Project New acquisition - Honda Spada

Hi Guys,
It looks like I have acquired another 250. A Spada this time.
I purchased it as a project. It is a high mileage unit that has been involved in a small accident.
It is basically complete but has a few bent and broken bits that need attention, as well has rectification of some not so flash aftermarket accessories.

It is Toscana green in colour (at least the tank is) with white wheels. Not the best looking colour scheme.

I intend to totally strip the bike and give it a good refresh. Including an engine refresh.

It has a periodic rattle that comes and goes. Possibly cam chain or tensioners. It doesn't blow any smoke and generally sounds healthy but a little tired.

What is the generaly thought on colour schemes? I am currently thinking about maintaining the Toscana green but changing to black wheels and possibly a few black/charcoal highlights to the frame. I recall seeing a video of another bike with a similar colour scheme that looked quite good.

I do also like black with gold wheels, but this will be a quite a bit more time painting.

What are the most popular features that people look for in these little bikes?

It currently has aftermarket clip ons that I intend to change back to original. I like the slightly higher stance of the bars for touring.

Are rearsets easy to get? I have a broken one on the left.

From images I have seen, it appears that many owners run the origanal muffler can. Mine is a bit grazed from accident damage. Are there any recommendations on good sounding aftermarket ones? I would like a bit more emphasis of that V twin sound.

I do like the look of Gizziracers Spada, but I think I have enough red machines.

Any thoughts/words of wisdom would be appreciated.

 

Mine has getting on to 78,000km on the clock. Appearance is not quite as pure as the one Kiffsta posted, but it should be a good base to start from.
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I like the slight variation to the colour scheme of the bike depicted in this video. I believe it tames the INTERESTING colour scheme of the original.


I seriously dislike the seat modification though. It would have been better left untouched.

 

Yep. Intend to colour match the guard and rear tail to the tank.
I have a set of black wheels, so I can play around with white and black options.

 

Andych, 98k is a fair old innings. At 78k, mine is still just being run in.
Condition is a bit shaby, but not as bad as some. At least it is complete and running.
I will be trying to limit how much I spend on sprucing the little machine up. High mileage ones don't seem to fetch a lot of money at present. On club plates, I will not be putting huge amounts of additional kms on it. So should hold its value.
I will let you know what I find engine wise. Bearings and rings are cheap, so it will get a new set. I will check and clean up the cam chain tensioners, inspect/replace the cam chains as well as perform a valve clearance adjustment. I am hopeful this get rid of the noises. Ooh, and check the clutch basket bolts.

 

Hmmm. Maybe I will just focus on bringing it back to as close to original condition and colour scheme as possible.
Seems to be a bit of sentiment that the original colour scheme would maintain the period, authentic look. Also likely to be less work for me.

 

Has anyone had any experience refurbishing the switches on the handle bars?
Mine are badly weathered. I was thinking about cleaning them up and painting them.
The main issue would be trying to reproduce the white printed lettering on the left switch block.
Does anyone know if these are available as spare parts? If so, I suspect that might be unreasonably expensive.

 

Ok. I will keep my eyes open for a good set.

 

Hi Andy,

Thanks for that, but the link you have referenced doesn't look like the right part. It is missing the choke mechanism.
I think I will look a bit more at trying to refurb what I have.

Cheers

Peter.