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Fault Diagnosis

8th October  – Tony Lowe

Sooty plug plus 'normal' plug after some idling

(This is just about a short misfire trace which will be obvious to quite a few but is intended for guidance to those who have less knowledge.)

Before the AGM I took my car for its MOT. It failed first time as the young mechanic hooked it up to the exhaust gas analyser and the hydro-carbons were too high! The older guy soon corrected the new recruit and advised its only a visible smoke test on a car of our vintage. MOT test take 2 was then passed.

The car was running OK (not perfect but close enough) and I set off to the AGM without time to investigate an overfueling smell any further. The guy at the garage assured me that his 1960's Mini smelt the same – it was just an 'old car thing'...

Once back at base I decided to have a proper look. First thing – air filter off and check the air flow balance using an air flow meter. The actual readings are pretty irrelevant – you just want the same score across all four carburettors. One pair was at 2.1, the other 2.0. Not a wide variation but worth getting it right. The minutest tweak of the balance screw in the centre of the carbs soon had all four inlets reading 2.1. Its worth noting here that a low reading on one or more cylinders that cannot be balanced might indicate an engine issue such as cracked or worn rings, head gasket failure or leaking valves. Its always comforting to get an even score across the four inlets for this reason.

Whilst airflow is the number one check it doesnt alter overfueling and it still smelt a bit strong. I turned each mixture screw in one by one with the engine running. Don't overtighten and damage the screws or seats. As you screw the mixture in the engine should start to slow as effectiely you are starving one cylinder of fuel. Then unwind the screw until the engine smooths out – about 3/4 to 1 full turn. Do this across all four. Again, if turning one doesn't cause the engine to slow then you need to investigate. It might be a blockage in the idle mixture supply – that kept me searching for a while with John Tetleys carbs the other year! Once you have all four cylinders idling nicely you can tweak the mixture by screwing in or out for the highest engine speed. You might need to back off the throttle to ensure its still idling about 1100 to 1200 rpm. That's because as the engine gets a better air/fuel mix it will run faster.

At this point I was happy that my carburettors were fine but I still had a smell of unburnt fuel to the exhaust and a hesitation to rev. Only now did I take the plugs out. I prefer to work this way round as just swapping dirty plugs doesn't sort the root of the problem.

Number 1 plug – above – was sooty. Note that sooty and oily are different things. Sooty is matt black, oily is shiny black and can indicate oil burning in the engine.

I then took the distributor cap off and found some corrosion around the terminal that relates to number one plug! All I had to do was follow the shortest HT lead back to the cap to determine that was in fact related to number one cylinder. After cleaning the corrosion off I put the cap back, fitted 4 new gapped plugs (28 thou or 0.7mm) and the car was back to its usual self – clean revving and the smell (which was akin to leaving the choke on in a Mini) had gone.

If you have similar symptons, the I hope the approach above steers you in the right direction for sorting your car out.

2026 AGM Report

11-13th September 2026 – James Cowell

This year's AGM was again held at the Kings Court Hotel in Alcester after a three-year hiatus – Tony Lowe was the first to arrive, with four convertibles and four coupes in the car park by the end of the day.

That evening there was a happy gathering in the hotel bar to catch up over drinks, compare notes, and congratulate each other on making it to the hotel without major issues!

Some of the cars at the hotel.

On Saturday morning after a good breakfast, all the members present attended the 10:30am AGM in the Lantern Room, with Barry Fernally on the Google Meet online stream in a very fetching t-shirt and hat!

Discussions included the general state of the Club, with updates from all the committee, Tony Lowe was thanked by everyone as he passed the club website editor baton to James Cowell. There was also a spirited discussion from Robert Fourt and others on the Club dues remaining at £20 for the next year, and thoughts on how to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Club in 2028. Full minutes will be published on the website in due course.

After the AGM, a convoy set off to Caffeine & Machine, where we gate-crashed an event held by STROM, some fancy product for people who go to the gym too much...!

Nine cars were in attendance, thanks to another coupe's arrival by Roger Goldsmith's son – Roger is a longstanding member. Judging for that evening's Concours award was done by the attending members, with lots of mulling over whose car to vote for as the standard was very high. Sadly, President Andrew Dunnell's car was not in attendance; it decided to spit antifreeze out a couple of days before. This was despite Andrew repairing his master cylinder in readiness for the big day and being one of the closest members geographically to the event. As Andrew said, 'No good turn goes unpunished!'. There was a constant stream of attendees who came over to admire the selection of S800s on show.

