Included with the bike was a few boxes containing no less than 2 engines, which were all completely stripped down to nothing,this gave shug a chance to start his magic, working on each side casing for the bike, he started off by de-greasing all the parts using a small toothbrush to get into the nooks and crannies,

box of bits

After a few hours, lots of de-greaser, some spray paint, the engine started to take shape,

Nice Spray Job

after the paint had dried a little it was time to swap out those standard looking bolts, and replace them with the nice new purple anodized bolts

nice new Bolts

close up of the small dent in the side casing…

new bolts

including new power coated frame, take a look through the pictures below, as always feel free to leave your feedback.

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If you havent already done so.. check out part 1 & part 2 of this 1997 honda cr 80 complete bike re-build,

looking back over the previous posts, looking at the pictures its hard to believe this was the same bike which was loaded into lots of buckets and left to waste.. but once again shugtech worked his magic and restored this brilliant crazy bike back to its former glory…

This project took just over a month to complete, including getting the engine building it up and restoring the frame, adding the plastics, getting the seat all re-covered and wired up. I have to say the decal kit looks amazing, agasint the white frame, the cr 85 exhaust bolted on the back just sets it off and gives it just a brilliant ring to it when its started up.

Enjoy the pictures feedback welcome

Check My Ebay if anyone is interested in buying this bike….

The bike is now SOLD, thanks for all the interest.

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Well after a few weeks of intense labor and great team work (well done shug) the CR80 is (nearly)re-born..

A few weeks ago when a box of bits which resembled a cr80 (part1) was dropped of to the shed, in what I thought was going to be a struggle to get it looking, the way it should be after seeing the crap that was in some of the boxes, but shug worked his magic once more and has re-built this bike and restored it back to it former glory,  well except this small list of bits which are still in need of attention

• Seat cover(didn’t have the staple gun for this post),
• front caliper
• exhaust can mount (paddy did a great job of the other front section brackets)

Once these parts are looked at and finished the bike will be ready for sale…also a better look at it in more detail in a future post…

Have a look at some of the pictures below…
feel free to leave your comments…

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Broke my ball joint, had to get paddy on the Kawasaki KLF 300 to toe me back up to the van..
Trying to get a replacement for this type of quad is murder…i’ll have to keep checking around see if i can source a good supplier… any comments are welcome.

I thought I would post it, what you think so far..?

Once I get better footage ill get it up there..

Documenting the process taken to rebuild a Honda CR 80.

I rebuilt a different CR80 engine for a guy and told him i’d like to install the engine into the frame myself so no one would wreck it, after all the engine was loaded in and tested i doubled checked the whole bike for anything and returned to its owner the guy was very pleased so he gave me his other CR80 which was all in various boxes and in need of some shugtech time.

Over the coming weeks I will document the steps I’ve taken in order to restore this bike back to its former glory.

below are a few images of step 1, I layed all the possible parts i found from all the boxes and made a list of all the other parts i needed, the engine for the bike wasnt there so a quick 5 mins on ebay found me a nice little donner for this bike, a cr80 engine with a few bits missing.

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Sunday 23rd February 2009

We had a trailer, in fact we ended up with 2 trailers.. We had our ride, a few minor adjustments to each quad, make sure all was well; especially with my 150 import, Shug re-done the valves, carb strip down, new exhaust port drilled and fixed, it was the test day for me, this day would either make me burn it or keep it..

We loaded up the trailer with Paddys KLF 300 in front with the rest of the quads and Shug’s pit bike on at the end and well secured using a massive pulley clamp we were sorted.

We headed up to World of Golf in Clydebank, this is were we would meet Dougall riding one of Shugs
resent projects the Ram 100 quad in the car park at the rear of the driving range(just next to the five-a-side)

Once we had the bike/quads of the trailer we got kitted up and ready to roll, the paths around the back of the driving range offer the chance to get the quad opened up but not much, with hundreds of twists and turns along various paths through tree runs down gravel paths and up steep hills, once you get to the top of the hills just by the large radio tower thingy theres a small gravel football pitch, this is great if you want to race the corners or try some various wheelie action,

if you follow the paths away down to the bottom keeping to the driving range fence line you’ll come to a small burn crossing, well paddy thought it was small charging the KLF 300 through the muddy pit, but”!” the 300 dosnt have 4×4 so it ended up with us getting the toe rope out and dragging the beast from the muddy depths..

