Hi and welcome to my blog. You are probably reading this as either a fan, or current or previous owner of a Honda CB200 or similiar so I hope you find this blog of interest. I have started it as a bit of an incentive to help me finish my project and maybe get some advice from others or provide some helpful tips I have learnt along the way.
I bought my first CB200 back in early 2002 whilst living a few hours south of Perth. As I now had a family a little bike was seen as 'safe' for me to own and ride around so this seemed to fit the bill!
My brother went and looked at it for me, bargained the price down to a measly $400 (licenced) and brought it down to me on the back of a trailer. Unfortunately I only got to ride it once as something seized inside the motor and from that point in time it became my project bike.
The bike had been 'touched up' by a previous owner to perhaps somewhat resemble a militiary bike. Anything silver or chrome was a nice faded and peeling flat black with the tank and side panels a horrible shade of green.
I saw all of this as my golden opportunity to strip down and restore the bike to it's full and shining showroom condition glory, of course without really thinking at the time that that will require a substantial amount of cash.....something someone buying a $400 bike in the first place obviously did not have! But hey, you don't think about logistics whilst dreaming of these things!
I took to pulling apart everything that would come off and out of the bike, including the engine. Which despite never having attempted before I was able to pull apart and completely strip quite easily. Putting it all back together again, well that's another story and part of the reason that engine is still in about 324 pieces and I now own three cb200's!!
So there you have it, the background and beginnings to where I am today. Finally a lot closer to riding the darn thing, but still not finished. I now have three 1974 Honda CB200's to thieve and interchange parts from and this blog to get me over the final finishing hurdle.
I hope you enjoy my story and updates and of course the final finished product.
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