kb0nly
07-11-2012, 12:03 AM
So my air conditioner died... Got a new one, hauled the old one to the junkyard in my trailer pulling with my 84 BR.. I get there and what do i see??
Honda 110
Kawasaki Model Unknown
Homebrew Trike
The 110 is rough... The frame was broken in half at the gas tank bolts and sloppily welded back together and bolts welded in for holding the tank. Not much left but there was a good set of bars that weren't bent, all the wiring harness looks to be there, taillight, a perfect headlight not a crack in it, CDI unit, coil, front fender no rear fenders, the forks look to be tweaked slightly, a good rear axle not bent, but will take torch to get the nuts off however the splines are in great shape and the threads will clean up fine. Rear sprocket looks good, tensioner is rusty but sprocket looks ok. There is so many good parts on it, no wheels or tires, tossed that in the trailer to haul home as i know someone will want parts off it. Tank was there in another pile, the bottom side of the tank was totally gone from rust and the cap although the chrome was still nice was rusted solid onto the tank, tried to remove, not happening.
The Kawa was sad to see... Looked partially crushed, engine case cracked and a thick layer of mud all over it, someone stripped virtually every part off it that was usable. All i could ID it by was the Kawasaki on the engine side after kicking the crust off it and that it was a 2 stroke as there is an oil tank on it, its a green tank, frame was black, forks are green. Not to up on the Kawa's but i am sure someone else would know thats familiar with them.
The homebrew was interesting. It had a fender and seat set off something else, looked like off a Honda TRX and a gas tank that was off who knows what but it was in the general shape of a plastic Honda tank. The bars were held to the home made forks with small u-bolts with backer blocks that came from the hardware store, the throttle was an old dirt bike twist throttle and the bars looked like they came off a bike as well. The frame was all square steel tubing and the welds were really really rough. No identifying marks other than someones initials scratched into the motor mount plate, it was made to hold a 4 stroke horizontal engine, aka Briggs or Tecumseh by the mounting pattern. Most likely it ran a centrifugal chain clutch as there was just a rear axle mounted to some pillow block bearings with a big sprocket welded to it and some old lawn tractor hubs welded on. It was actually neat looking but i don't need any more junk projects!
Anyway, didn't have a camera sadly. Will try to snap some shots next time i buzz past but they were on the daily crush pile so they should be gone by mid day tomorrow. Ended up hauling the 110 home to give some of its parts a new life, the frame will go back to the pile once its stripped.
Honda 110
Kawasaki Model Unknown
Homebrew Trike
The 110 is rough... The frame was broken in half at the gas tank bolts and sloppily welded back together and bolts welded in for holding the tank. Not much left but there was a good set of bars that weren't bent, all the wiring harness looks to be there, taillight, a perfect headlight not a crack in it, CDI unit, coil, front fender no rear fenders, the forks look to be tweaked slightly, a good rear axle not bent, but will take torch to get the nuts off however the splines are in great shape and the threads will clean up fine. Rear sprocket looks good, tensioner is rusty but sprocket looks ok. There is so many good parts on it, no wheels or tires, tossed that in the trailer to haul home as i know someone will want parts off it. Tank was there in another pile, the bottom side of the tank was totally gone from rust and the cap although the chrome was still nice was rusted solid onto the tank, tried to remove, not happening.
The Kawa was sad to see... Looked partially crushed, engine case cracked and a thick layer of mud all over it, someone stripped virtually every part off it that was usable. All i could ID it by was the Kawasaki on the engine side after kicking the crust off it and that it was a 2 stroke as there is an oil tank on it, its a green tank, frame was black, forks are green. Not to up on the Kawa's but i am sure someone else would know thats familiar with them.
The homebrew was interesting. It had a fender and seat set off something else, looked like off a Honda TRX and a gas tank that was off who knows what but it was in the general shape of a plastic Honda tank. The bars were held to the home made forks with small u-bolts with backer blocks that came from the hardware store, the throttle was an old dirt bike twist throttle and the bars looked like they came off a bike as well. The frame was all square steel tubing and the welds were really really rough. No identifying marks other than someones initials scratched into the motor mount plate, it was made to hold a 4 stroke horizontal engine, aka Briggs or Tecumseh by the mounting pattern. Most likely it ran a centrifugal chain clutch as there was just a rear axle mounted to some pillow block bearings with a big sprocket welded to it and some old lawn tractor hubs welded on. It was actually neat looking but i don't need any more junk projects!
Anyway, didn't have a camera sadly. Will try to snap some shots next time i buzz past but they were on the daily crush pile so they should be gone by mid day tomorrow. Ended up hauling the 110 home to give some of its parts a new life, the frame will go back to the pile once its stripped.