Honda Helix CN250

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Jaz wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:05 pm
Pandrop wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:24 pm Just been catching up on Jim's crankshaft saga and Ive had a look at Jim's garage of choice which looks like a very professional set-up. Do we have any Yorkshire based Helix riders who could recommend a trustworthy and knowledgable mechanic specifically for Helix scooters in or around the Leeds/Bradford/Harrogate/Skipton sort of areas?
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KP Motorcycles in Harehills; a proper old-skool bike shop. Kev, the proprietor, is a great chap and has done all the jobs on my CNs that I can't (or won't) do.
Brilliant ! thanks Jaz, thats only 30 minutes away from me , and old-skool is exactly what I need .
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Jimo wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:46 pm Another for you Andrew..... http://www.motorscooterguide.net/Honda/Helix/Helix.html

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Thanks Jim :) this page is now added to my favourites bar.

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Ive just placed an Ad in the 'wanted' section , I hope I have dropped it into the correct area, or should it have been in here?

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Anything engine related can be found here as well: http://www.scooterpartsexpress.com/stan ... uid-cooled

I got my CH/CN250 crankshaft (OEM price with main bearings £700+) (but NLA) for £25.00 of the bay and from a uk source.

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Many thanks Jim, I have a feeling I may end up using this site :)

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Jimo wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 4:15 pm Bern, Very much belated reply but only thing that might be shared between CN250 and Foresight 250 is spark plug, CN has a vertical engine whereas Foresight has horizontal engine - cause I got both!


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Belated also.The more reliable engine being the vertical.The early ch250 spacey or elite shared the vertical engine. I have 2 of them. One is mobile in original condition and useable. The other i stripped over lockdown put it into boxes as to preserve the runner for the future. No point in having something if you cant get the bits to keep the original idea mobile.
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Jimo wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 4:15 pm Bern, Very much belated reply but only thing that might be shared between CN250 and Foresight 250 is spark plug, CN has a vertical engine whereas Foresight has horizontal engine - cause I got both!


Jim
Belated also.The more reliable engine being the vertical.The early ch250 spacey or elite shared the vertical engine. I have 2 of them. One is mobile in original condition and useable. The other i stripped over lockdown put it into boxes as to preserve the runner for the future. No point in having something if you cant get the bits to keep the original idea mobile.
Honda fc50 beat, dragster180, spacey250, cn250 Helix , C1(192) k100rs, r1100s

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I’ve just bought a CH250 Crankshaft assembly to replace the knackered one in my Helix, it was a good deal at £25 compared with £700+ for new and which are NLA from Honda.

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Spot on JIMBO. Hay your 84 lead 125 is that the model with the pop up light. I think that is the ch150
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