Restoring a Honda Silverwing 600 - Part 1: Inspecting the CVT

I'm finally starting on my long-neglected 2004 Honda Silverwing 600 scooter project. The clock is ticking for me to get this thing refurbished and ready for the road because my Arkansas road trip starts in less than a week! Skip around with the chapter markers below.

If you would like to fuel my insanity directly, then you can donate via the links below. Cheers! 😉👍

Time indexes:
0:00 Backyard excavation and babysitting
1:43 Getting reacquainted with the Silverwing, prep for rear wheel & exhaust removal
4:42 Tale of an angry cager and a tipped-over scooter
13:48 Introducing the Milwaukee M18 "convincer"
19:33 The Silverwing doesn't have a typical scooter powertrain, engine is fixed in the frame
21:55 Custom stainless-braided brake lines from Spiegler?
22:59 Removing the rear wheel
24:24 Prep for removing the front wheel
30:30 Removing the front wheel
31:45 Silverwing wheels are off, ready for new tires
33:57 Arriving at Cycle Gear, new employees refuse to mount anything smaller than 17" wheels?!
36:07 Arriving at Wild West Motoplex where I always receive service with a smile!
39:26 Walkthrough of the showroom and new brands at Wild West
49:45 Leaving with my fresh tires after spending $100... well worth the convenience!
51:30 The electricians are finally done, but now my fiber internet modem is fried!
52:33 Resuming the garage project, cleaning the wheels and brake rotors
56:41 Those 20-year old wheels look like new again
57:42 Preparing to install the rear wheel, need more clearance
1:02:17 Preparing to install the front wheel
1:07:59 Installing the front wheel and axle, need a pneumatic pillow lift like @ontherebel11 has
1:13:29 Installing the rear wheel and swingarm
1:24:52 Resuming on Saturday afternoon, breaking my brakes
1:26:53 No valve clearance check, looking for shortcuts to avoid breakage
1:28:29 Finding lost keys and tackling the tank, full of fuel so skip the cleanout?
1:31:00 Taking the lazy route, ignorance is bliss?
1:32:00 Removing the variator cover to inspect the clutch problems
1:42:25 Variator cover is open, HUGE variator and torque drive on this scoot!
1:45:56 Removing the variator driven face, CVT drive belt, and torque drive with clutch
1:49:06 She's DEAD, Jim! The Dr.Pulley HiT clutch completely shredded and killed the clutch bell
1:52:11 Clutch separated from rear pulley, bearing inspection and hopes of reusing this unit
1:53:29 Attempting to remove the clutch bell from the final drive input shaft... NOPE!
1:56:55 Being a packrat pays off sometimes, quick look at the OEM clutch pieces
1:53:29 Removing the variator, inspecting the Dr.Pulley sliders
2:00:23 Resuming with brake work on Sunday, master cylinders look NASTY!
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QM

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[kartikshankar]

Greetings from Karthik India. Finally the much awaited Video is here. Hurray 🎉🎉🎉. Thank you so much Sir for finally putting out this video

[danb]

Awesome Job ! thanks for sharing.. When my mechanic changed the belt on my 2004 Silverwing he also changed the rollers

[DerekFrampton]

Glad yer finally gettin' the silverwing and trenches goin'! Blessings!

[edwardsp]

The more I watch Quasi the more I feel OEM parts are best.

[roywalls]

Thanks again for awesome video on rebuilt of Silverwing 600 project and info video on Honda Dealership all different bikes! Mr. Aaron

[ytr]

Nice Silver Wing. I’ve only seen a few used ones, usually with over 40k, one had logged over 100, 000.

[roywalls]

I did same thing on my 2007 Piaggio mp3 250ie I purchases three new tires of Shinko 723 and grease all the bearings & drive shaft but I use different kind its green grease synthetic but not done yet because hard to find parts for this scooter need put in parking brake cable and I need replace front right hub wheel I found it in London England! Mr Aaron

[zacharythompson]

39:37 The XMAX! That’s the same color as mine.

[johnj]

Keep the wing maintenance videos coming, new subscriber thank you.

[dinospumoni]

That lime green bunny Vespa looks cool.

[GromPilot]

I have been using dollar store shallow baking pans for parts trays over the last while.

[roywalls]

I think when you heat up clutch drum bell burn your senor wire! Mr. Aaron

[timegone]

Hi Quasi!
Should be a very cool video!
The Silverwing is a Very Cool Bike totally looking forward to seeing that one back on the road.
Those tires sure look different there's way more tread on them in comparison to the other ones!!
From what I've been hearing about people say about the City Grips 2, they are better all-around tires even when you are driving over sand and gravel.
They should make them for every kind of scooter not just limit the size because they would sell out of them!!
Looking forward to your adventure on the Silverwing should be a very cool video !!
John

[MadsWorld]

been riding my wing they last 3 days because still getting my ADV ready to make this trip. and now i am thinking very hard about moving everything over to my wing and taking it. all i need to know now is what campground everyone is staying at. do you want me to bring my spare belt just incase i think i will have room.

[brucemckelvy]

You never mention the spacer that is on the outside of the rear swing arm that goes between the nut and the captured bearing that is in the swing arm. I had a Honda dealer not replace mine after mounting a new tire on the rim and they just tightened the nut without the spacer in there. I was riding from Colorado Springs to Redmond Oregon to the BMWMOA rally and had the rear axle nut go AWOL somewhere near Moab Utah. I felt a slight wobble in the rear. I had to "limp" the bike to Salt Lake City without an axle nut and eventuall had the bike shipped back to Colorado Springs wherre my truck and trailer were and I flew home to Philly. Ruining my trip to Redmond. In your video you never show or mention that spacer and may not even know it is there, but I assure you it is. It is about a half ince thick and might have been captured in the grease seal in your swing arm, but it is there. Check it out the next time you remove the swing arm.

[opichocal]

I know you’re not a darkside guy but I put a Federal formoza fd2 on my Burgman 650 and love it. I can lean it until I drag the center stand and never once has it lost grip. Cost was about 1/3 and life should be around 20k. Did you ever get the Ryker to track straight or did you unload it? Stay safe and keep riding like everyone is out to kill you 😁

[justintrexler]

Love your content so much! I'm 38 years old and finally going through the MSF course in a few weeks and getting my first bike. I love your small bore content!! I'm kinda past the point in my life where the need for speed overrules my good sense I guess, so looking at smaller bikes. Any thoughts on the KTM Duke 200? They seem like they're plenty fast enough for what I'm looking for, and also they're a lot easier for me to wrap my finances around, so to speak. My other thoughts are Honda Grom and CB300R, though they seem more expensive up here in PA than the Duke 200...decisions, decisions....keep the small bore and scooter content coming!! Also, thanks for turning me onto Ride With Alex, been watching a lot of his vids recently and has me thinking about scooters hahahaha

[HyllustheBarbarian]

Yep. The same here. $60 to mount a 12in tire. X2 $120. Hell. The total of the two tires wasn't $120. I said no thanks. I'll do it myself. All it takes is a few SOBs and MFs. Done! 🤣

[davestraight]

like you say - pull that gas outta the bike - but then mix it with the gas in your car - little at a time - put fresh in the bike when you come to start it

[drdreddmanofmystery]

So is that what the SCR rules mean by "Unit construction of engine, transmission, and rear swingarm?' The whole thing pivots at the same time?