Learn how to replace the pistons and rebuild the engine from a vintage Honda CB200, CL200, CB175, CL175, and SL175. This video is the in-depth HOW TO version, if you want to watch the much more entertaining THEATRICAL CUT version, follow this link: https://youtu.be/pd3lD-_T7nQ
What happened to this engine? I was trying to ride it ~100 miles roundtrip to a motorcycle show in Kansas City, but I had not tuned the engine in a few years. I only got about 20 miles when I started to slowly loose power, I was at full throttle but could not keep up with highway traffic. Then suddenly I lost power completely. When I finally got the bike back home, I checked compression and one cylinder had no compression at all. Clearly I needed to open up the engine and see what happened.
This is actually the 2nd time I’ve rebuild this engine due to a broken piston! Safe to say I’m a bit of an expert at this point (and yet I still made many many mistakes, as shown in this video).
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Removing the head
6:45 Opening the crankcase
10:00 Replacing the cam chain
12:18 Reassembling crankcase
17:24 Installing new pistons
18:35 Reassembling head
20:31 Mistakes were made
24:07 Reassembly
25:41 Start up
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Hey mate, this popped up at the right time – I'm just about to get neck deep in a CB200 rebuild. Thanks for sharing!
Great stuff. I'm fascinated with stop and motion videos. How long does it take to film and edit a 1 minute S&M clip? Keep churning out videos, buddy. Cheers from Brazil.