expansion chamber made into a low slung pipe, clip-ons and forks shortened the correct way with spacers under the damper rods. It was a cool little bike.
Your so right Mustie regarding around 50 year olds buying stuff like this up to relive their youth, over the last few years I’ve done just the same, I now have quite a collection, I do feature them on my small TH-cam channel, my collection comprises of Yamaha mx100,Puch Maxi mopeds, Lambretta, Hondas, then there is the vehicles Landrovers, Subaru, VW T4 van just to name a few of my collection 😂 If you have a moment please take a look. I really enjoyed the video 🙂👍
Mustie, I was born in '94 and I found your channel through my love for VW Bugs/Beetles and Buses. Despite growing up in the late 90s and 2000s, I don't think I'll ever get to a point in my life where I'm nostalgic about a Prius though 😂😂
Holy crap I love how angry 2 strokes sound. I have a 120hp evinrude V4 and the sounds it makes with the water muffs on is amazing
It’s good too see a bike back on your operating table. Thanks for the vids man. We appreciate them.
Mustie, really love it when you fiddle about with old bikes 😀👍👍👍
Good morning Mustie family
I enjoy story time The world sure has changed since I was a kid
I had one of these when I was 10. Miss it great little trail bike for a young kid
Mustie, for the headlight, the common is the green wire, which is a constant ground.
White wire is power for low beam
Blue wire is power for high beam
Blue wire splits into 2 wires, because one of them goes to the high beam indicator.
I just finished a restoration on a 74ST about a year ago. The chrome air cover is very hard to fine.took me quite some time to find one for my bike.but during my research I found out the old Honda Odyssey has the same one keep an eye out for one of those. 👍
I'm sure someone else has received a nice, running hand-me-down type item that is still in respectable shape, but anything about this old that I've taken on as a Save Me project was either blown up and forgotten or someone ruined, tinkered with, and then put away as such til two other people did the same and it got to me 30-odd years later.
One day I'll get the 'This just needs paint" Category C scenario... 🤞
Add: I remember wondering what was going to be 'my vintage' era quite some time ago, having 60s-80s cars being the classifieds special when I was younger. The kind you'd get like stupid cheap as a second or third owner for a few hundred bucks and how many ever miles you got out of it as daily transpo was a bonus after you got your money's worth in gas as collateral. You pretty much nailed it though. The junk built as normal cars in the 80s and 90s (outside of Japanese stuff with exceptions for rusty bodies) wasn't really made to ever be timeless. It just became vintage-ish as cherished bygone time from guys in my age bracket now, but they're paying ridiculous money to recoup their youth. I was happy getting them cheap and having my time with it, as I'm not all about looking for 90s era JDM cars going for 50-100K as they dry up.
Add2: My favorite rust remover is far and away phosphoric acid (70-85%) and dilute to about 50% with water if you need it done in 5 or so minutes. It works FAST. You need to watch it though, as it can power through rust faster than you'd like and convert into more rust if you don't keep an eye on it. After a thorough cleaning, just chase with a bit of oil or wd40, or the more permanent way, use a two part epoxy resin and seal it. Muriatic acid is more like hydrochloric acid and offgases chlorine gas, but if you do it outside, you don't have to worry about it too terribly much.
If you're more time lenient, acetic acid is much cheaper, safer and slower. The lab grade stuff you can thin with water also but leave at about 35% concentration so it works faster than vinegar, then clean with water and treat as above. You can use ammonia with either to neutralize the reaction and if done with the phosphoric acid, makes a nice compostable fertilizer if you're just doing rust removal.
Phosphoric acid is the ingredient in Coca-Cola that makes it remove rust (read the contents on cans). Mostly used as industrial glass cleaner/pool tile cleaner. Eats calcium deposits like right NOW!
My first bike was a '69 Yamaha 175 Enduro basket case. Our stories sound similar - it was my ticket to adventure, and I pushed it home quite a few times. Never got caught on the road, though - we got far enough out of town on the trails we were out of cop territory! Good times!
Thank you for another great piece of entertainment. 🤘🏼Also, I miss Radio Shack. What a pleasant surprise seeing a piece of their equipment.
The story telling in the videos are fabtastic. Keep it coming.
Would love a video on how you organize your tools. I always have mine all over and can never find the same tool twice.
man that Yami is sweet
Well done, I have never had much luck messing with mechanical stuff but I sure enjoy watching it. Thanks for all you do for us.
i love the old hondas! Can't wait to enjoy this one!
coffee , bacon & eggs , over 1 hour of Mustie .. Sunday morning sorted
Same!
I just can't understand why this channel doesn't have at least a million subscribers, the content and presenter are excellent.
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast because the topic Mustie addresses in the video. The "kids" are hitting middle age. Vehicles of their youth aren't serviceable like this one. Big market for vintage gaming consoles and computers though.
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast was ranting about "why can't I find an old guy to work on my vintage boat engines?". I realized... I'M THAT OLD GUY!! Like the old grandpa that rebuilds pocket watches.
Here in Australia, denatured alcohol is called methylated spirits, or just "metho" for short. We used it for preheating kerosene fuel appliances, such as stoves, & lanterns, along with blowtorches.
