You will have fun and frustration with this chap, went through this before years ago with a Z750L2 kawasaki, nowt like an old bike to keep a man occupied, nowadays ive got an xt600 that will sit for another 3 years until i retire, however as i run another xt600, it will hopefully not come in handy when something is needed in that time, i know xt600's very well, so shouldent be difficult when its time comes, good luck
@@johnr4459 not wrong on the frustration part mate. Hopefully you will see the hassle I had getting the front header pipes off in part 3 of the strip down. Blood and sweat but no tears yet .
Yes you can tell she has sat 16 years, gonna take a bit work. Noticed the REME t shirt, you should be able to sort out and restore this Honda no problem. My brother was in the REME for 23 years, he is retired now and lives in Preston, i think he keeps his hand in by running the local TA's. Keep up the good work mate. Dan in Australia..
@@biker_dan yes mate only did 5yrs but saw enough ethnic cleansing to last me a lifetime. I presume you mean Preston in Lancashire, I live in Preston Paignton Devon. Good on him for keeping with the TA. Cheers mate
@@bmw540ise yep it is abit tight sometimes especially if the weather is to bad to leave my triumph out in the rain. Anyway hope you enjoy having a laugh at my videos.
Thanks you your comments mate, the more I learn about this bike the more I like it. I didn’t know that Honda even did a NC21. I thought they only did the single sided swing arms VFR400. I’m a full time carer for my wife so I don’t get as much time in the shed as I would like but I am an ex-army vehicle mechanic so I do have what I consider to be a good mechanical knowledge. I am and will be trying new things like blasting and nickel plating on some of the items that need to go back to bare metal. I will also be brushing up on my welding skills especially on the fairing frame in this video as a second hand one is stupid money which I don’t have. Anyway I hope you will continue to watch and hopefully enjoy watching my cock ups along the way. Lol😂
The NC21 wasn't that popular as a grey import - possibly partly as by the time the grey import market really took off the NC21 was already old. There were 2 that went through the auction at the classic car show at the NEC last weekend. Looks like a fair few mirrors on Jauce, and even a few fairing subframes for not that much (although fees will add up) Rebuilds have a habit of getting expensive. I am working on my FZ750 at the moment and sorting out the seals, pistons and hoses for the brake and clutch hydraulics will cost the best part of £400!
@ yes that’s correct. A grey import. Trying to find information on them can be a bit tricky. Until I actually saw this bike I didn’t know they did a VFR 400 with standard swingarm. Once this project is completed I might try and find a nc24 in my price range for the next project.
@@tedsshed68 I have seen a fair few NC21s around over the years (10~15 years ago I was offered one for sale locally), but not on the road for a while. I have a VFR400 NC30 workshop manual (as the NC30 was officially imported) but you might struggle with the NC21. Think they were imported to New Zealand so there might be some chance of a workshop manual in English. Good luck
@ they don’t seem to be worth very much even in good running condition and I think I will be spending more on the bike than it is really worth but that’s always a chance that you have to take but to be honest I’m not doing this project to make money. It gets me out of the house for a couple hours a week ( if I’m very lucky ).
@@tedsshed68 , I think the same applies to most restorations. Certainly applies to my FZ750, and as I have owned that since 1990 and I have a fair few spare parts floating around already there is no purchase price to include and I can avoid some of the parts cost. Suspect it will still cost me at least 25% more to restore it than it will be worth afterwards. But I would feel like I was letting the bike down if I didn't sort it out.
You will have fun and frustration with this chap, went through this before years ago with a Z750L2 kawasaki, nowt like an old bike to keep a man occupied, nowadays ive got an xt600 that will sit for another 3 years until i retire, however as i run another xt600, it will hopefully not come in handy when something is needed in that time, i know xt600's very well, so shouldent be difficult when its time comes, good luck
@@johnr4459 not wrong on the frustration part mate. Hopefully you will see the hassle I had getting the front header pipes off in part 3 of the strip down. Blood and sweat but no tears yet .
Yes you can tell she has sat 16 years, gonna take a bit work. Noticed the REME t shirt, you should be able to sort out and restore this Honda no problem.
My brother was in the REME for 23 years, he is retired now and lives in Preston, i think he keeps his hand in by running the local TA's.
Keep up the good work mate.
Dan in Australia..
@@biker_dan yes mate only did 5yrs but saw enough ethnic cleansing to last me a lifetime. I presume you mean Preston in Lancashire, I live in Preston Paignton Devon. Good on him for keeping with the TA. Cheers mate
@tedsshed68 yes Lancashire, hey 5 years or more than most, lot of kids these days could do with a few years in the services to discipline them..
@ not wrong there mate.
This is like watching myself no bike lift all done on the floor and can’t move for three days afterwards
@@bmw540ise yep it is abit tight sometimes especially if the weather is to bad to leave my triumph out in the rain. Anyway hope you enjoy having a laugh at my videos.
Thanks you your comments mate, the more I learn about this bike the more I like it. I didn’t know that Honda even did a NC21. I thought they only did the single sided swing arms VFR400. I’m a full time carer for my wife so I don’t get as much time in the shed as I would like but I am an ex-army vehicle mechanic so I do have what I consider to be a good mechanical knowledge. I am and will be trying new things like blasting and nickel plating on some of the items that need to go back to bare metal. I will also be brushing up on my welding skills especially on the fairing frame in this video as a second hand one is stupid money which I don’t have. Anyway I hope you will continue to watch and hopefully enjoy watching my cock ups along the way. Lol😂
The NC21 wasn't that popular as a grey import - possibly partly as by the time the grey import market really took off the NC21 was already old.
There were 2 that went through the auction at the classic car show at the NEC last weekend.
Looks like a fair few mirrors on Jauce, and even a few fairing subframes for not that much (although fees will add up)
Rebuilds have a habit of getting expensive. I am working on my FZ750 at the moment and sorting out the seals, pistons and hoses for the brake and clutch hydraulics will cost the best part of £400!
@ yes that’s correct. A grey import. Trying to find information on them can be a bit tricky.
Until I actually saw this bike I didn’t know they did a VFR 400 with standard swingarm. Once this project is completed I might try and find a nc24 in my price range for the next project.
@@tedsshed68 I have seen a fair few NC21s around over the years (10~15 years ago I was offered one for sale locally), but not on the road for a while.
I have a VFR400 NC30 workshop manual (as the NC30 was officially imported) but you might struggle with the NC21. Think they were imported to New Zealand so there might be some chance of a workshop manual in English.
Good luck
@ they don’t seem to be worth very much even in good running condition and I think I will be spending more on the bike than it is really worth but that’s always a chance that you have to take but to be honest I’m not doing this project to make money. It gets me out of the house for a couple hours a week ( if I’m very lucky ).
@@tedsshed68 , I think the same applies to most restorations. Certainly applies to my FZ750, and as I have owned that since 1990 and I have a fair few spare parts floating around already there is no purchase price to include and I can avoid some of the parts cost. Suspect it will still cost me at least 25% more to restore it than it will be worth afterwards.
But I would feel like I was letting the bike down if I didn't sort it out.