Introduction

Motorcycles are cool. I'm not that experienced, but I've ridden a few different types and developed a taste for bikes with the following characteristics: 

-Light and flickable (250 lbs and less, ideally less than 175 lbs)

-Low to the ground

-Small or thin wheels 

-Lots of vibrations 

-Non-obnoxious exhaust sound

-Simple, rugged engineering

-Low cost maintenance

-Fast is good but not necessary

-Knee-hug-able top tank

I currently ride a 1980 Honda C70 Passport which has nearly all of these characteristics. It's 100% stock and a blast to ride, even if the top speed is only 42 mph. Everything on it works great. 

But I need something to mess with and blow money on. Perhaps I could make this imaginary bike fit ALL of the above characteristics, and maybe look really cool too. 

Design Concept:

Small, horizontal 50cc-110cc engine Honda's seem pretty awesome. From a lot of research, it SEEMS like they have a lot of interchangeable parts between bikes in addition to the engines. This would make it easy to build up a "custom" or "frankenstein" bike by someone like me, who only has a large closet and some hand tools.

There are more than a dozen Honda motorcycles with the horizontal engines. 

Here are all that I can think of at this moment:

Z 50

C 50,70,100

CL 70,90

CT 90, 110

CT 70

ST 90

S 65, 90

SL 70, 90

SS 50

XL 70

It's a pretty diverse bunch. Lots of different frame, wheel, and suspension types. Again, they all SEEM interchangeable. This project will determine if they really are, and help others who want to build frankenstien/parts bin small Honda bikes. From hours of research, a lot of the information is very vague, so hopefully this blog can clarify some things for newbies like myself.