After rain clouds started appearing in the late afternoon, there was a spirited drive back to the hotel, with only Martin Jones and Tony Sighe getting damp laps in Martin's convertible!

A few members retired for a swift nap (or dram of Baileys) before meeting again at the bar for a quick drink before dinner was served. The evening was filled with good food, wine and company.

Prizes were given jointly to Martin Jones and Tony Lowe for the Concours Best Car at Caffeine & Machine in their red convertibles with joint runners up Stuart Hutchinson and Roger Goldsmith (white convertible and red coupe respectively). Marc Hughes was awarded the John Howie Cup for promoting the Club. A special award was given to Duncan Martin for his electrical troubles, due to being unable to rewire his dash clock properly and having no brake lights.

A touching speech was made by Andrew Dunnell to Lawton Chen, before presenting him with a picture from Peter Rose's widow, and to Tony Lowe, celebrating Tony's remarkable achievement of over 40 years’ committee service in multiple roles.

Tony Sighe then entertained everyone with a triple round quiz, with the ultimate win going to the '4-watt lightbulbs': Duncan Martin, Andrew Dunnell, Tony Lowe and James Cowell (not as dim as they thought!). There was also a raffle (so many prizes!), a spare parts bazaar and Sue Truran's S800 cupcakes (including a gluten-free option) to enjoy.

It was a very happy event.

Sunday morning found Tony Sighe on his dog's bed in a wet car park fixing Robert Fourt's front brake calliper; on the drive back from Caffeine & Machine, Robert noticed his front wheel running hot due to a sticking calliper. Tony was able to fugger a fix allowing for a 78mph dash on their way back to London!

Carburettors!

17th September 2026 – Tony Lowe

Did you know you can double check your float height horizontally?

As I sign off from being the website editor, I just wanted to add my article about revamping carburettors. Its vast (!) – so much so that I am adding it as a Technical article and just putting the link here. So if you want to delve into your carburettors – please click here.

Oulton Park Gold Cup

26 – 28 August 2026

All three cars in a moment of 'sunshine'...

After the glorious summer where frankly it was a bit too hot at times, it was disappointing to have a wet weekend at Oulton Park at the end of August.

This time our gazebo came in very useful to shelter from the rain – and despite not being on our usual front row position this year we were fairly close to the Fogarty Moss building where we could grab teas and coffees.John Tetley and I arrived Saturday and put the gazebo up inbetween the showers. To quote the official forecast – 'today there will be showers, potentially heavy and prolonged at times...' Well the prolonged and heavy was right quite a bit of the time!

When it finally stopped we did get the gazebo in place complete with table and chairs. This year all the sides of the gazebo were in place and the wind was distinctly autumnal at times. Barry couldn't make Saturday as he was working (!) and Steve sensibly postponed coming along until Monday.

Sunday morning was a lot better and the Concours d'Elegance was completed in glorious sunshine. However, when racing started at midday the weather changed, becoming darker and wetter causing a few red flags and safety cars. Sadly some rare cars were damaged whilst racing in the changeable conditions but the skill of the 'old school' drivers meant there were not too many incidents. The damaged cars will be fixed over winter.

Steves immaculate Mk 1 coupe driven from Holmfirth, Yorkshire

On Monday Steve and his delightful wife Penny joined us all the way from Holmfirth with his immaculate red coupe. Andy from Blackpool had to send his apologies as his carburettors were playing up. A shame as last year they seemed perfect. Rosemary came on Monday morning but basically to bring me back to the circuit... Did I mention I had to park my car overnight – again?
Yes, my car decided that for the third Gold Cup in a row it would play up. The drive to Oulton on Saturday saw the clutch pedal start to get lower and lower. Clearly there was air in the system and a look at the slave cylinder showed a failing seal!
Those who follow my trials will know that the slave cylinder was swapped two years ago for a NOS item. Annoyingly this 'cast iron fix' had failed.
Once back home I pulled the slave cylinder apart to find a rusty piston and failed seal. The lesson to be taken from this is that some NOS (New Old Stock) items have been on the shelf for almost 60 years. What might look perfect externally could be deteriorating internally. I would suggest checking any NOS brake slave cylinders before fitting...

I have now rebuilt another spare slave cylinder and bled the system using the method of raising the slave above the master via the flexible pipe. This method literally takes a few minutes! Hopefully its now fine for the AGM...

Barrys old car Chevron is sold again.

