Honda 50 C100 Restore

This restore took me 2 years to do. Shame I can cover it in under 10 minutes. It is actually a 1966 based on the serial number C100-S009621. The donor bike was a 1965 serial number C100-P017214.
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Shock disassemble video:
• C100 Honda 50 rear sho...
Full video walk around:
• Honda 50 C100 - Walk A...
Walk around while running:
• Honda 50 C100 - Idling
Restore cost list:
NOS Rubber foot peg set 64.99
C100 Front Arm Rebound 14.99
6N2-2A Battery 22.24
Air Filter C100 17.96
Clutch Plates 24.99
C100 Saddle Cover 30.95
Engine Oil Seals 28.95
New Piston and Rings 20.00
Ignition Switch 79.99
C100 Carb rebuild 33.74
Paint Shop 600.00
Aluma Blast Paint 24.93
Front brake cable 19.81
Upholstery Shop 146.50
Fastenal bolts 32.58
Total: $1,188.61

[@deanraddick9041]

Incredible resto!! That’s a cleeeeean machine, wow.

[@freedomformen2548]

I really love the Honda cub ❤ Its the greatest bike ever made 👍

[@SrColon309]

Excellent video my friend. It was very useful to me, I am rebuilding a 1967 C100 50cc and I had questions that you clarified for me. I confess that I am more than in love with this motorcycle, I am obsessed. Thank you for all the info.

[@billcarr710]

I loved the video I had a Honda 50 when I was 16 and 1966 what a treat to see there being rebuilt like you did really nice video thank you so much.

[@NoComp600]

Such a badass restoration! I grew up in Dominican Republic and so many people still use these and many other older Honda bikes til this day as means of everyday transportation so I definitely sympathized with this build. Absolutely loved the video.

[@Paul-kp1tu]

Take it to a museum, electric bikes will be fine a dozen soon enough

[@wesleycardinal8869]

Great restoration, unusual to see one that is with the same family for so many years. Keep the bike, please please please don't convert it. We'll be knee deep in electric bikes soon, and this is a piece of history that deserves to be protected. I don't know if you've seen any other cub restorations, but there's a guy in Scotland did a great job on one. His channel is RRC Restorations. Well worth a look 👍🇦🇺

[@alticetube]

Thanks so much for the feedback. I’ll check out RRC restoration channel. I still love the idea of a retro style electric bike. I bet I can do it without harming the bike so I can convert it back to original. Hmmm 🤔 what do you think about that?

[@wesleycardinal8869]

@@alticetube Well it's your bike. 👍

[@torokun]

I am picking up a Super Cub 50 in couple of days. 1965 model. Looking very much forward to it.

[@alticetube]

So cool, I love the style of these things. They are getting harder to find which is weird being the highest selling bike ever worldwide. Have fun with yours!

[@torokun]

@@alticetube Yeah… I have been wondering about that too. I think it’s sold way way more in Asia than in the west. And if sold, later models (Passport) are more common than the earlier C50/CA100 models. I am lucky to find one.

[@williamllorens2141]

If u were willing to go thru all the troubles of restoring a piece history, keep it and enjoy it 😊. That’s what I would do, any way.

[@alticetube]

Good point, thank you.

[@gordonroseborough8547]

Beautiful job!

[@oldbuzzard76]

KEEP IT !!!

[@Dogsnark]

Looks great! I bought one of these new in about 1982 - it was called the Honda Passport, but I think it was exactly the Honda 50. The dealer was clearing it out - paid about $395 for it. Such a sweet scooter - I loved it. But it led to dreams of something bigger and I sold it a few years later. Wish I could get it back again...

[@alticetube]

Yeah I like the vintage look. These bikes are fun and have character. I think we have all let something go we wish we could get back. When this happens to me, I try to be thankful that it was in my life and now someone else gets to enjoy it. But doesn’t always help. 😕

[@patwatters8205]

Here in Ireland The Honda 50 changed to the slightly newer model in 1967,both my brother and sister bought one each.In 1972 I bought one new I was 16,I paid £140 my road tax was £2.50 and my insurance was £12.50 for a year The reg no was TAI 198.I had moved up from a 5 speed bicycle.50 years later and 25 motorbikes and countless cars later I still love my bikes I have traveled over most of Europe and I am heading back to Spain and Portugal for a month at least in September.Not too bad for an old age pensioner?

[@alexperel8435]

Beautiful job! I've just started on a '65 Honda 50 c100 that my dad bought new in SoCal. Sat in the garage for 35 years. When the house was sold I moved it to my place in Boston. I was going to make a video but I don't think I can do better than yours!

