I took the Honda Pacific Coast out for a ride along the sea road through Pacific Grove to check out the view.
It’s always a wonderful day when I can be on a motorcycle!
Just look at that ocean.
Honda Pacific Coast Windshield Edging
A PCer on the Facebook PC800 group sent me a couple photos of this windshield edging. I am told that the edging helps to reduce helmet buffeting.
I believe this is an OEM Honda tall windshield. I believe Clark Rice on the FB group sent me these photos. Or at least he identified the material: Micro-Swirl Gen-4 Edging. I’ve only seen it on this one PC but the reports are good.
Honda Pacific Coast Exhaust Dissection
A fellow PCer on the PC800 Facebook group dissected the exhaust system from a Honda Pacific Coast and was kind enough to share the photos with me. Unfortunately I don’t remember who gave me the photos. If it was you, please let me know and I will give you credit! Thanks to Jesper Milling for these photos! And thanks to Dolf for figuring out who they came from originally!
This is the muffler. One of the baffles in here causes the tweeting noise that 1989 PC800s are especially plagued with. A weld can crack and fail which makes it tweet or whistle under the right conditions.
Here’s the resonator cavity and how it attaches to the pipes coming from the engine and the muffler.
Another view of the resonator cut open.
The pipes are specific lengths to balance the engine’s twin cylinders.
A view of the dissection with the top half put back on.
One last view of the cutaway in the muffler. This is what makes our bikes wonderfully quiet.