1969 Honda Z50A K1

[4shorts]

Paul, looking really nice! These little Hondas are so beautiful when properly restored. You're doing an excellent job, as usual, can't wait 'till you fing another bike you can't resist restoring!

davomoto

Thank you sir. Yes they are sure are nice little criters when there completed. I'm trying to do this as best I can. After this one I need a little break. I had just completed the "72 CT70 K1 and then found this one.

Hi,

I think to color is quite right, very nice paint job.
Look at my candy sapphire blue (original paint) on my CD50-H.

Jensen

Thanks Jensen. Man that is one fantastic looking bike you have there. I've never seen one like it before!

Well tonight I got the stator done. As you can see by the first few pics it was a little rough. The electrical plug had wire ripped off and the plus it's self was very brittle. I purchased a rebuild kit that had the new plugs and terminals. I also replaced the points, condenser and the oil seals.
I'm not sure if some of you might of seen these "Solderless Terminals" before so I snapped a few pics to show you how they work.

First of all they require no soldering but they do need a special crimping tool to get them to work. Solderless Terminals are used here because the terminals need to snap into a outlet and solder would get in the way of it working properly.


I also use "Heat Shrink" instead of electric tape. Heat shrink is a tube that can be placed over wires and once heated it will shrink making a nice tight fit around the wire. As you can see my goal is to try and do it right the first time and make it look as close to a factory job as possable. I think the completed stator looks much better now.
I apologize to those who know all about this stuff but I thought there might be some that never seen it before. The motor is next.

[CliffC]

Very nice Paul, like always your workmanship is superb. I have heard and seen heat shrink before but was always afraid to use it, thought I would screw it up, always used tape. I have used solderless connecters for years and really like them. I just might experiment with the heat shrink and see how it comes out. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. CliffC

[4shorts]

Very nice Paul, like always your workmanship is superb. I have heard and seen heat shrink before but was always afraid to use it, thought I would screw it up, always used tape. I have used solderless connecters for years and really like them. I just might experiment with the heat shrink and see how it comes out. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. CliffC

Thanks Cliff. Ya that heat shrink is great stuff. There are a few types. There's the dry type that just shrinks when heated and then there's the type that has the sealant inside. I use the sealant type outside of vehicles. When it's heated it shrinks but also has a sealant that comes out of it making the wire waterproof. I also only us a heat gun to shrink. Some use a flame but I find it better to use the heat gun. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well my friend.

[chico]

4, I used heat shrink on my 77 stater lead and starter and horn, dimmer switch leads, as the old ones were cracked and brittle and it worked great and stays pliable even in sub freezing temps.

[4shorts]

4, I used heat shrink on my 77 stater lead and starter and horn, dimmer switch leads, as the old ones were cracked and brittle and it worked great and stays pliable even in sub freezing temps.

Yes it sure is good stuff. I posted on it just in case there few guys who never used it or thought about useing it. Thanks for your post.


Yesterday morning I got up and figured it would be a great day to get the motor work done on the little beast. I had it mostly done but it never had the correct serial number on the case but I had purchased the correct ones off of Ebay and although I had to strip it all down again I figured it was worth it. Disregard the hose clamp in the back of the motor. It was an extra one I had and thought it might work there (NOT) so it's not there now :)

The motor got the following new parts.

-Completed gasket and oils seals.
-New piston and rings.
-New valve rockers.
-New kick starter
- polished intake.
- new breather.
-honed cylinder.
-New valves and seals
-New clutches.
-All new bolts and clips
-New timing chain.
- timing gears, oil pump gear.
- Cam chain tensioner.
-Cam chain tensioner gear.
-New shifter
-New starter shaft
- Rebuilt the stator and added new points and condenser.
-new drive sprocket
- all new case bolts and hardware.
- Detailing of the cases including aluminum polishing.

The motor looks like new. Got perfect compression and has spark. It's in the bike now so maybe tomorrow I'll start it up.

The original build date on the bike is 12/69. The rebuild date is 12/09. Cool. Exactly 40 years from new to rebuilt!

[chico]

Hind sight being 20/20, I wish I kepted the 68 mini I bought for 299. usd. Your work is beyond words to discribe it. have a nice holiday and enjoy your break.

[4shorts]

Hind sight being 20/20, I wish I kepted the 68 mini I bought for 299. usd. Your work is beyond words to discribe it. have a nice holiday and enjoy your break.

Thanks Steve. Some times we sell things and regret them later. You'll have to find another Z50 like I have. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. Paul

I did have to add one more item to the bike to make it complete. Probably the most important part. I made the bracket to hang it on. There was a threaded hole in the cylinder head so I said why not. I wonder how many "69 Z50's got a Support Our Troops bell on it . I'll post pics of the complete bike next.







Well here is the completed bike. Basically every nut and bolt was done on it. I had it running with a bottle of gas because I didn't want to put fuel in the tank and acid in the battery because It's going out with the rest of the bikes. It runs like new and started on the second kick.

The only other thing I'll be adding to it will be the rear chrome rack other than that it's complete. I tried to snap a few pics out by the door but it's was blowing enough to blow the fur of a cat so this will have to do for now. :) To tell the truth it looks much better in person. Can't seem to grab the true color with the camera.