23rd August 2026

You might recall that after restoring the left hand drive convertible known as Chevron, Barry and Mary took the car to Tenerife where it lived for some 19 years! Eventually, running a car in a foreign country became somewhat problematic – so the car was brought back to the UK and sold. The buyer was Ken Ott in the USA who restored the car to a high standard.

Ken has just been in touch with an update:

Barry,

Sorry to inform you that Chevy has just been sold to a local Honda dealership. The price was too good to pass up.That along with the difficulties I was experiencing to get in and out of this very special vehicle and some health issues also played into the decision to sell.  The memories and photos will keep me happy in the future, I hope.

Thanks to you and the club for the past years and my best wishes to you all.

I do hope this writing finds you and Mary doing very well and enjoying your lives to the fullest.

Ken

These cars just go on and on! Chevron is now living in his fourth country!

Some say Historic Racing is like being on the Dodgems...!

Our intrepid racer, Tony Sighe, sent this picture in for publication. I am sure we can all recall pestering our parents for a go on the Dodgems or 'Bumper Cars'. Was this our first taste of driving?

The idea is to dodge the other cars but I seem to recall making a point of ramming other cars – especially if they contained your mates or a girl! The trick was to hit them but drive off unscathed. Actually, those quick reactions learnt at this stage may have helped many of us avoid incidents further down the line?

As to whether Tony persuaded the owners to let him take the car on the Dodgems track – well you will have to ask him at the AGM.  Not booked yet? Be quick and you might just get one of the last rooms. Click here for more details.

Helmingham Hall

2nd August 2026 – Duncan Martin

On August 2nd several of our members gathered for the day at Helmingham Hall near Stowmarket in Suffolk for its Festival of Classic and Sports Cars.  This event, held annually in the gardens of the Hall, brings together over 1,000 classic cars and raises tens of thousands of pounds each year for the charity East Anglia Childrens' Hospices (EACH).

This year, once again our club was attending as a joint venture along with S2KUK, the UK Honda S2000 owners' club.  For the first time, though, the S800 / S600’s outnumbered the S2000’s!  Our combined stand included 4 S800’s (brought along by James Cowell, Robert Fourt, Rob Williams and myself), one S600 (Philip Ronn), two S2000’s (Philip Ronn and Andy Warne) and even an NSX (Bob Holmes.)  We were hosted by Eddy Alcock from the S2000 club, who had negotiated us a stand in pole position near the picturesque Helmingham Hall.  Also – importantly – near the ice cream van!  Thanks again Eddy!

Three of the S800’s, including mine, travelled in convoy along the A14 having met up just outside Newmarket.  On the way we received many smiles, admiring glances and thumbs up from our fellow motorists!  James Cowell’s car was on its first long distance trip following some serious mechanical work (new head gasket, anybody?) and its recent MOT.  Thankfully the car performed well on the day, though James did report that at 70mph he couldn’t hear or feel his teeth on the way home!

As usual our cars attracted much interest and the weather was glorious – we were grateful for the gazebo which Eddy had brought along and which provided some welcome shade in between talking to the visitors to our stand.

Time flies when you’re having fun – before we knew it, the day was drawing to a close and it was time for the journey home.  Here’s looking forward to next year’s show!

BRDC Silverstone

24th – 26th July 2026

Tony Sighe mixing it with larger engined competition. The S800 excels in the bends.

The Silverstone Classic had grown as an event for some 20 years. It included racing but also live music, food, drink, stalls, new cars, club displays and an auction. It was so vast that the organisers put on a bus service to get people around the site!

For 2026 the old Classic was split into two events – the BRDC Classic and CarFest. At the moment the BRDC Classic has some fantastic racing, but not much else. The aucton remains but somewhat remotely over at the Wing paddock. The car club displays were back but diminished from recent years. Fortunately our friends in S2KUK went all out as usual with their blow up gazebo, food, drinks and refridgeration. If there were awards for the best club display they would have got it.

The organising club (the HSCC) organised a huge array of tentage for the competitors which gave welcome relief from the blazing hot sun. We also had access to some hospitality suites overlooking the start/finish straight so were able to cheer on Tony Sighe in his green S800 coupe.

Tony Sighe's S800 coupe entering the start/finish straight.

Tony was taking part in the Post Historic Roadsports Championship – the first time a Honda S800 had been entered for over 30 years. Spectators report that the sound of Tonys Honda at max revs just about everywhere on the circuit was incredible – and Tony described the event as a life's ambition fulfilled.

