Guipo's Journal: The Story of a Trail 90

ok, so this isnt going to be a long story or even a interesting one. I have a 1970ish Honda Trail 90. The thing is a billy goat, or least it was until I rebult it. Now the damn thing, when it runs, sputters oil out the tailpipe and smokes like a sith.

Well, either the rings are fried(only 200 miles on them), or I have a stuck valve with a bad valve seal. I go for the latter, because the engine produced a squeaking sound like air escaping form the combustion chanber. So my dad was nice enough the buy me a rebuld kit. I'll rebuild my first head soon. Thats actually exciting. I love doing new things with engines.

My trail 90 is so freaking cool. I swear, I can get that thing up to 50mph, and it will go up just about any hill you throw at it. I've taked it to Lake Alpine, in Alpine county CA several times, and conqured sevral offroad trails and climbs. It just kept going. Now it still runs. but terribly.

I got my trail 90 several years ago. I saw it on yahoo classifieds for 400 dollars (when yahoo classifieds were still free). I took a drive up highway 80, rode it around and bought it. Man, I was happy. My dad had 2 of these while I was growing up, and I had vivid memories of riding it when i was only 4. Actually I was really close to driving it. Or at least I thoguth so. Honda Trail 90's were in my family since the 70's. My parents owning several of them. Heck, even my mom used to drive one around.

So now I have a goal. I will fix my 90, and get it pristine again, as it deserves to be. I will stop the oil leaks, and treat it right. It will no longer burn smoke, and it will once again be the billy goat that it yearns to be.