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Hi Tom and welcome.Must confess, I had to look up what an Interference engine was suffice to say all these engines are.You can replace the cam chain tensioner with only removing the head and that can be done without taking the engine out of the frame. It's a good idea to do this at your mileage and you will get some idea of the state of the internals (eg are the cam followers wearing through). The life of these engines depends a lot on how well looked after they were when in general use (and of course whether they were thrashed).Perhaps a general top-end inspection/refurb (lap in valves, check bores)... it depends on what your ambitions are for the bike (regards condition/usage) but I've inferred you're not diving in to a full strip down initially.Please post picsLots of help available here.CheersTom
Hi Tom.All these Hondas work fine on unleaded fuel (and always did).I've reconditioned / had reconditioned quite a few 70's bikes of all makes over the last few months and every single one of them needed fork seals for the MOT. Most of them also needed a brake clean/refresh (pads and fluid with a thorough cleaning of the calipers). You should budget for that too.Steve
Good point. Master cylinder will likely be gummed up too. I used the genuine part from DSS to replace the piston and all seals/clips.