FourWheelForum  

Go Back   FourWheelForum > Motorcycles & Streetbikes! > The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration

The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration The little brother to the CA160 in our family of Hondas

Reply
Thread Tools
  #1  
Unread 12-21-2008, 02:12 PM
bsanorton
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default CA95 Drive Chain

Smithers, do you know the part # for the drive chain & how many links are in it?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Unread 12-21-2008, 10:06 PM
Smithers's Avatar
Smithers Smithers is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Posts: 3,238
Send a message via AIM to Smithers Send a message via Skype™ to Smithers
Default

WOW I just went on Ebay. You can pick a brand new D.I.D chain up for $30. Pretty decent price to me. People throw all sorts of different sprocket sizes on these bikes. I would buy a longer chain if I had a choice and just break off the links you don't need. I'm too lazy to look around for a part #. I would just order a chain off Ebay or ask my buddy who owns his local shop to order me one. I just picked up a CL70 and it needs a chain BAD. That's one of the first things I'll be doing. Hell, I'll put up a thread about the process when I get to it. Of course here Christmas is here and it might be a week till I get around to it.

I JUST started a new thread for the CL70 Scrambler and here is where I'll go about installing the new chain w/pics and all that fun stuff. The Benly 150 and CA160 I have laying around all have good chains but I'll check them again to see if they could use a new one or not. I'll count my links and let you know just for reference though.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Unread 12-28-2008, 10:52 PM
Smithers's Avatar
Smithers Smithers is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Posts: 3,238
Send a message via AIM to Smithers Send a message via Skype™ to Smithers
Default

In the spirit of this thread about chains I just put in some time today working on the chain for the CL70. I didn't bother buying a new one yet and today when I was playing around with the bike I sprayed a bunch of lubricant/solvent on the chain to hopefully loosen it up. I JUST got it running yesterday but I didn't ride it as the clutch was frozen up and wouldn't work at all.

So today I was able to get the clutch working this morning and I proceeded to ride it down the road a little and the chain was making all sorts of noise. It was obvious that it wasn't loosening up nearly as much as I would have hoped. Before I put any lube on it the thing was super tight without any slack. After I rode it up and down the street it was a little more loose but still not right. I then took the chain off and went to work on it and now it is back to normal operational status.

This is the CL70 chain I know but it got me hyped up on the subject. My CA160 in the garage has a chain guard keeping it hidden but when I got over to play with the Benly 150 I'll make sure and check the number on that chain and count the links.

More to come.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:39 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.