Richard Pitman
Veteran Member
Rod Fryatt posted this inspirational thread back at the old place, fitting an electric start to his CD175.
Fitting a starter motor to a UK CD175 ? | Honda Twins
Seems to me that the entire process is also applicable to the SL175. Only snag for me is that he is a precision worker ( clocks ? ) and I'm a bodger. Just wondering how desperate it would be if I got the 46mm hole slightly wrong ie bit too big, oval, not quite concentric ? Nothing that a bit of RTV or JB Weld couldn't sort ?
So long as the starter motor lined up correctly, oil leaks would be the only possible issue.
Fitting a starter motor to a UK CD175 ? | Honda Twins
Seems to me that the entire process is also applicable to the SL175. Only snag for me is that he is a precision worker ( clocks ? ) and I'm a bodger. Just wondering how desperate it would be if I got the 46mm hole slightly wrong ie bit too big, oval, not quite concentric ? Nothing that a bit of RTV or JB Weld couldn't sort ?
So long as the starter motor lined up correctly, oil leaks would be the only possible issue.