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Ok where do I start.
I now have the frame, fenders, swingarm etc. back. I had to return the fenders though because the ‘aluminum’ color I chose turned out to be too white. I replaced it with ‘secret silver’ which should be the ‘silvery grey stock metal’ color I am going for.
Continue reading “S90 Update 5 – Bought parts, Received Blasted & Painted Parts”Yesterday I separated the shiny bits from the donor gas tank. It’s in great shape.
Lots of things have happened since my last post ten days ago. Five days ago I picked up the seat and brought it to a upholster who removed the foam and showed me this.
Clearly it’s a mess. I’ve decided I need to compare it to a TMX seat and see if I can use that instead. I just need that hook thing at the top and those two bolts to the rear that connects to the frame.
Continue reading “S90 Update 4 – Prepping for Sandblast”So it’s finally in the shop and broken up. Let’s start with the negative. Starting with this picture.
I went down to take off the cover for the first time since I parked it. I poked around with a screwdriver and brought my nice camera to take pics. I got some issues.
Primarily I discovered a rectifier when I opened the battery box.
So this is funny. April 2019 I officially gave up on the S90z project by selling everything I had to Jared, a really nice guy I met on FB. He bought everything including the box I stored it in for P2.5k. These parts had been sitting up on our condo storage area since 2014 and I figured what the hell, nothing had happened since then so I seriously doubted anything would happen soon.
Two months later I see this on FB, selling at nearby Las Pinas for P15k:
Now S90 ads happen occasionally but this is special because of this:
Continue reading “New S90 Project”
Slowly losing my mind.
After some consultation with the incredibly valuable resource Honda S90 Yahoogroup and brushing up on my reading skills as I had previously mistakenly left out a ‘Z’ when I read the Chassis Number, it turns out I have a S90Z and not an S90 as I had thought.
