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by GregMcN
Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:40 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: New Cb77 project
Replies: 52
Views: 35279

The bike is getting close to completion though there were some major items I did not have. Although I had silencers and downpipes they were in poor condition so I have been waiting for David Silvers to get stock of their reproduction pipes and silencers. I now have them, some problems fitting the do...
by GregMcN
Mon Oct 21, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: Electrical - Wiring
Topic: Lighting on US model CB77
Replies: 3
Views: 1468

Good point Geoff. I have just been out to check and now the light is not coming on! To get the parking light to work I have to wiggle the key about a bit so maybe the ignition switch is just a bit tired and it was sticking or could have been that the brake light switch was sticking. Either way looks...
by GregMcN
Mon Oct 21, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: Electrical - Wiring
Topic: Lighting on US model CB77
Replies: 3
Views: 1468

Good point Geoff. I have just been out to check and now the light is not coming on! To get the parking light to work I have to wiggle the key about a bit so maybe the ignition switch is just a bit tired and it was sticking or could have been that the brake light switch was sticking. Either way looks...
by GregMcN
Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:19 pm
Forum: Electrical - Wiring
Topic: Lighting on US model CB77
Replies: 3
Views: 1468

Lighting on US model CB77

The wiring on my 1966 US spec CB77 seems to be set up to have the rear light on permanently and the front light switched..... is this how US bikes were originally wired? I assume that it would not be legal in the UK to run with the rear light on but not the front so either I have to switch the front...
by GregMcN
Sat Oct 05, 2019 4:29 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: New Cb77 project
Replies: 52
Views: 35279

Hi Randy What I did with the end of the cable varied depended on the nipple but essentially I just opened out the cable ends into the available space. The solder pot just gives you a a pot of liquid solder so once the cable end is splayed in the nipple it is coated with flux then just dipped in the ...
by GregMcN
Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:47 pm
Forum: Restoration Projects
Topic: New Cb77 project
Replies: 52
Views: 35279

Next job was to do something about air cleaners. The ones that came with the bike were not useable. Replacements are readily available but not cheap at £60 - £70 a set so I had a look to see whether there was any alternative. The actual structure of the old ones was OK so if the paper could be repla...
by GregMcN
Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:09 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: CB77 Rear Brake Cable
Replies: 4
Views: 1653

Thanks Alan / Dennis, will have a go at heating and drilling to remove.




 

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