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A larger rear chain (5/8 x 1/4 inch) is fitted to the CB200 and it requires less frequent oiling and adjustment than • did the CB175. We oiled the chain with Chain Life every 300 miles and only had to adjust it twice in 800 miles. The chain is easily adjusted with the tools in the standard tool kit. | A larger rear chain (5/8 x 1/4 inch) is fitted to the CB200 and it requires less frequent oiling and adjustment than • did the CB175. We oiled the chain with Chain Life every 300 miles and only had to adjust it twice in 800 miles. The chain is easily adjusted with the tools in the standard tool kit. | ||
All the other maintenance items like changing the fork oil, topping up the distilled water in the battery and adjusting the carburetors are simple. We did notice that the power cable from the solenoid to the starter passed very near the battery case. The case was worn about half through from the cable vibrating against it when we discovered it happening at about 300 miles. | All the other maintenance items like changing the fork oil, topping up the distilled water in the battery and adjusting the carburetors are simple. We did notice that the power cable from the [[solenoid]] to the starter passed very near the battery case. The case was worn about half through from the cable vibrating against it when we discovered it happening at about 300 miles. | ||
Many of the proven features of the older engines have been bequeathed to the 200, albeit modified a bit to fulfill some new need or economic dictate. The centrifugal oil cleaner, largely responsible for the longevity of Honda engines, remains along with the somewhat outdated plunger-type oil pump. Only the access cover to the filter is absent and the primary drive cover must be removed to clean the filter. An altered form of the spur gear (straight-cut) primary drive is fitted to the 200. In the older bikes, the gears were in two pieces and the teeth on the halves were staggered to remove vibration and whine. The new one-piece gears are made of sintered (fused powder) metal and treated with a low temperature hardening process known as LCN io-nitriding. The impetus for developing the process was tougher pollution control laws in Japan which took a dim view of the fuming hot cyanide vats used to treat the old gears. As it turns out the new process is cheaper, safer, and produces better gears that are only fractionally noisier than the old ones. | Many of the proven features of the older engines have been bequeathed to the 200, albeit modified a bit to fulfill some new need or economic dictate. The centrifugal oil cleaner, largely responsible for the longevity of Honda engines, remains along with the somewhat outdated plunger-type oil pump. Only the access cover to the filter is absent and the primary drive cover must be removed to clean the filter. An altered form of the spur gear (straight-cut) primary drive is fitted to the 200. In the older bikes, the gears were in two pieces and the teeth on the halves were staggered to remove vibration and whine. The new one-piece gears are made of sintered (fused powder) metal and treated with a low temperature hardening process known as LCN io-nitriding. The impetus for developing the process was tougher pollution control laws in Japan which took a dim view of the fuming hot cyanide vats used to treat the old gears. As it turns out the new process is cheaper, safer, and produces better gears that are only fractionally noisier than the old ones. | ||