Hello,
I grew up around my dad's 200M that he sold a long time ago so the thrill of a trike excites me. A good friend has an older 70 that is in amazing shape that my son loves to ride. I recently bought an 84 Big Red that lived a rough life - but the price was right. They couldn't get it to run good. I drained the gas, put ethanol free fuel in the tank, newer battery, cleaned the spark plug, and it fired right up. Like many other posts I see, it is like someone took the poor thing, it ran, and that's all that mattered.
I have slowly been getting in back in to safe, usable shape by purchasing new forks because the front end at been hit - because it had been hit the axle was bent so I got a hub. A rear brake cable was used for the front brake, no rear brake handle, foot about 8 inches down to engage the rear brake, and trust me - the list goes on. It does run nice though. It's got a hesitation in 3rd gear, but I haven't put too many miles on it with safety on the brain to troubleshoot that end.
I did purchase the correct Honda service manual for reference and have been trying to put it back together with Honda OEM, but as I have already seen on this forum that becomes a challenge with non-availability, otherwise quite expensive at times. Right now the only part I can't seem to find are front dust seals. The old ones may be salvageable but are cracked. I can get the nylon guides or make my own. I machined a new axle for the front end.
It is so close to being rideable, but every step I just find something else that was mickey mouse'd.
Looking forward to digging in - doing some research, providing insight, and asking questions to folks that know what the heck I am going through. Thanks!