[@alticetube]

Alex Perel Thanks so much! You should definitely post a video of it. I would like to see it. Good luck on the restore.

[@torokun]

Oh I want to see it!

[@alexperel8435]

@@torokun still working on it. Expect to be done by early summer.

[@hipa90]

Great job - looks awesome. Your 50 is the exact same model as mine, though mine is black and two years older ( 1964 ). We bought ours new when I was 9. It has been through 4 families including ours - my father re-located it in 2000 and we acquired it back at that time ( I have a restoration shop at my residence - now starting a full restoration of the bike ). Yours is the base model that came without turn signals - those blank signal lenses with the recessed screw on one side are virtually unobtanium. I notice that your engine guard ( plastic semi-flexible part ) is gone. My guard is still there but needs some repair. I've had to do some minor welding to the press-frame near the engine mounts, but should be ok. The original carb was trashed and another semi-original was installed... which was also trashed. I bought the Indonesian replica off eBay that requires a little milling to get the mount flange to fit the cylinder studs, but hopefully will work well - it looks close to the original but has no "tickler". I am re-spoking the wheels - my rims still look good, spokes are not. I will be powder coating all of the metal parts - using a two stage on the handlebar and frame/rear fender part. I figure that the engine has 30-50 thousand miles on it - my brother and I put 33k on it before trading it off back in 1971. I have replaced the clutch plate, the cylinder and bought new piston, pin, and rings. New valves. I have one question for you - the rubber blank plugs that fit in the rear fender where the C102 turn signals went... were yours still good or did you find a source for them, or did you improvise? Thanks and congrats again.

[@CodeMakesItGo]

Thank you, I still have the motor guard. I just removed it to have better shots of the engine. The rubber blanks for the rear turn signals are original. It looks like a part that could be easily 3d printed though. Thanks for watching, good luck on your restoration.

[@hipa90]

@@CodeMakesItGo Thanks. What paint did you use for the plastic parts? I've used Krylon's Fusion on plastic before, but not on finish body parts like the headlight cowling and front fender. Also did you sand or lightly scuff them up before painting?

[@alticetube]

Replied with my other account last time. I used Dupli-color spray paint. I did sand the plastic a bit too before painting. Mostly to get off the oxidation and file down some scratches in the plastic.

[@Orielzolrak]

Wonderfull moto, is a classic of all times, congrars

[@OYisit]

Do not do the electric conversion, This is the cornerstone that the Honda empire was built upon. I have a 1959 Cub and it always amazes me how far ahead it was to its contemporaries.

[@Henry-iy6jx]

Good job

[@terryroberts505]

I had a 1966 c100 back in 1975 at the age of 13 in the UK paid £20 use to go over the Fields were I used to live had it 2 years and thrash it to bits unit I run it on high octane fuel and burn out a vale saw 45 mph that day even then it still run they just keep going never broke down great little bikes the only thing that went on it was the kick start must have been a bad design

[@alticetube]

Yeah that kick starter is a problem. I hear some had electric start, guess that was their solution to fixing it. I laughed when you said you saw 45 that day. The Honda commercial says it will run 40 all day! But I got it close to 40 once and it sounded like it was going to explode.

[@terryroberts505]

Ya in the UK they never came with a starter motor also we called them grandad bikes because of the older generation used them a lot

[@jimmycone3717]

Very nice job!

[@alticetube]

Thanks 🙏

[@PauldelRosario]

Great video! I'd keep it and hang it on my wall.

[@TheMonty1994]

Good work. You shouldn’t fit an inline fuel filter to these bikes. It often causes more problems than it solves, due to the fact the fuel tank sits very low, so there is not enough gravitational force to feed the fuel to the carb at full revs with a filter added. Also there is a filter in the petcock on the carb already. I have a Facebook page dedicated to these bikes (Honda C100), if you’re interested. Search 'Honda Cub Monty'. 👍🏻

[@alticetube]

Thanks for the tip. I checked out your facebook page. Really nice! Do you mind if I add a link to your page in the description of this video?

[@TheMonty1994]

@@alticetube Hi, thanks. No , I don’t mind at all.

[@bobbybailey]

Great video. Just bought one of these and this was very inspirational!

[@victorromeo2238]

A cool old bike I used to have one in blue a 1964 back in the 80's gutless only 35 mph flat out but a great old bike..stay safe...V....

[@alticetube]

Thinking of converting this one to electric. Because i agree, it is totally gutless. Thanks for watching!