Once across & continue up and over the small incline keeping to the fence still, this is were you can get the quads head kicked in, booting it up this very long grassy/muddy path gets the dirt flying and tests out the suspension, I know cause i was thrown about like a used scud-mag, right up to the point were the main road is in view and you start to slow down for the tight muddy right turn at the bottom taking you right up onto another track, follow this all the way up and you’ll find a small 1/2 shape hut or (drinking den) that looks back down over the small valley and what a view it was on Sunday, with the sun just above the horizon making it a brilliant day for quadding…

My only wish was to get more pictures, but everyone was having such a magic time we just couldn’t be arsed.

oh and also for young Marty W to get something that lasts and dosnt brake with excessive force or use!

Martys Custom Ram

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After 2 weeks of planning and preparation the day was upon us,

“The Quad Day Out“

We had four quads with us on the day, these are listed below,

The plan was simple head up the hills & follow the old Greenock line of Roman wells and see if we could make it to a old cart trail which carries over the Greenock hills to a set of little old farmhouse’s just next to the Gryfe Reservoir, which is were my bro Marty, myself along with and a few friends would spend the autumn, winter months playing hooky from school.

On this day we would see how far these little babies could take us, We knew from the start that it was going to be a challenge just to get to the first Roman well.

The Quads

Shug: Ram 100 – (first from left)	Marty G: Blaney 50
Marty W: QuadZilla 100	Paddy: KLF 300

The Route – 3d Video walk through below

• Paddy meets Marty W: bike track from Port Glasgow to Greenock.
• Paddy & Marty W meet Shug & Marty G old field at Greenock East.
• #1 Off Road – Make our way to the start point of our Trip.
• #2 Get across the burn @ Whinhill Golf Club.
• #3 Smoke Time at the Gravel pit.
• #4 First Gate: get the gate open (which we though was locked ).
• #5 View point: looking over Greenock “Time to fix paddy’s Carb”.
• #6 Get total off-road no tracks, time to push it…
• #7 First Roman Well, just an Amazing view over the river Clyde.
• #8 Try make it over the Gap, head up the hill to the 2nd Gate.
• #9 Second Gate – The old dirt track to the farmhouse.
• #10 Big Cow: The biggest Highland Toffee Cow ive ever seen.
• #11 The Third Roman Well – Again just a massive metal lid on top.
• #12 The First Old Farm house – Good memories there.
• #13 Fourth Roman Well – Covered over now!
• #14 We Get to the Second old Farm house and the end of the journey
• #15 Check out the video – heading back to the first Old Farm house.

Beginning the Journey

The start of the day, Marty W had been busy preparing him self getting ready for that day, not by getting boots, water proofs or anything ready, Nope, he was in the kitchen cooking up a batch of his favorite Scottish stovies for later, only because every thing’s been ready for week’s, just waiting with excitement!
after which he headed to the garage get the quadZilla 100 ready to go, muchines & juice in his toolbox , secured on the back of the quad on his new rack he was ready, (little did he know that 1/4 way into the trip on some heavy terrain, the weight of the gear would inevitably bend his rack and in turn snap his frame)

Paddy on the other Hand was in the process of getting himself & the KLF 300 monster quad kitted out just about ready to go, with some fuel issues he decided to head off, taking the trip from the top of Port Glasgow along the bike track to meet up with an over excited Marty buzzing about waiting with anticipation,

Around 11am that morning Paddy & Marty W meet up with Shug and Marty G in Greenock at the end of the bike trail, across in the big field, from there everyone, (all had a smile from ear to ear) headed to our First check point on our Quad day out, have a look at our video with a full run down below of the each stage of Trip along with a full Gallery of all the pictures we took that day (minus the ones from Shugs camera which he lost, did i mention that before? !!!MARTY FOUND IT – 4 days later)

Trip Run Through

#1 Off Road – Make our way to the start point of our Trip

The Starting Point of the trip was to get all the Quads to the point were its off-road, without the use of any trailers and having to cross a few roads to get there, Our route was to make it to the top of Strone farm, there is a cut off which will lead up the hill to the Whinhill Golf club, and what is known as the (beez-dam) beathdam.

#2 Get across the burn @ Whinhill Golf Club

This crossing wouldn’t be so bad if the water, that hardly ever runs down it, just so happens to be doing so that day, and 50cc quad that im on just didn’t have the height so I got wet, apart from that im sure most will find it easy enough, and for any others if you continue up the right side of the water there is a small bridge also a ramp down for 4×4’s etc, but if the waters running hard then don’t expect to cross there.

#3 Smoke Time at the Gravel pit

After making it across the burn, theres a few mounds of gravel etc this makes for a nice stop along the way to test out the quads aerodynamics & sturdiness, after a smoke and some juice it was on to the first gate.

