I found this C90MT on Ebay. I was after a cheap bike to run into town, not a project, so running with an MOT was important. This one seemed to fit the bill. I bid and won it for £847 travelling to Kent to collect .The pics and text of the ad are reproduced below.
For Sale I have my Honda C90M Cub. Now 17 years old it has only covered just under 16000 miles. There is no rot on the frame although it shows a few discoloured areas mostly due to age. Runs very well and has been used by me on a regular basis going backwards and forwards to the shops etc. Some of the paintwork shows signs of wear but this can easily be solved either with a can of paint (Supplied) or a replacement item (Readily available) Gears move smoothly and the clutch shows no sign of wear. It has just had an MOT with no problems which expires in September 2019.
Viewing is welcome, please contact me to arrange. These little bikes are very popular at the moment with the price rising daily.
Inspecting the bike showed it was grubbier than expected with surface corrosion on the frame around the fuel tank and a bit heavier on the rhs swing arm The plastic of the handlebar nacelle was chipped but a new 2 part nacelle and a new full spraycan of matched blue paint were included. The blanking plug was missing from the sw arm and a screw missing from the front indicator which rattled badly when the engine ran. The two blanking plugs from the rhs of the legshield were missing. All the lights worked.
The electric start did work but the bike would only run on the choke, attributed by the PO to a slow warm up (?). The battery was new. Toolkit missing. These things however were I thought relatively minor and outweighed by the running condition and MOT. Anyway, this was an auction sale, hammer prices are final so faults and all- it was already mine. I loaded it up and carted it home.
My plan was to halt the rust using Jenolite replace the missing plug and waxoyl through the sw arm. Sort out the carb and use the bike, reserving next year for a full respray. Red on to find out how I got on.
Inspecting the bike showed it was grubbier than expected with surface corrosion on the frame around the fuel tank and a bit heavier on the rhs swing arm The plastic of the handlebar nacelle was chipped but a new 2 part nacelle and a new full spraycan of matched blue paint were included. The blanking plug was missing from the sw arm and a screw missing from the front indicator which rattled badly when the engine ran. The two blanking plugs from the rhs of the legshield were missing. All the lights worked.
The electric start did work but the bike would only run on the choke, attributed by the PO to a slow warm up (?). The battery was new. Toolkit missing. These things however were I thought relatively minor and outweighed by the running condition and MOT. Anyway, this was an auction sale, hammer prices are final so faults and all- it was already mine. I loaded it up and carted it home.
My plan was to halt the rust using Jenolite replace the missing plug and waxoyl through the sw arm. Sort out the carb and use the bike, reserving next year for a full respray. Red on to find out how I got on.
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