# Honda Motorcycle restoration

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-motorcycle-restoration/6949>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** honda\
**Created:** [November 6, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-motorcycle-restoration/6949 "2007-11-06T20:48:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Another\_Aging\_MC\_col](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Another\_Aging\_MC\_col](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Another_Aging_MC_col)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-motorcycle-restoration/6949/1 "2007-11-06T20:48:54Z")

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Hello. I have a 1971 Honda SL 175 two cylinder, four stroke, overhead valves.  
  
  
  
 I disassembled the thing this past weekend for a frame up restoration.  
  
  
  
 There is an oily deposit on plugs and on exhaust ports and inside exhaust pipes where they connect to the head.  
  
  
  
 The bike sat in shed for 30 years (!)  
  
 But it ran this past July (w/new battery, new condenser, new points and plugs, and a carb clean), albeit with a pretty rough rough idle.  
  
  
  
 Diagnosis 1: burned/bad exhaust valves/ valve guides  
  
  
  
 Diagnosis 2: bad rings  
  
  
  
 Any thoughts or other possibilities?  
  
  
  
 Thanks