Monday 18 March 2024

Honda accessories instruction booklet

This is a Japanese 'Honda Accessories' instruction booklet that I actually got with a belly pan, however the instructions are for the fitting of the nose fairing which was also available as a spare part. The gatefold booklet is written in Japanese with the English words 'Co-ordinate Fine & Motorcycle Life' written at the top. Have you ever seen one before?




Tuesday 16 January 2024

MBX80 Double Disc

The UK market MBX80 gained a front double disc brake, this made an already well specked machine even more desirable especially when you are 17!  The model codes for the double disc models are FWD-D (1983) and FWD-F (1985). 

To make this conversion you need quite a few parts and they are also quite rare as it seems they are not shared with any another Honda model, you will need:


1/ left fork leg - 51521GE3601
2/ disc rotor  - 45121166000
3/ brake callipers LH + RH (these are single piston sliding callipers) - 45100GE3601 + 45101GE3601 
4/ fork brace with left hand hose guide - 
61102GE3600
5/ brake hoses (3pcs) - various, I used these
6/ Front brake two-way joint - 45128GE3601 
7/ front brake master cylinder (different piston size). - 45500GE3601
8/ disc rotor bolts x 3 - 90155GE3600
 
You can get the part numbers and some parts on CMS  https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-mbx80fwd-1983-d_model49948/partslist/

For the front brake restoration and to more closely look at the parts take a look at these previous posts