As to the race results – well no-one expected anything in terms of a good result at Silverstone. The place is VAST and much more suited to larger machinery with much greater horse power – it is the home of the British Grand Prix!

Our display of cars as part of the S2KUK stand.

Nevertheless the club put on a display which far exceeded any previous years with no less than three S800s on display on the infield and of course the racing S800 howling around the hallowed F1 venue.

Many thanks to our display team of Marc Hughes and friend who between them brought two cars (!), Duncan Martin (with navigator James Cowell experiencing open top S800 motoring) supplying the sole convertible car with Tony Sighe, Stewart Hutchinson and Elliot Harris supplying the on track display with associated spannering. Further support came from John Tetley plus Tony and Emma Lowe. Of course we must also mention Ian Eyglesheim and the S2KUK team for the kind invitation to use their display stand – and the tea/coffee, food and drinks that helped keep us alive during a proper 'scorchio' weekend!

Audlem Festival of Transport

26th July 2026

Birds Eye view of the green at Hankelow

This annual event continues to grow year by year. This year the organisers had to bunch the cars close together on the green at Hankelow to get everyone in! Can anyone spot the sole S800? Its owner was probably queuing for a bacon roll at the marquee at this point...

Ready for the off at Hankelow

This is a one day event organised by ASET (the Audlem Special Events Team). Amongst their 'stable' of events are the many live music events in the village plus art festivals, curry nights and the famous 5 day music festival. The Transport Festival is a major highlight held at the end of July each year. This event is a bit different to many car shows as it starts in a different village! The cars assemble on the village green in Hankelow before departing on a 2 mile tour of Audlem where the crowds can be 6 deep in places! At the end of the tour the cars are lined up on the playing fields for the general public to admire. In Audlem village centre there is a commentary about the cars as they pass – and each year the commentator marvels at the S800 "its jewel of an engine revs to 11,000 revs!"

Taking part in the parade

The advantage of this set up is the first part at Hankelow is primarily vehicle owners and enthusiasts looking around the cars. Its a chance to meet friends and fellow petrolheads and have a coffee and bacon roll!

At Audlem you can then look at any cars you missed and wander down to the canal to view the historic narrowboats moored up for the weekend. There is live music at the playing fields with the band playing nostalgic Glen Miller era tunes whereas down at the Shroppie Fly pub by the canal there is live folk and acoustic music.

Rare Honda S660 at the festival

Entry used to be free but ever increasing costs have resulted in ASET charging a modest £5 entry fee. To read more about how this event has developed over the years please click here. 

Sadly this year we were hoping to have two S800s on display but Barry and Mary had to pull out at the last minute. Get well soon Barry.

NEC Classic Car Show

We’re going to the UK's biggest indoor car show!  Birmingham's NEC, 13-15 November 2026, and this year, we've got a surprise.  The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show's Debutant theme means cars that have never been seen at the show before will be taking centre stage.  We can't say what's coming yet, but trust us, it's worth the wait.Over 3,000 classics, 320 clubs, live stages, the UK's biggest indoor autojumble and 500 cars going under the hammer.  November can't come soon enough.Use our club code CCHONS8N6 at checkout to unlock the club exclusive £4 off adult tickets or £2 off family, child & multi-day tickets.  www.necclassicmotorshow.com

Fathers Day Idea?

You've spent years taking your kids to shows, teaching them the difference between a Mk1 and a Mk2, explaining why that engine note is worth getting out of bed for. Now it's their turn!
For a great Father's Day idea, point them in the direction of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, the UK's biggest indoor car show at Birmingham's NEC this November. Suggest a day out that'll remind you exactly why you fell in love with classics in the first place, because you've more than earned it. That’s what we’ll be doing!
Use our club code CCHONS8N6 at checkout to unlock the club exclusive £4 off adult tickets or £2 off family, child & multi-day tickets.

Weaver Wander

16 May 2026

This annual charity fun run has been running for some 20 years now. It still attracts a great crowd of diverse machinery and this year the event raised virtually £4,000 for local charities.

I arrived at the start venue to find that Barry and Mary Fernaly had arrived literally a minute earlier. This meant we could park together before catching up on each others news. One excellent bit of news is that both Barry and Mary will be at the AGM in their car. Some 48 years after helping to found the club and virtually 60 years after first buying their S800s thats quite an achievement.

(If you haven't booked into the hotel for the AGM then don't leave it any longer... the rooms WILL sell out!)

