HONDA DEAUVILLE NT700 2008, TO SCRAP OR NOT TO SCRAP? part 1

[@spinaway]

I have just put together a 650 Deauville from 3 scrap bikes, i now have a lovely bike that cost me £300 and i have enough spares to keep it on the road for the next 30 years.

[@vroomroom1]

That's great news, I have a real soft spot for these bikes :)

[@george-ev1dq]

great engine though the small coolant link pipe between the two barrels have been know to let go and are a total pig to replace requiring an engine removal and a full top half strip, a regular coolant change cures the problem.

[@blacktopmediauk]

Nice one Jay. Another cracking upload, thanks. That’ll do someone a good turn for years. What you going to be asking for it?

[@vroomroom1]

Thanks mate, not sure yet thinking around £1200 maybe a bit less 👍

[@Jodyrides]

I picked up a 2010 one of these machines from the original owner that kept it inside his house garage here in the USA. He did not ride it after 2015. I have a few videos on KZbin with the problems I had from it sitting for approximately eight years caused by stabilizer in the fuel. And these machines have another glitch that’s very common, it’s the spark plug caps.. so when I bought it, my writing, it loosened that mass of stabilizer debris in the bottom of the tank, but me driving the bike, loosened it and plugged the fuel filter. I was lucky I could get my arm completely inside the gas tank to brush all of the debris that was hardened to the walls and the bottom of the tank with a Scotch-Brite pad and a stiff paintbrush, applying a vacuum hose through the gas cap to pull all that dust out. I cleaned the filter, gave it a quick rinse, then I had the hesitation and occasional stall which turned out to be the spark plug caps. It acts like someone turned the key off for a second and right back on. I had two issues with this bike. I thought it was just fuel, but it was fuel and it was faulty, spark plug caps that get old and hard and they develop voltage leak. Now the bike is pretty well sorted and I am in love with it. I like it so much that I sold my 4000 mile Kawasaki Z 400 , which was going to be my back road scratcher when I didn’t want to wrestle with my Yamaha royal star venture. But now that I have this bike here in June 2024. I sold the Kawasaki, now I’m thinking of selling the Venture, which I have many many many videos of on KZbin on my channel. you’re working wonders with this bike in this video. I personally would not have bought a bike in that condition. There are limits and degrees. I have been flipping bikes that I have resurrected for over 40 years. I’ve gone through about 110 bikes, so far, counting street bikes, dirt, bikes, motocross, bikes, trials, bikes, commuter, bikes, road racing machines, Sport, bikes, dual sports, and the big touring machines. on my job, which took me all through Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area. Every day, I would spot motorcycles that were just orphans sitting in the back of someone’s garage, or in their yard or in the basement when I went inside to get to the electric panel. And I would leave a note asking if they would care to sell it while there is still something left to sell.. I won’t buy a crashed bike, a modified bike, or a repainted bike. I’ve only bought one basket case that I was able to get running and sold, a Kawasaki, 500 triple two-stroke. I just did not want to ride that bike because they were such evil handlers. I’ve seen them on the race tracks they all wiggled at the same point, and they did not survive crashes very well because of the width of the engine. That’s why there are so few survivors today… I admire your determination and your ingenuity. I will be watching.

[@vroomroom1]

thank you, always good to hear from another youtuber, interesting what you were saying around the tank on the NT, I have another one now and the description of what you did will be very valuable info for this project. Good luck with the future projects.

[@WoodyMotorcycleEnthusiast]

I think this would be a good candidate for a bobber build. Take as much of it away as you can whilst still keeping it functional. If those plastics are as fragile and complicated as the ones I had on my NC700 they are a nightmare.

[@vroomroom1]

It's a good shout and I have seen a lot of bobbers created from deauvilles, not sure how the retail price would be affected.

[@WoodyMotorcycleEnthusiast]

Not sure about over there, but here in Australia they were not popular and have no resale value.

[@JIMWSMITH]

Lovely stuff mate . It would of been all to easy to break it for spares as many would. Will make someone a cheap work hack... keep at it , your doing a great job with the channel 🙂

[@vroomroom1]

Thank you mate, much appreciated 👍

[@jeremyr62]

Will make a great winter hack for someone.

[@vroomroom1]

I agree, these engines are mostly great and should go on for years :)

[@djedUVprojector]

While your doing all this do the rear brake peddle pinion, clean & grease. #1 problem on these work horses. Leads to dragging non operational back brake

[@vroomroom1]

Thank you, that's a good tip, will add that to the list of things left to do 👍