The Mighty Kiney – Kinetic Honda DX ‘92

[deville_56]

November 2022

Bakery Haul
Misses the convenience of underseat storage comparing the later generation scooters. Twist of the throttle kills that comparison . Not a great fan of 2 strokes, but the difference in acceleration is

 

[deville_56]

January 2023 - Updates

Bath time.

Lost and found. Misplaced the brake locks during the rebuild. Found them, two of them.

Lightly buffed.

The hardware - lock, pin, spring and the circlip.

Installed. This small circlip locks everything in place.

Done.

The real hand brake. Engaged.

Handle under cover. 1988 make. Either they made surplus parts or they didn't sell well as expected.

 

[Weaintballin]

Hello i had seen your kinetic honda restoration. Can you help me with where you sourced all the parts for the restoration? I also have a kinetic honda but im struggling to source parts for it. Please help.
Thank you

 

[deville_56]

Hello i had seen your kinetic honda restoration. Can you help me with where you sourced all the parts for the restoration? I also have a kinetic honda but im struggling to source parts for it. Please help.
Thank you

It's hard to find parts nowadays, especially locally. These are some of my sources.
First one, the mechanic. Jacserv near Thekkummoodu. He still can source some parts through his contact, but not all. He still services Kinetic Honda.
Thampanoor Parts. Shop will be closed 90% of the time, but still got some parts, but charges exorbitantly. There is an oil shop opposite, who can give you his mobile number.
Venkiteswara Agencies. Cables and rims were available with him.
Spark Automobiles. He had a cylinder kit, floor mat, cables, wheel bearings, etc.
Auto Land. Wheel hub was there.
Babu Agencies. Mikcarb carburettor.

Vintage Spare Experts. Based in Trichy. He got some parts and ships the next day at nominal rates. Vintage Spares Expert, Trichy - Order Online . His number is 8667038948. He responds pretty quickly on WhatsApp.
White Smoke Vintage - 8301924680. He is from Trissur and he also shipped pretty quickly.
August Moto - 9129296643. A restorer based in Kochi and can help source.
Shenoy's Scooters - 9842072000. He's got or can arrange most parts, but the dispatch time is unreasonably high.

And finally, there is this Kinetic Honda Facebook Group, where you can find many sellers and parts listed.

There is a scrap dealer selling Kinetic parts in the street behind Shakthi Tools in Powerhouse Road. Body panels can be found here.

 

[Weaintballin]

Thank you for the help. My grandfather knows almost all the shops you have listed here. He said he used to buy stuff fro
Thampanoor parts and when he recently went there he couldn’t find the shop. And he has some personal beef with the jacserv guy lol. I texted every number you had given and i will try to find these shops. My main need is the 2t oil pump, its leaking very bad and i think it dosent even work. And i noticed that my scooter was also kl 01 b registered. Anyways thank you for your help, will keep you updated…

 

[VISHNUCARCRAZY]

I had bad experience with JacServ guy. I was a kid then, but I remember my dad also telling, he used to showcase his technical skills a lot, but apply it wherever where it is not needed at all. For example, my dad told there was less smoothness (Mind you it was around 2005-2006, vehicle was 10 years old then). He told, it will be due to transmission assembly failing. We need to do an overhaul. Dad just took off the vehicle from there. It was ruled out as a simple transmission fluid top up/ replacement. (Gear Oil).

There was Mr.Ani/ Mr.Anil - Kinetic Engineers Vanchiyoor. Don't know whether he is in business. He used to great job , always felt good tuning of carb by him. His rates were very reasonable also.

Ours was Kinetic DX, in 2010, for first reregistration, we updated the body panels with Kinetic ZX retaining the DX side beading and foot rests. The silver accents in the headlights were replaced completely with the clear lens type found in ZX. I feel really sad we had to let go off it in 2013 as frequently parts were failing, and we really didnt have time to go behind that. Also registration was TN, so its paperwork was very cumbersome.