It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
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It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
It has been a while since I posted. I delivered a 1984 Honda Gyro to my customer in Raleigh, NC yesterday to add to his collection. I figured I would share the photos and the recovery since this is one rare machine. It was fun to get it up and running for an extremely enthusiastic owner.
Anyway, here are some before/after shots. The wheels were the biggest issue. They were rusted pretty bad and needed to be blasted and repainted. The plastic was polished with a light compound using a buffer. Delicate!!! New tires, new grips, some new stickers and a fresh coat of paint on the basket made this scoot look great. I also painted all the black plastic pieces and mounting brackets. It came out great! What a fun little machine to ride also.
Before
During
Finished
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVrA1q2Yaio
The customer also sent me home with a 1986 Honda Spree Limited Edition to do some work on also. He's got quite a collection of scoots! Stay tuned for some info on that bike.
Anyway, here are some before/after shots. The wheels were the biggest issue. They were rusted pretty bad and needed to be blasted and repainted. The plastic was polished with a light compound using a buffer. Delicate!!! New tires, new grips, some new stickers and a fresh coat of paint on the basket made this scoot look great. I also painted all the black plastic pieces and mounting brackets. It came out great! What a fun little machine to ride also.
Before
During
Finished
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVrA1q2Yaio
The customer also sent me home with a 1986 Honda Spree Limited Edition to do some work on also. He's got quite a collection of scoots! Stay tuned for some info on that bike.
Last edited by two4one on Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
What a nice ride that gyro is. I so wish I could find a gyro here in my neck of the woods. Sprees are rare enough here let alone a gyro. I'm so jealous
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
patthesoundguy wrote:What a nice ride that gyro is. I so wish I could find a gyro here in my neck of the woods. Sprees are rare enough here let alone a gyro. I'm so jealous
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+1 - love those Gyros - thanks for the good pics
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Greetings:
Drip-drip-drip. The sound of Honda-san's tears of joy falling softly in the ground below his grave. Awesomely-tidy restoration! Put it in a museum?
Drip-drip-drip. The sound of Honda-san's tears of joy falling softly in the ground below his grave. Awesomely-tidy restoration! Put it in a museum?
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
I don't think this one will be museum bound. The owner uses all of his scoots with his kids riding around the neighborhood. It would be a pretty good candidate though.Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:
Drip-drip-drip. The sound of Honda-san's tears of joy falling softly in the ground below his grave. Awesomely-tidy restoration! Put it in a museum?
1984 Honda Spree
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1984 Spree Iowa
1984 Honda Gyro
Like other little Honda's? How about a 1969 Honda Z50?
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Wow you do some quality work. Awesome job thanks for sharing
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
Lets see that special edition spree now
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
nice job man, like the webpage stuff to!
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
So shiny, what a beaut.
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
If you don't mine me asking, how much was it (Gyro + restore)?
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...well done two4one...
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
I don't recall what he paid for the Gyro initially. Between the parts, sticker recreation/production and labor the resto work was over $1400 if I remember correctly.jcivince wrote:If you don't mine me asking, how much was it (Gyro + restore)?
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
how does the gyro handle and ride ive never seen anybody with one here in hawaii looks pretty cool though
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Re: It's been a while. Something different - 1984 Honda Gyro
The '85-86 Gyro handles marvelously...eats up the corners...
The '84, not even a comparison...it is horrible.
HUGE difference in the geometry of these 2 machines...
The '84, not even a comparison...it is horrible.
HUGE difference in the geometry of these 2 machines...
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that looks badassmotormike wrote:The '85-86 Gyro handles marvelously...eats up the corners...
The '84, not even a comparison...it is horrible.
HUGE difference in the geometry of these 2 machines...
84 Spree dio ready
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True 72cc
70+/F/72
Reppin it for the 2+ class
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Youtube me: Go RYAN Pro
True 72cc
70+/F/72
Reppin it for the 2+ class
Eastsydah Rydah Productions
#Handodat