Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-27-2020, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 1
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Holy Moly there is action on the CA95 Forum!!! ...
Holy Moly there is action on the CA95 Forum!!! Its only been years since the last post and here I thought it was all over. I've only been into the clutches once and that was years ago, but I'd check...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
06-29-2017, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 18,903
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-29-2017, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 21,468
Nice find!
Just when I thought my favorite...
Nice find!
Just when I thought my favorite forum had gone dead Frappy comes to the rescue!
I've seen a couple of this model over the years but never had the chance to acquire one. The serial...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-11-2016, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 42,387
Tokyo Rose
Nice job! I used the inside of the battery cover for my color scan and ended up with a BMW color to which I had to add a bit of yellow.
Would you mind posting a few more pictures to help motivate...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-05-2015, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 42,387
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-03-2015, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 42,387
New chrome and a small mystery
I just got my chrome back from the platers for Old Pink, #640. When I dropped it off, I tried to explain to them that the original chrome was not perfect and please don't over do the polishing, but...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-29-2015, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,558
Early CA95 headers
Frustrated with fitting header pipes to your early CA95? Even though the early Benly header pipes look the same, they are quite different, and they do have different part numbers. And maybe it's just...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-13-2015, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 42,387
Tokyo Rose early CA95
Having closely followed Michaelclark50's excellent restoration thread of an early Tokyo Rose colored 1960 CA95 I thought this would be a good time to start a new thread devoted to those mysterious...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-05-2015, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 84,082
Neither of my 1960 Toyko Rose CA95s have the...
Neither of my 1960 Toyko Rose CA95s have the fender packing you pictured. I've successfully taken apart and cleaned a few of the early horns…a few squirts of carb cleaner and a little movement of the...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-31-2014, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 13,420
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-30-2014, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,949
In his book on Honda Dream and Super Hawk...
In his book on Honda Dream and Super Hawk restoration Bill Silver writes about problems with the iron "skull" that is pressed into the aluminum head and forms the top of the combustion chamber and...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-29-2014, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,403
I give my Benlys a good spray w WD40 before...
I give my Benlys a good spray w WD40 before putting them away in the fall. That will protect the aluminum and chrome, and also protect the paint. The WD40 evaporates over the winter, and then I clean...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-27-2014, 04:10 AM
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Replies: 127
Views: 103,275
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
11-24-2013, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,698
I've had my share of non firing issues over the...
I've had my share of non firing issues over the years and now use the following technique to trouble shoot them. This procedure only applies to engines w a wasted spark, i.e., those with one set of...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
05-11-2013, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,248
Flying Posture
Latest (and last) suggested high speed posture from CB92 Owners Manual.
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-23-2013, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,450
Since the only thing common to all of your...
Since the only thing common to all of your electrical problems is ground, I'd be checking and cleaning the bike's negative connections.
I have been able to resuscitate bad horns by using...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-23-2013, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 17,539
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
04-03-2013, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 10,143
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
03-31-2013, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 15,812
I also found my gearing to be too low and the...
I also found my gearing to be too low and the bike hardly got moving before it was necessary to shift into second gear. I found a front sprocket with one more tooth on eBay, installed it, and voila!,...
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Forum: The Honda CA95 / Benly 150 Restoration
06-15-2012, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 23,114
I buy a lot of 316ss fastenings, especially the...
I buy a lot of 316ss fastenings, especially the 6mm ones, from www.mcmaster.com and give them a quick polish on the buffing wheel to create a finish that is just like chrome and will never rust. Some...
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