[@flyinbiker2001]

Great Vid loved it , ride the wheels off it mine's a 67 cm 91 90 cc Supercub

[@iplaymytele]

Brother you did a freaking great job no joke I did the same thing with my 1961 Cushman eagle took pictures of every single thing as I dismantled it that way just like you said I know exactly what went where and how to put it back together....! Great video

[@alticetube]

Thank you! Do you have a video of yours?

[@iplaymytele]

@@alticetube I have a KZbin Channel...called the ( Jeff Galey Channel ) I have several videos of my 1961 Cushman Eagle, after I replace the stock engine and transmission after ( 13 years of riding it restored and stock, ) I installed a 670 V-Twin , with a CVTECH, torque converter....! Please Check Out the Jeff Galey Channel....🎵🎸🎻🎹🎶🙏🎓

[@alticetube]

Nice! Great job, that bike looks awesome. 👍

[@iplaymytele]

@@alticetube Thank you I certainly appreciate the kind words you have a great weekend....🙏🎵🎶🎵🙏

[@brillo64]

You're asking what to do with this bike? Well, ride it yet another 50 years or so.

[@timpierce5825]

Great Video! I’m going to pull my Dad’s 1965 Honda 50 out of the shed and get it cleaned up. It also had a broken kick starter and I was wandering if you had some pics on how you replaced that piece?

[@alticetube]

Sorry I missed this question. I might have pics of the kick starter install but it didn't go well. I bought a new-old-stock kick starter from a year newer model and it didn't fit. I later found another a one 2 years older than mine and it fit. So try to find the same year if possible, otherwise it is a shot in the dark.

[@billytaylor5215]

Old School old memories

[@billytaylor5215]

I use to over Haul. Head every 6 MTH new pistons Ring Insert etc rode every day For 6 years. Change to Triumph Bonneville 1981 750 cc

[@billytaylor5215]

Bored out to Honda 55

[@johncas1]

Keep it take it to classic shows its a classic vehicle

[@stephanhenriksson3556]

Thanks for a great video. I wonder if you have any description of the electricity on lamps etc.? Is it 12V on mine? Cub 50 1971. Thanks for reply.

[@timbrown801]

Wish I had mine back it was a 1969 black and white

[@alticetube]

The black ones are sweet. Maybe one will pop up for you.

[@williampotter2098]

To bad you didn't take the time to document the whole restoration. I'd love that. This is just for entertainment.

[@davidkidd3975]

Keep it

[@austinmatthews347]

Firstly dude whatever you do DONT CONVERT TO ELECTRIC. Secondly if i was you i would just keep it and use it to potter around on my first bike in 1985 was a 1976. Honda c90 here in yorkshire england. It had been a brown one but someone had kindly sprayed it into ford tractor blue. I rode it everywhere until some arsehole stole it. I am currently bidding on a grey 1976 c90 barn find. if i win i will slowly restore it then keep it to potter around on . My other bime is s1000xr 2022 bought new in april.

[@pablogzzb]

So what are you working on now?

[@alcopower5710]

Awesome job on the restore……I most definitely would NOT convert to electric. Only time I would consider that would be if you had one without an engine.

[@alticetube]

Thanks for the feedback. I’m still tempted to but do it in a way that doesn’t modify the bike at all. Basically a motor swap. So I can revert back to original without any problem.

[@timhudson1846]

I hope you left it original. You did a fantastic job with it. Never sell it. Please..I hope you kept it original.

[@skydancerforever]

hello, nice! i have one of these with a honda rally kit installed. do you have any parts for these? i need a ignition main switch, battery hold down, rectifier, recifier bracket, tail light. Where did you get a carb kit for the rebuild? thanks

[@alticetube]

I’ll have to look up what a Honda rally kit is, sounds awesome. I bought all the parts off eBay. There are a lot of these bikes in other countries. I just search for “NOS C100” and you can pretty much find anything. Shipping might take a while but sometimes it’s worth the wait if you find the exact part you need.

[@torokun]

Can you tell me the essential tools you need as a beginner to deal with working with/restoring C100 engines?

[@alticetube]

The only specialized tools I need was the flywheel puller and the clutch key. Without these, you will struggle for sure. Here is the flywheel puller: ebay.us/U8CjCl Here is the clutch key: ebay.us/feVRxR All others are general tools for engine rebuilding like torque/inch wrench, gap gauge, cylinder hone tool, etc

[@billeckhardt8834]

i just picked one up this week,,, its a 1968 and has been sitting or the last 30 years... havent touched it yet,,, but am excited to see whats what... where did you get most of your needed parts? thanks

[@alticetube]

Awesome! I found most of my parts on Ebay. Search for "NOS C100"

[@joewortell]

keep the bike !!

