Hi guys, I wanted to bring you up to date on the 185S I bought on Nov.14, 2009. I posted previously under the title, "New guy, New find." I bought the trike from a neighbor a few miles up the road for $50. I just finished the rebuild last Thursday, Jan. 28. I used Rustoleum paint for everything. As for new parts, I bought: Pro Taper grips, front and rear brake levers and hand brake cables, EBC front and rear brake shoes, three new tires, front and rear axle seals, a seat cover, a UNI air filter, a Clymer manual, stainless screws for the rear fender mudguards, and some Honda stickers. I bought a used set of foot pegs in real nice shape on ebay, found a rear fender with seat to replace my rusted and falling apart seat foam and pan, along with a rear tailight assembly and grab bar from craigslist, and some various other small pieces and hardware from a motorcycle salvage yard. Even the other seat pan I bought wasn't in the best shape, so I reinforced the rusted out areas like in the dip with some sheetmetal, rivets, JB Weld, and gutter seal. A few coats of primer and black paint, and it looked way better and had the strength it needed. I only had one crack on the lower front (chain side) of my rear plastic, so I repaired it using a special welding tip on my soldering iron and some donor plastic from my craigslist fenders. They're solid as a new piece now. The most time consuming part was the cleaning/sanding/painting. Once that was done, I had the trike from a bare frame to completely built in a day and a half. It's not 100% perfect, but I built it to ride, not as a museum quality restoration. All in all, I'm very happy with the way it turned out. The engine didn't need much attention other than the obvious oil and spark plug change. I did remove and clean the carb, check valve clearance, adjust timing chain slack, check CDI magneto gap, etc. Everything else was in real good shape, so things like the axles, bearings, chain and sprockets, and pull starter got a good cleaning, greasing and reassembly. The final part of the reassmbly was to install the front and rear hand brake cables, then took it for the first ride. These things are so mid mannered! I love puttzin around on this thing!
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