Mustie I love how you always have something for something!!!!!!!! A battery supply....Nice!
My first bike was a 64 Rockford..lol.. Loved that bike. Of course the clutch was out so I had to get it coasting before putting it into gear ( all 4 down, then one more down was neutral and another down started it all over again)... Oh the misshapes with that system..lol.. bump into neutral to coast down the mountain and accidently bump down again and locked the rear tire right up. Our first bike are the best.
This a great bike! I never seen one growing up,, Dealership in the St.Louis area were small, this is a video I will watch twice!!
I had one, the green color! I used to roll it in my bedroom late at night, remove the headlamp lense, disconnect the speedometer, push it out our back gate and down the street where I would start it up and be gone from midnight to five in the morning up at my friend's house - my parents did not know why I was so tired all the time! We would take it up into a state park and cruise the trails. great little bike! I agree 100%about middle aged men chasing their childhood memories - these machines have a way of putting smiles on our faces don't they?
Am i the only 27 year old that is in love with cars from the 80s all the way down to the 1900s. Like the things id do for a ford model a or t or a mid 1940s car. Hell even a Chrysler new yorker would also be awesome or a 84? Olds cutlass LS sedan.
Excellent video Mustie 1 :) surprises me Bike are 6 volt postive ground back in 1970's of Honda and did change like Automotive companies did 1960's to 12 volt Negative ground it wild too for sure ! Also enjoy your fix up teach on bikes or anything to love it plus share information together to!
The image of you sliding out of a flat bed truck with your bike made me laugh out loud..stay safe Mustie.
Yes!! Love to see another Honda mini on the operating table!
Less than half way through but love listening to your stories and stuff.
The shot of the banana seat bike and the 175 is PERFECT and they match almost!!!!
I had a battery clamp snap on a Mitsubishi L400, it's a double battery set up so not standard. The breakers yard is 100 yards from my front door, I hadn't been for about 10 as all my motors are rare, newest being 2001.
The cars and vans in stock totally different to what I am used too
I was able to find bits to build a new clamp but looking at the current stock they were not easy to repair, more buy replacement parts and fit.
One reason folk enjoyed their motoring is when you spent a day pulling bits off fixing and replacing the pleasure you get from starting and driving the wreck you put back together is memorable. Most modern cars are polish only with computer dominating.
Cool! The 1971 Honda 70 we had when I was a kid had thicker heavier wheels/tires and was a dog. It surely would be a lot better with a 90cc. And I hope it has a clutch instead of the centrifugal semi-automatic 3 speed.
Whilst my brother was away in Florida for a vacation (whilst living in the U.K.) I ‘borrowed’ his CG125 and rode it across town about 6 miles away. Problem was he never serviced it or really looked after it all. I had no appropriate licence, no insurance, and the bike hadn’t seen a MoT safety inspection in years. In short, the whole endeavour was totally illegal. On the way home, about 4 miles from home, the engine stopped dead and made awful noises when I tried to turn it over on the starter. Because of the above illegality, I elected to PUSH it home, up a massive hill too, and pushed it into the back yard. My 13 year old nephew knew more than me and took the head off, correctly suspecting a holed piston. My brother was a giant of a man, and when he came from hols and I had to explain why he couldn’t ride to work, I got the beating I richly deserved…
Great Job Mustie1 on finding stuff wrong with the ST90 Bike.. next time new parts and run..
I grew up like you. The younger generation ain't the same , kinda sad to say
Bro mustie i love you efforts of giving another chance to these vintage machines. My opinion is instead start a full restoration series on these machines people love watching restoration vidz.cheers
Full restorations are a rich man's game and he'd never get to ride it. It would instead sit in pieces while he hunted down all the new OEM parts it would need to "restore it".
They're only original once and a full restoration is literally impossible because it means a return to its original condition. I'm all for repair, preserve (stop any active decay) and ride it.
25:30 Yes and yes. Millennial here, auto enthusiasts used to say the same things about the common cars with all their plastic interiors and heavy use of increasingly integrated electronics (as opposed to the preceeding scattering of relays throughout the car) when I was a kid, and... I am sure you've noticed that the market for '80s and '90s cars (iconic and otherwise) is kind of big, and with 3D printing, some fiberglass and some dye... Anyway, never, EVER discount the power of nostalgia.
Thanks Mustie1! I sure enjoy the shop time!
Similar experience growing up. I had a mini bike, 5 hp Clinton motor… we were like 13.’the big kids, 17 or so, would show up with bulltaco dirt bikes. We were in awe. Later had a 72 xl250 Honda I drove to high school. Fun times
I had a Lambretta 175 scooter in 1963 and it would never start with the kick starter, so I had to run alongside and and hop on it sidesaddle while releasing the clutch to get it to fire- then the challenge was to stay upright and not crash before I could get seated. I always laughed at the scene in American Graffiti where the Toad pulls up to the drive in and forgets to take his scooter out of gear. ( I think that was an actual accident during filming and they decided to leave it in the movie.)
You are right, nostalgia isn't what it used to be😁