[@alticetube]

Should I convert it to electric?

[@joewortell]

I would say leave it the way it is Iv thought that would be cool but I say keep it original

[@alexperel8435]

I've done the tear down and am thinking I would like to get a nice paint job like you did. Can you tell me the company you used?

[@alticetube]

I used a local car shop in Fargo ND. Sense the color was fading to orange we just made a best guess on the color. Think they ended up using a Dodge Charger red. Maybe you can get the original paint code and do a better job. Good luck!

[@alexperel8435]

@@alticetube If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for the paint job? I'm not sure what to expect when I speak to an auto body paint shop so having a ball park figure would be great!

[@alticetube]

@@alexperel8435 I paid $600. All the prices are in the description too. They also removed some dents and sand blasted the old paint off.

[@richardyates2353]

Hi, Where did you get the front wanker light gaskets? I need a set..

[@alticetube]

There were some cheap remakes on eBay. I bought those just for the rubber gasket.

[@yootoober2009]

It will be a shame to convert that bike to electric. It already gets 150 mpg so it's not much of a polluter anymore.

[@shelleyjblack]

I have my grandpa's and have been told my two shops to not even try to redo it but your video makes me think I can. Would you be willing to reach out?

[@CodeMakesItGo]

Of course, wonder why they said not to. Maybe it doesn’t make sense financially but if it is meaningful to you and the thought of letting it sit feels disrespectful then you should. There are lots of replacement parts on eBay too. Just search for c100 NOS. For “New Old Stock”. Also, it can be a fun project.

[@CodeMakesItGo]

Sorry replied while logged into my other account, but it’s me.

[@shelleyjblack]

​@@CodeMakesItGo Awesome! Thanks for responding! I'm totally inspired and have the manual. Question, my son school project is to help me rebuild this and he needs to interview someone. Could we interview you? Even if it's by email or a quick Zoom call. My email is [e-mail].

[@alticetube]

@@shelleyjblack not a problem, happy to help out. I’ll send you an email to connect.

[@tjhanlon]

I have a 1967 Honda 50 that has been sitting in the garage for a few decades. Would love to refurbish, but I’m not mechanically inclined. You live near South Dakota. Any suggestions?

[@alticetube]

I did this restoration while in North Dakota. I no longer live there. Sorry but I have no idea who could help. Hopefully someone else will see this and respond. I’m sure there is a Facebook group that would know too. Good luck, hope you get it restored and have fun with it.

[@sukorcheembi1349]

May I know where did you get the parts

[@alticetube]

eBay mostly. Search for C100 NOS, you can find almost anything for these bikes.

[@balgoricastillo5896]

Joya

[@andreamerlone8860]

Why changing the engine bolts!! Original screws are so classic. New custom ones cannot be seen!

[@hellstingx]

Where are the rear blinkers?

[@alticetube]

This bike just had blanks, didn't come with blinker on the rear or front. The front ones are just empty lenses.

[@the8-bitgeek347]

What paint did you use? I'm buying a 62 for 200$ and its orange.

[@alticetube]

Awesome deal you are getting. I didn't use the correct Honda 50 color code. I used a Dodge Charger red because I think it looked better.

[@the8-bitgeek347]

@@alticetube oh okay, is it close enough to the original?

[@alticetube]

@@the8-bitgeek347 it’s a deeper red than original. I like it more but the purists won’t.

[@alticetube]

You can see the difference in my video if you look at the rear shock cover compared to the frame color. Slight difference.

[@ownersguides]

Hey mate, I am looking for 1975 Honda CD70 owners manual if you have one, reply to this comment i will contact you. Thanks

[@ulilabsurdmuhammad6420]

Where's your supra?

[@alticetube]

Sold it for down payment on a house. Which sucked because that money mostly payed for closing costs and lawyers and everything else. Barely touched the amount of the mortgage.

[@ulilabsurdmuhammad6420]

Im sorry, now there's no project car?

[@alticetube]

No, as you can see, I lost too much money with the car hobby. So I switched my efforts over to my other channel. kzbin.info

[@caerleon87]

Please, please please do not fuck it up by installing an electric motor.. It is a wonderful bike and should be left the way god and honda intended...

[@alticetube]

Thank you! Not many people are giving advice on this. Appreciate the input, thanks for watching and the warning.

[@The9meister]

Leave as is

[@stephanhenriksson3556]

Thanks for a great video. I wonder if you have any description of the electricity on lamps etc.? Is it 12V on mine? Cub 50 1971. Thanks for reply.