#4 First Gate: get the gate open (which we though was locked )

Driving around the dam is just amazing view looking down over the river Clyde, once you get to the first gate (which we though would have been locked) through the gate “REMEMBERING TO CLOSE IT” onwards towards the Waterhouse.

#5 View point: looking over Greenock “Time to fix paddy’s Carb”

At this stage paddy’s KLF started to die on him again as a result of a fuel problem, so the toolbox was whipped off and they set about taking off the carb, giving it a clean out and having a look around the hoses to make sure they wer’t bent or anything, after getting it sorted (which the fuel cap wasn’t letting in any air)

#6 Get total off-road no tracks, time to push it

At this point we knew it was going to be tough, with lots of rough we knew it was going to be a uphill struggle, (boom boom) once you find your line, basically try keep the power on lean back, ride the rough and you’ll get there, (well thats what I kept telling myself)

#7 First Roman Well, just an Amazing view over the river Clyde

Once you get to the first Roman well you cant imagine the view your get, just amazing, even though the well was covered over with large metal plates,

we just couldn’t resist trying to pop a stone under the cover, just to test the depth of this thing, it was when we were growing up we would visit this well, which at that time was a large round wall, about 7 or 8 feet height, scalable for a 13 year old in seconds, we would do the same drop a stone see how long it would take, and it take a long time!!

#8 Try make it over the Gap, head up the hill to the 2nd Gate

Again this Gap isn’t that much different from the first one at the Dam, although this time there is rough track to get down to it, and a shallow stream to cross its the getting up the other side thats more of a problem, best thing to do was get your line and hammer it down#9 Second Gate – The old dirt track to the farmhouse


just before we got to the gap, Marty W decided to brake his throttle cable, and got stuck in a ditch, after paddy tried to tow him out (Marty just got a Face full of crap from paddy’s wheels) we eventually got it on level ground (kind of) he started to rip of his throttle, then had a brain wave to use his 2 stroke cable as a throttle, but only one problem the cable was too small, solution: take off the throttle from the right side of the quad and turn it upside down and stick it back on the left, leaving no brakes, and a nightmare of a journey for Marty, but turned out not to be that bad a ride, once he got used to it…

Once we got to this gate, that was us at the easy part, this old track has been here for decades, leading over the hill from the old farm houses over looking the Gryfe, im prity sure its an old horse track, that would be used to get to the main town of Greenock, if anyone has other ideas let me know!!! on the track the quad felt at home, hammering down the icy dirt track full rev was just amazing,

#10 Big Cow: The biggest Highland Toffee Cow ive ever seen

I just had to include this, not just to have a pin on the map, but on the way back we came across the biggest Highland toffee cow ive ever seen, if Shug didn’t lose the camera there would be a great picture of it here.

#11 The Third Roman Well – Again just a massive metal lid on top

The 3rd Roman well was a welcome sight as you’re hammering it around the corner after a nice shicain through a massive patch of icy water, you would have seen it coming round but not anymore, like the others its been turned into a large metal sheet.

#12 The First Old Farm house – Good memories there

Riding down the old farm horse trail I got a flash from my child hood climbing the tress and playing in the clapped out banger, which is currently crushed under one of the outer walls of what would have been one of the farmers sheds,
The main grounds are still there, you can make out the various rooms which would have once stood in its place,


the old sheds were we would build our gang huts with cozy fireplaces, which would keep us warm on those crazy, metal snow filled days trekking over the hills, all because we didn’t want to go to school.

#13 Fourth Roman Well – Covered over now!

Connecting the old horse trail to the next farm house is a small ride round, passing through what was the muddiest part of the trip, the next roman well can be seen down to the left of the track, but again this has been covered over, so on through the next gate to the second old farm house.

#14 We Get to the Second old Farm house and the end of the journey

The second old farm house is much the same pile of rubble as the first, but still prity noticeable on the landscape, lots of old farming equipment is spew’d all around this small area of land which is poised right on the bridge of the hill over looking south down to the Gryfe reservoir.

 

From here we headed back up to the first farm house, and proceeding to head back the way we came up, trying to get the lines down hill which was used when going up… this became a hard thing to do, with so many bumps on the way down it was a rough ride.

#15 Check out the video – heading back to the first Old Farm house

This video clip is right at the end of our main video above, Video Created with:

• Maps: Visual Earth
• Edit: Windows movie maker
• Music: Comfortably Numb: “Pink Floyd”

This day out was one of the best on record so far… fell free to leave your comments and thoughts, I hope to be doing this again real soon, big thanks to all the guys, Shug for given me a shot of the Blaney, Marty for making me laugh so much, paddy for riding large and not running me over when he pass’s…

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