Dianne's C77

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Tue May 03, 2016 1:52 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I am happy with the way it turned out. It isn't "original" but it is unique!

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Tue May 03, 2016 3:03 pm

All things said tis nice to know/see another of these on the road. ..................lm

DianneB wrote:Thanks for the kind words guys.

I am happy with the way it turned out. It isn't "original" but it is unique!

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Tue May 17, 2016 6:19 am

I had it on the highway last weekend for the first time. I could barely make 45 MPH bucking a STRONG headwind and 55 MPH running with the wind.

I was a lot smaller (and lighter) when I had my 1966 CB77 but I KNOW I could get over 100 MPH on that bike! Is there that much difference between the single carb C77 and the twin carb CB77????

Hopefully speed will improve as the engine gets run in .....

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue May 17, 2016 12:26 pm

Two 26mm carbs and sportier cam. The CB will be quicker but probably not 50mph quicker.......

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DianneB wrote:I had it on the highway last weekend for the first time. I could barely make 45 MPH bucking a STRONG headwind and 55 MPH running with the wind.

I was a lot smaller (and lighter) when I had my 1966 CB77 but I KNOW I could get over 100 MPH on that bike! Is there that much difference between the single carb C77 and the twin carb CB77????

Hopefully speed will improve as the engine gets run in .....

DianneB · Post by **DianneB** » Tue May 17, 2016 3:06 pm

G-Man wrote:.... probably not 50mph quicker.......

It must have had different gearing then. It took a whole to get over 100 but I had done it more than once - once on police radar, but lets not go there ;)

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Wed May 18, 2016 2:14 pm

I forgot that you had those big handlebars. They will slow the Dream somewhat.

My 1967 Triumph Daytona 500 would show 110 on the clock but it was a much nicer bike when I rebuilt it with a single-carb head using the Daytona cams and smaller valves. It would do 90 all day long and was very well-mannered.

My 1978 CB400F was almost as fast but didn't handle as nicely and my 1982 Moto Guzzi V50 was somewhere between the two

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Hamamatsu Nippon · Post by **Hamamatsu Nippon** » Wed May 18, 2016 8:00 pm

DianneB wrote:I had it on the highway last weekend for the first time. I could barely make 45 MPH bucking a STRONG headwind and 55 MPH running with the wind.

Try rechecking your timing at full advance.