My new bike!

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:44 am

Hello, Im new here, and was refered by a friend that I just found out has a Benly also!

A little back history. This bike has been inside my grandmothers house for nearly 30 years!!! It was her cousins, and he gave it to her for collateral for some bail money. He never gave her the money back, and she kept the bike. They recently gave it to me, so I went up and got it!

And when I mean, in her house, I mean IN her house. It was next to her stairs under a blanket the whole time. I grew up playing on this as a kid, and always hoped I would have it one day!

I got her home finnally!!!! I only have the pics of the trip and before I cleaned it, but I'll get some pics of her cleaned up some in a little bit! Sorry for the picture overload, but I'm just sooooo excited!!!!
My tow rig worked great! This is this saturday night (before fathers day) I left my house around 9:00, and got in around 1:30.

Made it!! This is the next morning, around 9am.

Later, after loading it in the rain. First time in nearly 30 years since it has seen water directly!

Loaded, and strapped, and ready for the long ride to her new home! The tires still had air in them! They never put air in the tire, the entire time that they had the bike!

More in a few mins!

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:45 am

A quick stop at one of the best resturants around!! Bonanza!!!

Whos that in my rearview tailgating me!!!

Made it to her new home!!

More coming!

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:46 am

Looks good without the seat!!

Dirty, but not as bad is it could have been!

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:47 am

The original tool bag??

Must be close to an original battery? Not a drop of liquid left in it! lol

More coming!

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:48 am

Another battery pic.

A little bit of corrosion from the battery, but not too bad.

Air cleaner looks original, and judging by the bolt on it, its never been out until now! Not too bad shape except for the mice food.

Looks like they had it nice and cozy in there!! Food and insolation!!

Thats all I have for now, I finished cleaning it and put it back together so I could take it to work and show the boys! More clean pics when I get back out there and take some!!!

joeficsit · Post by **joeficsit** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:39 pm

holy crud! great looking bike there. I found mine outside, it is a LITTLE rougher

(okay a lot) I sure wish mine had been kept inside. good luck getting her running. I'm still in the parts gathering phase of my project, waiting on some time to clear up to really get to work on her.

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:56 pm

joeficsit wrote:holy crud! great looking bike there. I found mine outside, it is a LITTLE rougher (okay a lot) I sure wish mine had been kept inside. good luck getting her running. I'm still in the parts gathering phase of my project, waiting on some time to clear up to really get to work on her.

Yea, Got lucky with that! The bike turns over good, and most everything seems to be really solid! The only problem I have right now, is I dont have a key for it, so Im not sure how to go about getting one, or disabling the key or what I have to do.

Any idea's?

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:25 pm

Nice way to acquire a bike! Those look like original tires too. How many miles on it? For the key you could buy a blank classic Honda key off Ebay or something and take your lock down to a locksmith and have him cut it for you. You can remove the ignition pretty easily.

Good pics btw.

joeficsit · Post by **joeficsit** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:52 pm

That is the best way to do it if you have access to a GOOD locksmith. If you are like me and don't have one anywhere near you, you can get the code off the ignition switch. like T3465 then you can buy a vintage honda key with the matching code on it. just buy one to make sure it works. There are a few shops out there and on ebay that have the keys for sale.

gbaumgratz · Post by **gbaumgratz** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:17 pm

In my case, the local locksmiths act like they are cutting gold, so I ordered a NOS one with the number from the lock cylinder at http://hondakeys.com/ - not bad for a brand new key, after that you could always have copies made if they have the blanks local, or just order multiples once you make sure the first one works.

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:01 pm

Smithers wrote:Nice way to acquire a bike! Those look like original tires too. How many miles on it? For the key you could buy a blank classic Honda key off Ebay or something and take your lock down to a locksmith and have him cut it for you. You can remove the ignition pretty easily.

Good pics btw.

Thanks!! The bike has 9335 original miles on it. I heard about the lock smith this afternoon, and the code is on the face of the lock, so I might get lucky and find a key that fits.

My wife is the real picture guru, and she tought me everything I know, lol! She is a natural, I have to take like 3 of each shot, and usally only one comes out the way I want, cause I'm so damn shakey, lol.

joeficsit wrote:That is the best way to do it if you have access to a GOOD locksmith. If you are like me and don't have one anywhere near you, you can get the code off the ignition switch. like T3465 then you can buy a vintage honda key with the matching code on it. just buy one to make sure it works. There are a few shops out there and on ebay that have the keys for sale.

Thanks, ill look into ebay for a key. Got some other stuff like the gasket sets for the carb I need to order anyway.

gbaumgratz wrote:In my case, the local locksmiths act like they are cutting gold, so I ordered a NOS one with the number from the lock cylinder at http://hondakeys.com/ - not bad for a brand new key, after that you could always have copies made if they have the blanks local, or just order multiples once you make sure the first one works.

Ill check that too, if its not too expencive. Thanks for the link! that could work out good if ebay dosent have anything for me.

Thanks for all the repys!
Brian

Sam Green · Post by **Sam Green** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:40 am

I hope you never find a key or get to ride the thing

I hate people as lucky as you.

Good luck and keep us posted as you transform it into a thing of beauty.

Sam.

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:23 am

Sam Green wrote:I hope you never find a key or get to ride the thing I hate people as lucky as you.
Good luck and keep us posted as you transform it into a thing of beauty.

Sam.

LOL!! Thanks sam!!!

Am I right in thinking its a 62-3?? My uncle that owns a honda store thinks thats what it is, and from a few pics I see around, I think he is right. I think I just found out where the vin is on this thing (under the gas tank), but haven't had enough time to dig into it and see what it is.

Silver Talon · Post by **Silver Talon** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:32 am

I threw some air in the tires last night after I unloaded it at my house, and they seem to hold air pretty well. I was so stoked, that I call my wife outside (this was at about 10:30) and told her to put her shoes on. She came out and I told her to hop on, and that we were going for a ride! She laughed and hoped on, and was very supprised when I push us out of the drive way and down our road (its pretty much all down hill). We coasted probably 200+ yards down the hill away from the house just laughing and enjoying the night air. I told her this was our preview ride, and in just a few more weeks, we would do it for real!

This is a quick picture of what we looked like.

LOL!!

The front and rear breakes work really well, but the clutch is inop. The cable pulls and releases the right way, but it wont disengage the clutch while in gear. Just stuck or dryed out?? Ill pop the cover and see what she looks like. I checked the oil, and the level is good, and its actually pretty clean and dosent look seperated or anything, so thats good.

I'm sure Ill have alot of questions for all of you, so thanks in advance!

Sam Green · Post by **Sam Green** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:42 am

Silver Talon wrote:LOL!! Thanks sam!!!

Am I right in thinking its a 62-3?? My uncle that owns a honda store thinks thats what it is, and from a few pics I see around, I think he is right. I think I just found out where the vin is on this thing (under the gas tank), but haven't had enough time to dig into it and see what it is.

I think you will find it's later than that, the early ones had a revcounter drive on the end of the cam and the frame pressing was a little different, your's has neither.

Sam.