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If you can arrange a little help, it can be done with a normal car jack. I have done it by myself with one. Would have preferred not to, but I have.

i probably could or i could arrange a few pairs of hands to put the new one in.

Can you rent an engine lift in Shetland? That would make it so much easier

am i right on thinking the engine would come out under the bike or would it come out the side? might need to ask the youtube mechanics lol

It’s really just a matter of unplugging the electrical connections, exhaust off and then the engine mounting bolts, take lots of photos of where the connections are Either a trolley jack or a scissor jack under the motor

yea i would need to see how much they want to charge to sent it to shetland. but ill need to wait until the bank is a bit healthier, but there seems to be plenty of engines to choose from. would someone with basic skills and basic tools be able to do the job? never done an engine swap before haha

The one I sent you a link to earlier has the throttle bodies etc on

Looks great! 👍 The thing I miss most about my VFR is the factory hard bags. I don't do a lot of trips, but those bags were a godsend for sport touring. I have struggled with what luggage to buy for my current bike, as I don't love any of the options. I'm close to making a decision now, but it has taken me a long time to get to this point. Kudos to you for making your own setup for your 5th gen. since there wasn't anything you liked on the market. 🙂

i did start it yesterday for the first time in a couple of month, has a rough idle when the engine is above 50C, and has a bit of a tapping sound, not sure if its just a sticky tappet or something. i think im just going to do an engine swap when there is a little more money in the bank, would be good to find a fully complete engine with injectors as they are a crazy price from honda

Last resort Radweld?

If you have an OEM hugger I will buy that off you. It's start, LOL

But you're not in Europe, so having this problem is practically unheard of. And I actually think the issue was restricted to bikes sold in UK.

Last Sept. I finally got my new to me 5th Gen in running order. Unable to find any hard bags for it I ended up building a pair if saddle bag supports for my soft bags. I used 5/16" - 8mm weldable rod for most of it, with some 1/4" - 6mm for the forward stays. Everything was cold bent on my 6" vise with a 3lb ball peen, then welded. They are easily removable with 4 fastenings per side. I used them on a 3,000 mile trip that Fall and worked well. I did think though that a six pack rack would be helpful. Not finding anything available for the 5th Gen, and having trips to VA, TN, NC, then 4 days after that up to New Brunswick and the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia in May, I figured I'd have a go at making a serviceable six pack rack a shot. Again I used 5/16" - 8mm rod for the frame and some 5/8' - 16mm X 1mm flat for the slats. I piggybacked off the Saddlebag supports to make it easier to mount, and threaded the rod at the forward end to adjust the rack, but also make it removable. The cable clamps on the aft lower are for the same reason. I can remove the rack in less than 2 minutes, but it is strong enough that a buddy and I lifted the back of the bike off the ground with it. 2 trips and just under 5,000 miles this May, and it has indeed proved useful. I'm a form follows function guy, so I'm not bothered if its less than elegant. Besides, there's so little in the way of luggage options for the 5th Gen that I had to figure out something if I wanted to go touring The last pic was taken around the 20th of May at Rouses Point NY as I was returning from NC etc. I generally will go up to the Quebec Border and turn right to get back home. This eliminates going through CT and MA, a far more relaxing way to enter Maine.

If nothing else it'll be a hell of a lot less work/$$$ than Colin Furze's underground lair. I'm guessing your benches/toolboxes will sit underneath the bikes, right? Castors will let you rearrange them easily to suite your needs. Please snap a few pics of the build to show your progress.

A private collector here has his collection display. Here you see a few bikes on a shelf: https://www.haaningcollection.dk/galleri?itemId=swsc1cguukqiw1gwoj1ptasif2b7mv If worries about the cantilever shelf, consider adding a wire suspension from a beam above.

The saddest thing about this story is my 96 runs so well and I was hoping this bike would do the same.

I think OP may be afraid to admit an issue that would result in having to replace engines.

I would be very interested in what you find and what you end up doing.

Thanks for the thoughts. I don't think I am going to go with the used engine I'm too afraid that one will go. I was wondering if you thought someone may buy the whole thing for parts? It does have the bags. I really wish I had the time to take it apart or part it out but have been so busy at work the only free time I have I use for riding. I do need to get some money to try to replace it with something.

It has never sat so I don't think that's it.

This is what I was afraid of .Its a 2010

Now that's a worthy project! Captain 80's has lots of Hondas up on a high shelf, although my memory of his shop pics is that they are lighter, smaller displacement. Just because it might be crazy doesn't mean it won't work. I'm sure I'm stating the obvious when I add that when working with a building pushing 300 y.o. you want to make sure the overall structure can handle it also. I have a friend in Portland OR, skilled at reviving old BMW's (bikes that is), who completely renovated a barn and made the upstairs his workshop. He went the pallet/cable/winch route you mention and ended up with a great mostly wooden elevator! He did have more space to work with however.

Coincidence, or what?!? So, I'm buying a ~275 year-old, three-story "canal house" in the Netherlands with a ground floor which is destined to be my new garage. Not an American-sized garage by any stretch of the imagination, but if I can manage the space well it should be big enough to meet my current needs. The total garage area is about 40m2--with 3.5m ceilings. The challenge is that if I want to be able to use the space as a workshop (and I do), I've got to find some place to store 9-10 motorcycles... (No, selling them is not an option!) My tentative solution is to use the garage's height in a creative way, such that I will build a heavy duty shelf 2m off the ground on the three side walls and lift the bikes up and down using an electric "pallet stacker". The shelves will be constructed from 41x41 Unistrut, with 1m-spaced verticals attaching at the floor and the ceiling (as well as to the walls). I'll use a 45-degree shelf support bracket made of welded rectangular tube attached to the horizontal and vertical struts. The bikes will sit on metal "sleds" I will design and build, which may be based on the Baxley-type wheel chocks I have 6 of now, or maybe on an ABBA stand-type design. The stacker can lift 1000kg 3.5m (it was either that or install some sort of winch/gantry system to the ceiling--this is simpler!) I'm not a structural engineer, but I've read a bit about the Unistrut system, which is quite versatile and very strong. I won't need to weld anything to the Unistrut (which is good, because it is galvanized steel...), but I can build the 45-degree brackets and the "sleds" from mild steel tubing and plate. I should have enough room for six bikes, even if I only use the side walls. I can only ride one at a time, so as long as they are accessible (and the floor area remains free of obstruction), I should be able to retrieve them whenever I want to worn on them or ride them. It should look something like this: The front wall will have 4x folding doors with windows above, plus there are french doors at the back and a small office. I should get plenty of light. Thoughts...? (Especially re the crazy shelf idea!) Cheers, JZH