My project: 50cc Antique Honda bicycle engine.

Here's some pictures of my motored bike project I'm working on. It's a 1952 Honda Cub-F bicycle engine. It's a 50cc 2-stroke engine that puts out 1/2 - 1 hp.

I just got a few weeks ago, so I'm just getting started with it, here's how it looks now:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/smithenhiven/DSC00120.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/smithenhiven/DSC00121.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/smithenhiven/Honda Cub F/DSC00124.jpg

Considering it's over 50 years old, it appears to be in pretty good condition (hopefully with a little tinkering, it will run); and overall it seems to be a complete kit, I'm only missing a few connecting tabs to mount the large rear sprocket to the bicycle wheel, but those should be easy to replicate. First things to do will be to get some fresh paint on the engine cover and gas tank, also trying to track down a period correct Japanese bicycle to mount it to.

Hopefully soon it'll look like this one (on display at the Honda collection Hall)

http://www.vjmc.org/articles/04_darke_trip/darke08718.jpg

 

[gone_fishin]

sure! i have to room to take real good care of it & yous can come up here any time you want to ride it

 

[locoWelder]

na i'll leave that to the liter guys here I'll crush the poor thing,but I'll damn sure go to the shows for surport 8)

 

[luke]

Well, if anyone ever wanted a chance to own one of these, here it is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...RK:MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=120117179535&rd=1,1

$2,000 and the reserve isn't met.

now $3,850 and reserve still not met.i think i will leave it for someone else to buy.

 

[LocustsOfSteel]

Wow... The cylinder makes it look much like one of those post ww1 & ww2 Italian bicycle engines (I'll include some pics).

They don't make em like that any more, let alone anything else for that mater (gerrrr f***ing cheap chinese kits).

Don't get me wrong, i own a china kit, and its fun... however i do not believe that it is going to last half as long as one of the ones made in that era lol.

Smithenhiven, PLEASE, let us know if you ever get this beautiful machine of yours working...