For example, stay away from frames with cracks or repairs made to them. It’s a good, complete, all-original bike, start looking at things that are beyond repairable. Internally, this engine was in really good shape, but common wearable parts were replaced, such as all the seals, gaskets and bearings. Little pieces and parts that go missing over the years can cost you months of hunting for a replacement, and that is a big deal when it’s holding up the restoration. An amateur cosmetic restoration to make a machine look good to flip or resell may be harder to work with than something unrestored. Its condition is not as important as originality, but you are better off paying more for a bike that literally has never had a wrench on it. Every mark or nick gets worked smooth to complete a perfect restoration. If the donor vehicle is found intact, all the bolts, brackets, rear axle, axle hubs, seat-mount clamps, triple tree hardware and engine bolts get stripped to bare metal. What many people call a restoration is actually a rebuild, or perhaps what hot-rod guys call a “resto-mod”-an older machine that has significant modern performance upgrades whether you can see them or not. When we say “restoration,” we are talking about returning a machine to how it was on the showroom floor. There are a few things to look at when picking a starting point, or a “donor bike” as they are called in the restoration world. The restoration started off just like 99 percent of them do-with a donor that has lived a hard life and was ready for a revival. You can see the others at For this article, the Vintage Motorsports Honda ATC 250R was paired up with a 1982 Toyota pickup, which had been restored by Greg’s Restorations.
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It’s that good, and this 1982 Honda 250R is his latest acquisition. Our most recent visit, however, ended abruptly when he shut the doors and started wiping our drool off his floor.
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This collector opened his doors for a few hours, so we got to take a look at his prized possessions. Other popular models you may be familiar with include the CRF, Rebel, Ruckus, Shadow, and VTX.Over the last few years we have highlighted a number of his projects after discovering one of his biggest customers is in Los Angeles near our offices. Honda ended production of the Gold Wing in 2009. It was one of the first production models fitted with a fuel pump. Perhaps the most recognized is the iconic Gold Wing, introduced in the US in 1975. The company offers a number of well-known names in bikes. They make mopeds and light motorcycles, motorcycle models, off-road models, dual-purpose models, motocross models, scooters, racing models, and all-terrain vehicles. Today, Honda produces a broad array of motorcycles of every class. It was in 1949 that they manufactured their first real motorcycle with a 98 cc two-stroke motor. Honda Motorcycles started out as bicycles with two-stroke motors grafted onto them. Today, the company makes industry-leading motorcycles in nearly every category.
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The Honda cycles of this era were primarily known for competing on racetracks around the world. It was in the 1960s that these inexpensive cycles really rose to the height of popularity. Soon after the company started manufacturing Honda Motorcycles. Honda's business began as a producer of piston rings. During this time, the Japanese economy was recovering from World War II. Honda was founded in 1940s Japan by Soichiro Honda.