1989 Honda PC800 Pacific Coast – Page 17 – Not Your Average Engineer

August 26, 2019December 12, 2021

New Mirrors for the Honda Pacific Coast

With the recent shortage of new old stock Honda Pacific Coast PC800 mirror assemblies, the price of used mirrors on eBay has gone through the roof. Luckily, Alex Ivanov from Russia has stepped into the gap and is offering most of the plastic parts for the mirror housing assembly for sale. He has developed molds of the mirror plastics that he can use to cast new mirror plastics for you on demand and mail to you.

New cast plastic parts available from Alex Ivanov. Note the numbers to denote which part is which when ordering. Also please order directly from him.

I should note that I have not ordered any parts from Alex so I cannot speak to the quality of the prints or the timeliness of shipping. However, Alex has been around on the PC800 Facebook group for a few years now. The below information is from Alex. I have edited a few pieces of grammar to make it a bit easier to understand.

Also please note that the prices listed are from 2017 and ARE NOT CURRENT! They will give you a ballpark idea of the price but please email Alex directly to inquire about current pricing. He has had price increases on his raw plastic materials recently.

One other note: Alex’s first language is Russian. He writes pretty decent English but please don’t expect him to have perfect grammar or spelling.

If you wish to order parts from me, please send your orders details (needed parts, preferred payment and shipping etc) to my email pc800plastic@gmail.com (it’s much easier for me to keep orders info there).
Please specify the number of needed parts according to the above photo (1 – 5), because “I need the full mirror set” sometimes means “all pieces in the picture” or “all mirror pieces without the mounting plate” or even “all plastic without the glass.” Please, let’s save our time 🙂
Pricing (as of 2017 – prices are higher now due to rising cost of materials and shipping — in USD)
(1) Mirror housing: Left housing $50, right housing $50 [NOTE this is the 2017 price].
(2) Visor trim 8812(0/6)-MR5-003ZE (left/right). $15 each [NOTE this is the 2017 price] .
(3) Main bracket on which the mirror is assembled 881(1/2)2-MR5-003 (left/right) (it may be necessary to sand the mounting hole of the turn signal, because different mirrors have slightly different dimensions due to age-related deformations) – $50 [NOTE this is the 2017 price] .
(4) Fastening elements of the mirror glass 881(1/2)1-MR5-003 (left/right), the assembled set with the ability to adjust the mirror position. Note that I have no possibility of making the metal washer as in the original mirror, so I use some spring wire. It works pretty good after completely assembling the mirror. There may be some local defects on the outer edge, but anyway it will fix the mirror glass properly. $20 [NOTE this is the 2017 price] .
(4.1) Mirror glass – local glass workshops asked about $30 [NOTE this is the 2017 price] for one piece of cut mirror glass. Maybe it will be cheaper to make it in your local car mirror repairing workshops, if available. The glass can be installed in place warming up the plastic with a household hair-dryer (but the better way is to use an industrial dryer or go to a car mirror repair workshop).
(5) Mounting plate for fastening to the motorcycle 881(3/4)1-MR5-003 (left/right). The hooks that fix the washer-holding-plate are almost always partly absolete (see photos), but a strip of scotch tape solves the issue for the life of the motorcycle. $20 [NOTE this is the 2017 price] .

To be 100% happy you’ll need a turn signal, a safety wire, spring (toothed) washers of the mirror fastening to the motorcycle and the correct fastening hardware. In other words, you need your broken mirror assembly to harvest specific metal parts and the turn signal lens assembly from.

Shipping for one full set to Europe with regular post is about $15-20 [NOTE this is the 2017 price] . To USA – about $30-35 [NOTE this is the 2017 price] .

I use two ways of payment:
a) direct pay by PayPal;
b) special lot at Ebay with ordered parts, again paying by PayPal, but with extra 10% Ebay fees, customer guaranties etc.
Of course i’m open to your suggestions.

It usually takes me about 5-7 days to make the parts if I am out of stock, if I’m not lacking of materials – those plastics are imported and sometimes local dealer have customs troubles for weeks…
Please send me your order details (needed parts, preferred payment and shipping etc) to my e-mail pc800plastic@gmail.com. Once again – please specify the numbers of needed parts according to the above photo (1 – 5), because “I need a full mirror set” sometimes means “everything in the picture” or “all the mirror plastics without the mounting plate” or even “all plastics without the glass”. Please, let’s save our time 🙂

PS: I also make bumper covers which are about $50-60 [NOTE this is the 2017 price]
Alex Ivanov

August 25, 2019December 12, 2021

Honda Pacific Coast OEM Toolkit

The Honda Pacific Coast PC800 came with an excellent OEM toolkit that was in every bike’s trunk straight from the factory. Most bikes still have their toolkits in a little vinyl bag somewhere in the trunk although a few bikes have lost the kit.

Before you set off on your next ride, it’s a good idea to check through your toolkit and verify that you have all of the major tools. And be especially sure that when you replace the spark plugs, you use a genuine Hondaline spark plug tool so you don’t damage the engine. There are some stories back in the archives of the iPCRC when people tried using automotive parts store spark plug tools and cracked the engine!

Dean W. from both the iPCRC and the Facebook Group recently posted a great photo of his 1998 PC800’s toolkit and a description of the tools. If you want to verify what tools you have match what tools you should have, this is a photo and list. Just about every single tool you’ll ever need to work on the bike was in that little toolkit.

A complete and very shiny Honda Pacific Coast PC800 toolkit from Dean W.’s 1998 PC800.

Here are the contents of the original tool kit from my 98 PC. The wrenches are at the right, and consist of an offset closed end wrench in 10mm and 12mm, an open end 10/12, an open end 14/17, and the single closed end wrenches are 22mm and 27mm.

The screwdrivers are a small JIS and a large JIS, and a flat blade. The feeler gauge is marked 0.7.

The long Allen wrench is unmarked, but the shorter, larger ones are 6mm and 8mm.

The only other two tools are the shock preload adjuster and the thin wall spark plug wrench.
Dean W.

I recently went through two toolkits that I came into possession of over the years and noticed a few odds and ends missing. However, most of it is there.

I recently decided to take both out and see what they contain. It’s interesting how neither kit is complete. Both are missing #6 (the box wrench that looks like didn’t come with the 1989 kits), #1 (the fuse puller), and #4 (the gauge feeler). The kit on the right is missing #13 (the eye wrench) but has a bonus pair of pliers. The kit on the left is missing #9, 10, 12 (the allen wrenches) but appears to have a bonus precision ground pin (upper center).

This is the first time I’ve bothered to inventory my tool kits. Interesting to see what they have and what they don’t have. I think I might combine the kits together into one kit that has everything I can muster and leave the second kit at home with my spare parts.

The full parts list for the tool kit is available at Grid Number H8 in the parts microfiche.

Note that there are some differences between model years. However any reasonably complete toolkit is all that you need.

In case you are looking for a spark plug tool, there are four different part numbers that are all interchangeable as Honda slightly changed the design over the years. The last part number occasionally can be found in new old stock on eBay and elsewhere. There may be newer part numbers that your local Honda dealership can identify as well.

89216-mr5-000
89216-mr5-870
89216-mr5-830
89216-my1-000

The toolkit lives in the right trunk compartment right next to the wheel well where, at least in my 1989 model year bike, there is a little plastic fin to help corral it in place. I generally try to have the flap on the toolkit pouch pointed toward the rear of the bike to help contain everything.

August 18, 2019December 13, 2021