One of my customers was having a big clean up and bought down half of a Honda cd175 from the late 60's as a basket case. The frame is one of those old pressed steel jobs. The next day I got some more crates of parts including lots of NOS parts he had purchased for the build. In return for the basket case , I was asked to vapour blast up some parts for his yzr500. The seat for the CD175 has been recovered, comes with a full gasket set, NOS harness, NOS headlight ring new chrome tank covers etc I was told everything was there bar the wheels. I politely asked could he bring the wheels in but he just spent $500 getting new spokes and tyres and the hubs polished , he said If I wanted the wheels I had to cover the refurbishment costs , I thought bugger it , it is such a cool little Bike I am going to get the frame and tins painted and take it home , I will play with it on nights and weekends. This is my first basket case , now to find a manual this is what I am hoping it will look like
I am trying to find some specs on it, 4 speed gearbox sounds interesting with the 16" wheels 1968-69 CA175 Touring 175 (CD175) ENGINE Engine Type: OHC parallel twin cylinders Displacement: 174cc Fuel delivery: Single carburetor Cylinders: inclined forward from vertical DRIVETRAIN Transmission: 4-speed Final drive: Fully enclosed chain CHASSIS / SUSPENSION / BRAKES Frame: Pressed steel of the backbone type OTHER It was also called the CD175 Colors: Black Candy Red Candy Blue The tank emblem and side cover emblem read "HONDA 175" The electrical system was a 6-volt The serial number began CA175-1000001 or CD175-1000001.
Another fun project. You are getting right into these classics Kiffsta. Makes me want to find one too.
Mate,‘I love them , this one just screams out to be reassembled and put on club rego . seems to be known as a sloper , having trouble verifying it is a 68 or 69
I just uploaded a Parts Manual for it @kiffsta Unfortunately there were no repair manuals in SOHC or Honda Twins..