1990 Honda DJ1-RR project

[bootz1]

Had some requests for some pics of the DJ1 project.
My brother picked it up in a deal he got for a car. At no extra charge free DJ1!
When I got it all the plastics that were on it were broken and held on with hope and zip ties. Motor was a dead in pieces AF18 that has been swapped with a Dio AF18 engine that I picked up in a rolling Dio from a swapmeet for $100
Just picked it up from paulpaulys last night after he sorted a carb problem for me so I just got some new photos for it as it is ATM and il upload some more with new mods plastics on etc


Most of the plastics are broken so I have decided to replace it with standard plastics from a normal DJ1 I wrecked. Plastics that were on it:


And the new plastics to go on

Factory expansion chamber exhaust FTW

[bootz1]

Dunno how clear it is but twin bulb front headlight

[Rip_City_Spree]

Love those headsets maybe one these days one will cross my path. Gotta love a free dj1

[birdman]

d*** that thing is slick!! Cant wait until I get my hands on one... or some haha... And nice pic with it puffing smoke, gotta love that!!

[bootz1]

Todays little project for it was to paint the plastics for the feet and around the frame etc

Bike is gonna be black and white- it should nicely contrast and pop a bit better now hopefully than if it had just the grey ughness of these pieces

[ped]

Hi that DJ1 has one of the coolest headsets.

[bootz1]

Some more progress pics. I think the black paint on the plastics was a win idea...

[bootz1]

So after spending the day tinkering with the scooter too see if it could be ready for a big scooter ride next weekend I got 2 things:

1: My answer- NO. it wont be ready by next weekend it still needs a lot of tuning and tinkering to make it reliabe for 200+ kilometers. which is about 125 miles.

But I did take it for a ride today! Found out some things:
The exhaust has some note but is not excessively loud
Motor seems to go pretty well and pulls okay
It actually feels quice nice to ride

So it news things like new grips (they feel horrible and im also sure im not getting full throttle) and tidy up the cosmetics etc

Also took a few more pics while it was out..







Even the fuel gauge works and speed light work lol

[birdman]

Very very nice! Makes me want to paint my Rusto white Jog's wheels black.

[paulpauly7]

did you do something with that exhaust ? it looks like its hanging very low .Also did you get a air filter ?

[bootz1]

Thats how its always gonna hang with it bolted up to the mount thats still there on the motor.... and yeap air filter is sorted

[johnny248]

I've never seen one of these before, but the body fairings look sweet as does the headset. Nice ride! So is it essentially a spree underneeth?

[curtis966]

No not a spree. The DJ1-RR has a Dio motor AF18. The DJ1-R was sold with a variated AF05e. Which would be the same engine code as a spree but the spree motor is unvariated.

[paulpauly7]

this is the same as your se50 elites but with a factory af18 .

[bootz1]

As above to what was said, this bike is a factory DJ1-RR so had a early version of the AF18 engine out of dios etc
Plastics arent the originals for it they are off a DJ1-R (the RR plastics have little air scoops- il upload a photo) but they were incomplete and broken when I got this bike (1 side fairing is in no way usable) so I chucked those 1s on and painted the grey plastics black for a nice contrast style theme.
Also has the twin bulb headset and factory RR speedo etc

Have done a few kilometres round the local streets to see what its like and Stil has a few things to tidy up- the exhaust, starter motor etc. Not gonna be a daily run about tho so its not in a huge rush to get running atm.