After signing on and collecting our route maps it was time for a brew and a bacon butty before heading out to attach our rally plaques.

The 2026 event saw the reinstatement of the 'proper' start in the very centre of Nantwich. I have mixed views over this as whilst its great to showcase the cars to the wider public the organisers picked a day when the Farmers Market was on with big queues everywhere! After leaving Nantwich we headed out towards the edge of the Staffordshire Moorlands and the Peak District via Mow Cop. Barry and Mary decided to head home early given the rain but I wonder if Barry is actually a Manchester City fan and had a bet on the FA Cup...?

From the peaks there were some amazing views back across the Cheshire plain. All too soon we were losing height and heading back to the finish where we were well ahead of many cars. I can only thank my glamourous navigator Rosemary for not getting me lost! Some cars who started near us arrived over an hour later at the finish.

My car ran fine – the new starter clutch helping the car spring immediately into life. That always helps to keep your navigator happy!

If you are anywhere near south Cheshire – come and join in next year.

Goodwood Retro Rides 2026

9 – 10 May 2026

We joined forces with the Super Hondas team to display 2 Z600s and an S800 coupe at the Goodwood Retro Rides event. 

Saturday was a glorious day which saw many other cars out and about at various shows and events around the country. Sunday was back to winter again! – with our hardy crew surviving by consuming soup and tea!

This is a great event each year and Sue Truran is the Club contact point for this one. Look out for details of the next event at this iconic motor circuit.

WhatsApp

11 May 2026

Don't forget that some further events are also mentioned on our WhatsApp group – especially anything last minute or relatively small scale. If you haven't signed up to WhatsApp yet its easy – just follow the link from the home page or click here.

FBHVC

3 May 2026

Duncan has just reminded me that we have paid our annual membership fee to the FBHVC. 'Whats all that about?' I hear you say – well its the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs. Importantly, its the British Historic Vehicle Clubs – not the Historic British Vehicle Clubs. A subtle difference but one that means the Federation is all encompassing. They are an important steering group for vehicle clubs in the UK who lobby the Government on various matters which help us to keep our cars on the road. They also keep us abreast of new and changing legislation.

They also publish up to six magazines a year – which are FREE to you as a club member. Just click on this link to explore whats available further. Up to 2024 the magazines could be downloaded from our website but now you have to sign into the FBHVC website. Its VERY easy – just fill in your name and email address. Then click that you are a member of a Club/Association and add a password. Then you can read endless back issues and current issues of their magazine and get lots of advice.

To visit our page about the FBHVC – click here.

La Jeune Femme Adore Sa S800s...

2 May 2026

Did she mean – 'The very NICE club of S800 owners...?'

You never know who you might bump into... Whilst down at Goodwood the S800 team met French lady Alaia who is an Instagram 'influencer' with some 167,000 followers. She happens to own a Honda S800 coupe which features on her page.

To see more of her car – just click here. You may have to download or sign into the Instagram app.

More on Carburettors!

Paul Lancaster – 23 February 2026

We are indebted to the feedback from club members. Long standing member Paul has written some further comments about the carburettors. Firstly, you may have noticed the comment on the forum saying the float gauges we had made were wrong (!). Thankfully Paul has been able to clarify the situation with his knowledge backed up by period workshop manuals.

Paul writes: – I had a quick look at some recent posts and saw one reply regarding float gauges where one member (PPL) has stated that float height for Mk1 carbs is 17mm and 19mm for Mk2 which is wrong. 17mm is for S600 carbs. I have a Honda CV Carburetor technical manual for all the Kie-hin carbs of the time which specifically covers S cars and states this.
(So we can rest assured that the 19mm gauge IS correct. This measurement works for Mk 1 and Mk 2 carbs – as they use the same floats and the same needle valves. The different fuel flow is determined by the variation in the size of the hole in the main jets).

Paul then writes about some hacks he has used on his carbs: – Regarding my carb hacks, a little background. I retired early last year and found myself with more time than I knew what to do with and so started tinkering with my S800, As I'd not had it running for about three years I grasped the nettle and waded in. After a couple of full carb strip down, clean and rebuilds I struggled off and on for a few weeks to sought a misfire, but out of it came these hacks.
The first is quite simple and may not be original but I can't recall it ever being mentioned. It involves accurately setting the float height with a gauge by placing under the brass float a small piece of low density foam rubber (think bath sponge) only approx about 1cm cube that will offer resistance under the float. With this in place you can set the height with the carbs in any position you find comfortable and you're not relying on gravity and the usual dangling float in that awkward off centre upright balancing procedure. I now have the carbs on their back ( upside down) and use the gauge to press down the float. It will only press the float down to the 19mm point and hold it there while you adjust the tab to the point exactly just touching the needle valve. When done, just pull out the foam from under the float with a pair of tweezers. This also ensures that the needle valve is fully engaged at its highest point in the valve holder nut too as you set it. Hope this is clear?

