Ben’s Honda CRF110 special

The main thing to say is that Ben is a normal-sized adult, and he has several normal motorbikes. He just thought it would be a giggle making this one (originally bought for his daughter) into a road machine.

The tyres can be persuaded to be road legal. The main problem is there are no lights, horn or indicators. Ben solved this by the apparently simple expedient of buying the aftermarket bits, and taking them to a fabricator to get the necessary brackets made, painted and fitted.

This was neither easy or cheap, but the fabricator did a lovely job: he fitted the rear brake switch, headlights, number plate and tail light, indicators, speedo and warning lights.

Next stop was the RR workshop. All I had to do was join all the bits up. Enter the Rupe’s Rewires apprentice Adam Cameron, whose day job is working for The Splined Hub, where I rent a corner. Adam builds harnesses for The Splined Hub’s E-Type Jaguar fuel injection systems. We decided this bike would be a great start for him, so together we made the loom. Correction: he made the loom. I just watched.

He is really good.

The method was easy enough: tap into the existing switched 12V circuit, and build a new loom alongside the one Honda had made. As usual, the hard bit was routing the cables, and finding the best place to put the connectors.

We used JST sealed connectors, which suited the tiny wires and should withstand dirt and the occasional wash. It all worked nicely, although we couldn’t run the oil pressure light on the MSM-Combi, because the CRF engine didn’t have an oil pressure sensor. Instead, we made the light into the right hand indicator warning light. The left, originally designed to flash for either side, was reassigned to the left indicator only.

Ben was delighted with the result, and reckoned he could get an MOT for his creation.