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Hibernation

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

Winter is coming, so it’s time for my bike to go into hibernation. One might also argue that this blog has been in hibernation for the better part of a year, for which I’m sorry. Being a father to a 14 months old girl doesn’t leave much room for hobbies like this, but I luckily […]

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Carburetor replacement

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

Finally a bit of good weather, and a chance to test if the new head gasket fixed the leak. It worked as intended, and no more leaking, period. I also managed to source an original Keihin carburetor, so I could replace the China model. You might say that I’m a fanatic, but I do believe […]

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New head gasket

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

Finally had the head gasket changed. Hopefully this will fix the previously mentioned oil leak. All that’s needed now is for the temperature to go up a few degrees, so I can take it out for a spin, and see if everything now runs smoothly.

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New spark plug

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

The other day I wanted to start the bike, but nothing happened. There was fuel, compression was good, but I wasn’t even close to get it started. I checked the spark, and it did seem a bit weak. Removed the spark plug cap, and this is what I saw. It shouldn’t look like this, and […]

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Obstacles on the road #2

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

Finally time for an update on the Honda Dax project. It’s like a never ending story for me, there seems to be no closure what so ever. Perhaps it’s a good thing, since closure would force me upon a new project, and I’m lacking a bit of space in the shed currently.I have however had […]

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Obstacles on the road #1

June 30, 2019October 4, 2019 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

Finally got the engine mounted and the bike up and running. Started easily, and sounded good, and the white smoke from before seemed to be gone, at least when it was idling. When it was running however, the story seemed to be another one.Then it would smoke a bit again, even though not as much […]

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1 year later…

June 12, 2019October 17, 2019 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

It has been a while since my last post, nearly 1 year. I promised to come back with an update, so here goes, and sorry for the wait. Kicked the engine over 50+ times before I managed to start it. Rode the bike for a rather short trip, but it was impossible to get it […]

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RestoMod 100% complete

June 24, 2018June 1, 2019 Thomas H. 2 Comments Honda Dax

After quite a few years in the making, my little RestoMod is now complete. I bought the first parts roughly 15 years ago, and stored it in boxes for the next 12. First 3 years ago, I actually started working on it. As you can see, the time frame taken into consideration, I haven’t been […]

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Replacing side emblems

June 9, 2018June 10, 2018 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

Despite the fact that I haven’t even ridden the bike just once, I’ve just replaced the aluminum side emblems. While working on it in the shed, it was located on a table right in front of a big window, causing the emblems to fade quite a bit. Armed with goo remover, some dental floss and […]

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Full throttle all the way

June 6, 2018 Thomas H. Leave a comment Honda Dax

I showed you in a previous post how the throttle cable is connected to the carburetor. Nothing wrong with that guide, it’s still valid – but there is one minor detail though. I wasn’t able to move the throttle more than just a tiny bit with the spring installed, making me think that the cable was simply […]

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