The second is a way of determining fuel leaks deep in the carb. It involves cutting four long thin strips of thickish (approx 1-2mm) plain cardboard that are approx 250mm x 3mm in dimension. With the carbs in-situ on the car and the air box and air filter removed, feed one of the strips down the barrel of each carb. Pass it under the choke butterfly, then under and through the gap under the resting vacuum piston then pulling the throttle butterfly valve open a little, push the strip under that too. You should still have about an inch or so of strip poking out of the carb barrel entrance. Turn on the ignition to start fuel pumping to the carb but DO NOT turn the engine over. Leave fuel pumping for at least a minute to ensure float chambers are full and fuel has filled the entire carb. Then, with fuel pump off, remove each strip one by one. If all is well the the strips should be totally dry but any fuel leakage will result in the strip showing a darker damp stain where it absorbed the fuel. Depending on where the stain is on the strip you can determine the leak position and what the problem is. In my case it showed that a couple of the main jets where flooding (bad float height) and some leaking from carb casting seams which showed that some off the gaskets or threads were failing and needed some thread insert work or make some new gaskets. After sorting these problems the carbs ran perfectly.

We are delighted to add these snippets to the pool of information on the carbs. The cardboard check is simple and it works. It's so much better than waving your little finger past the choke valve and then catching your skin on the spring like a fish hook barb... I have done it and its painful to get your finger out!!

Replacement of the rear ball bearing in the S800 gearbox

Pierre Planteline – 7th February 2026

We are indebted to Pierre for producing a detailed article about this longstanding issue with the majority of S800 gearboxes. Replacement of the rear ball bearing was long thought to be impossible and later boxes were sought after as these had the ability to replace the errant bearing much more easily. These later gearboxes had pinion gears which were on splines such that they could be slid off the shaft to get to the bearing.
Pierre outlines in his article the process of removing the earlier pressed on pinions in the earlier boxes so that the worn ball bearing can be replaced.
The article is detailed with photos which cannot easily be reproduced in our Revs format. To access this article please – click here – to download this item as a pdf file.

Restorer of the Year!

16th January 2026

Our very own Alan Stanyon has been named Restorer of the Year by the well respected Practical Classics magaazine. The article in the March 2026 issue talks about Alans restoration of his Honda Z600 – and then goes on to describe what was done and even includes a road test of the finished item. No less than six pages in total occupying one of the main classic car magazines on every shelf across the UK. Well done Alan!!

Alan Stanyon – named Restorer of the Year!

Buy a copy – and bring it to the AGM where I am sure Alan will gladly add his signature... although we must be careful not to let all this fame get to his head – I mean they are tiny cars and it would be a shame if his head no longer fitted!

3D Printing

December 2025

Club member James Cowell runs a 3D printing company and has recently added some S800 related items which can be purchased. Please have a look at his site by clicking on this link – https://www.printa.uk/parts/ The main fuse box has been difficult to source for years but is now accurately reproduced. The float adjustment gauges are a MUST for any S800 owners tool box, enabling you to easily set the 19mm float height on each carburettor.

New WhatsApp Community

1st September 2025

After some sterling work by Lawton we are proud to announce we have launched a WhatsApp community for club members. Use of this is entirely your choice but there are many advantages especially the immediacy of being able to ask other club members about something. Imagine being stuck as to how to do something... just WhatsApp the Honda S800 Club, community and all being well the answer will come flying back!

For full details about this new innovation please click here and all will be explained.

Home Made Evaporust!

12th August 2025

Following Sues trials and tribulations trying to separate liners from an engine block, club member David Barnes in Australia has been in touch:

Hi Tony,

In today's WhatsApp trail regarding Susan's problem in removing liners from the block I posted a links to a homemade rust remover which outperforms "Evaporust" at a fraction of the cost.

The video is very comprehensive.I suggest that you watch it and if OK I would post it on the club website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYZmeReKKY

If anyone tries this can they feedback if its any good. Please be aware we haven't tested this process or formula so its very much at your risk!