Topic: Advice on a Honda CA95

[toytuff]

You have to remember that Honda made so many changes through the years. These are hard bikes to do or at least it was for me. They made a CA72, CA95,CA77 and mine is a CA78.

Takes time for the right parts. This build was four (4) straight months, everyday. One (1) month just to clean parts.

I'll never do another. 

tt

[RAFster122s]

Ohio Cycle, did you get bad parts from them? I found them to be very good. Aftermarket or NOS parts, beware. Anis @ Tena Vintage is in Indonesia and knows the S90, especially the Z models (produced for other markets a long time) so, that being said you have to study the parts and even then sometimes you won't know until you have it. Ebay is often NOT the place to find new parts. It often is the expensive way when you buy 2-3 times. Lots of people claim to have the right part; but they do not for multiple reasons.

[toytuff]

I only had bad experiences with:

Thailand, Did not order much. Actually a set of exhaust pipes. Bend was bad, chrome was bad, there in the shed. That's about it. I'm not saying everything is so but just remember it costs a lot to return anything you buy.

Fleabay, everybody has had this experience. Yeah, it fits. Great condition. Oh! I thought it was a CA77 part. Blah..blah..blah.

Ohio Cycle is great but remember, "everything is by part number." Makes a big difference.

tt

[RAFster122s]

I will have to dig out the CA95 Parts listing I created from the Ohio Cycle list...I imported the list to Excel and stripped out everything that wasn't for the CA95...early or late.

Jude, you will have the early model if I remember the break correctly.  It might have been the late...I forget.
I was missing the tray and had to buy one...
Here's one in black in Australia...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Honda-CA95-CA-95-150-Baby-Dream-Benly-air-filter-cleaner-box-airbox-cover-/271325249446?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f2c3ebfa6&_uhb=1

David

[jude0007]

I will have to dig out the CA95 Parts listing I created from the Ohio Cycle list...I imported the list to Excel and stripped out everything that wasn't for the CA95...early or late.

Jude, you will have the early model if I remember the break correctly.  It might have been the late...I forget.
I was missing the tray and had to buy one...
Here's one in black in Australia...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Honda-CA95-CA-95-150-Baby-Dream-Benly-air-filter-cleaner-box-airbox-cover-/271325249446?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f2c3ebfa6&_uhb=1

David

I definitely have that tray.

[jude0007]

My goal today after work was to get started on bead blasting the frame.  I didn't get very far at all yikes.  Do people really bead blast the entire frame?  Perhaps they use a little more powerful blaster because I'm going to be at this forever. 

I did get the motor pretty dang clean by running it in the auto parts washer a few times. 

[RAFster122s]

I only had bad experiences with:

Thailand, Did not order much. Actually a set of exhaust pipes. Bend was bad, chrome was bad, there in the shed. That's about it. I'm not saying everything is so but just remember it costs a lot to return anything you buy.

Fleabay, everybody has had this experience. Yeah, it fits. Great condition. Oh! I thought it was a CA77 part. Blah..blah..blah.

Ohio Cycle is great but remember, "everything is by part number." Makes a big difference.

tt

tt,
Their online catalog pdf has short part name...and IDs model it applies to.

[tomkimberly]

Look for a tag on the main wire harness, if there, it will tell you the month and year of manufacture.

Tom

[jude0007]

I actually found the serial number on the frame where others mentioned it would be.  After having it sand blasted and removing the rust in that area, it became visible.  I got a chance to throw some primer and paint on it over the Thanksgiving weekend and it became even more visible.  Pretty crazy that it was missing in the rust, had me a little nervous.

A couple of pictures of the paint booth with primer on the frame.

[toytuff]

Wow! Nice to have access to that.

tt

[jude0007]

I've made some good progress.  All parts are painted with the exception of the tank, but that's getting some coats soon.  Getting ready to assemble everything.  I'm a little worried about the starter solenoid, ignition coils and other electronics (the square fin box which i believe is the regulator.

Since everything is disassembled, doesn't it make sense for me to hook up all wiring/connections while wiring loom is outside of the frame?  Is there a better way to test these components? 

A lot of my chrome is pitted and just not in great shape.  Any suggestions on getting it looking as best as possible?  I'm not looking to make a show stopper here, just want it to look nice.  It's hard putting the chrome back on when the paint job looks so good.

[RAFster122s]

Selenium Rectifier is the square finned box... It is a weak point on the 60s bikes, they go bad.  Replace with a modern full wave bridge rectifier...Yahoo group for the CT90 has a Radio Shack replacement and Scott Kirn on the Yahoo S90 had a nice pictorial of the swap with a Radio Shack part. Might have to source an equivalent from DigiKey or similar because RS is pretty much special order these days and ordering directly from a real electronics shop is going to be cheaper. I would advise you to pick up several when you order, as bikes are an addiction and you can always find a use for them if you put them where you can find them.

6V system so, remember that...

Selenium rectifier can be tested as it is a few diodes... the S90 had the same kind of rectifier, not the same one but, same kind.
Good multi-meter with diode tester can tell you if they are a go or no go and testing the resistance can tell you if it is out of spec...

David

[jude0007]

Can anyone tell me how to test the ignition coil before I put everything back?  I'm not exactly sure where I should be measuring across looking for the ~2-3 ohms (if that's even correct)  Thanks!

[krusty]

The Honda shop manuals of that era specified a 'spark' test using a Honda shop tester. They didn't quote coil resistance numbers at all. I checked my C92/C95 manual as well as a CL/SS125 manual, no numbers in either.
It may be a case of 'suck it and see' unless others have better info.