'85 Aero 50 good as new? (picture heavy)
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:32 pm
Hey all, my name is Kaps and this is my first scooter build/re-build.
I got a 1985 Honda Aero 50 for free of craigslist, not running, no keys. The story was that the guy got it brand new in '85, Drove it for three years, sometime in the forth year of school the bike died and it just sat at his parents house untouched FOR THE NEXT 21 YEARS!!! I didn't really have plans other than to swap in a dio motor from another scooter i got free but decided against it. this one was for the g/f so keeping it stock would keep the price down and i could sell the dio to fund the project. (it turned out to be in WAY worse shape) Got a few bad surprises during the teardown due to giant spiders but other than that, nothing too crazy. Found bad crankshaft bearings to be the main culprit which also damaged the piston head, variation and some other bits. replaced the bad parts, cleaned out all the old gas/oil and put it back together with new gaskets and seals.... voila! Then i touched up all the old looking chrome bits with gloss black acrylic polymer engine enamel and spray on bed liner. I hated the flat look of the bed liner though so i created the splattered/textured look by pressing the spray tip down just a little. i couldn't be more pleased with the outcome. new ignition, (the old one was popping fuzes for some reason) new tires, new led lights and new sockets so the turn signals stay on as running lights have all been installed. also buffed and waxed the body panels there is a few other cool trick things i did but i'll let you pick them out. questions, comments and criticisms are welcome. Thanks in advance!
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P.S. these are the LED lights i bought on ebay, They are super bright and have no clearance issues:
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I got a 1985 Honda Aero 50 for free of craigslist, not running, no keys. The story was that the guy got it brand new in '85, Drove it for three years, sometime in the forth year of school the bike died and it just sat at his parents house untouched FOR THE NEXT 21 YEARS!!! I didn't really have plans other than to swap in a dio motor from another scooter i got free but decided against it. this one was for the g/f so keeping it stock would keep the price down and i could sell the dio to fund the project. (it turned out to be in WAY worse shape) Got a few bad surprises during the teardown due to giant spiders but other than that, nothing too crazy. Found bad crankshaft bearings to be the main culprit which also damaged the piston head, variation and some other bits. replaced the bad parts, cleaned out all the old gas/oil and put it back together with new gaskets and seals.... voila! Then i touched up all the old looking chrome bits with gloss black acrylic polymer engine enamel and spray on bed liner. I hated the flat look of the bed liner though so i created the splattered/textured look by pressing the spray tip down just a little. i couldn't be more pleased with the outcome. new ignition, (the old one was popping fuzes for some reason) new tires, new led lights and new sockets so the turn signals stay on as running lights have all been installed. also buffed and waxed the body panels there is a few other cool trick things i did but i'll let you pick them out. questions, comments and criticisms are welcome. Thanks in advance!
![Image](http://s8.postimage.org/osoil2as5/IMG_1047.jpg)
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P.S. these are the LED lights i bought on ebay, They are super bright and have no clearance issues:
![Image](http://s16.postimage.org/l408v4pit/KGr_Hq_R_nw_E8_OT3e5s_BPKp_YK_Osg_60_12.jpg)