82 Hondamatic CM450

[liljoea2002]

Alright, so I purchased my first bike the first week in Oct. Ive got about 15 hours and about 500 dollars into the project. Thats including the price of the bike. I already picked up another project that I will be working on when the first one is complete. Its a Hondamatic CM 450 that I thought would be easy for the wife to start out on. I will update the thread when I get started on it. Henry, you sent me the link for the specs on my CM400 do you know where I can find the specs on this one?

[liljoea2002]

Alright guys I need your help. I need to know what I need to do to see if this thing will even fire up. The carbs are off and the tank isnt connected. What do I need to do?

[HenryinVa]

Originally Posted by liljoea2002

Alright guys I need your help. I need to know what I need to do to see if this thing will even fire up. The carbs are off and the tank isnt connected. What do I need to do?

Well, 2 choices.

Do a compression check. If ya got good compression, the rest is easy. Motor needs gas, spark and compression. If ya got those things, it'll run. Might not be doing the right things at the right time, currently, but thats easy to straighten out.

or

Put the carbs on, hook some gas up, shot of ether and give it a try.

[liljoea2002]

Well, a buddy is rebuilding/cleaning the carbs on the CM400 and then once I figure out what I want to do with the rear lighting it should be ready to roll out. I wasnt going to start on the CM450 just yet but it was just sitting there calling my name. Put in about 3 hours tonight and here is where I am with it.

[liljoea2002]

Lots of eBay parts. I would have chopped of the rear but it was a little late and I dont think the neighbors would like it.

[HenryinVa]

Originally Posted by liljoea2002

Alright, so I purchased my first bike the first week in Oct. Ive got about 15 hours and about 500 dollars into the project. Thats including the price of the bike. I already picked up another project that I will be working on when the first one is complete. Its a Hondamatic CM 450 that I thought would be easy for the wife to start out on. I will update the thread when I get started on it. Henry, you sent me the link for the specs on my CM400 do you know where I can find the specs on this one?

try this, says it covers the cm 400, cm450. etc.. probably a generic manual.

http://motoservicemanuals.blogspot.c...label/CM%20450

or


this one maybe:


http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...&ct=clnk&gl=us

[liljoea2002]

Here are a couple of pics of the bike now. Havent put in too much time into this one just yet. Need to get a headlight and new bucket for the front. Pipe for the back.