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1963 CYP77

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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by G-Man » Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:16 pm

More progress made on the CYP77 over the last couple of days. As usual you have to take a couple of steps backwards to make progress. The tank & seat came off so that I could fit my new coil and condenser assembly.

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The coil went in and then we located the very special winker unit bracket which fits to the frame tube just under the seat. I have only ever seen one of these in pictures so I took plenty of pictures so that I can fabricate a couple for my own bikes...

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It nestles quite nicely in its new home.

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Next up was the starter solenoid which, in Honda's wisdom, has a different bolt spacing and location from the standard CB77 unit. I was able to use a standard unit from my own 'stock' having tweaked the holes a little.

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I asembled the gear-shift linkage with freshly-made stainless steel rivets and replaced the folding footpegs with fixed ones whch this bike should have.

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'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
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'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by G-Man » Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:33 pm

Of course, as soon as I had the foot controls and hangers snugged up, it was time to put on the replica exhausts from David Silver. The only way we could fit the system was to remove the foot controls and slacken off the hangers..........

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With that done the exhausts went on pretty easily. The bends on the header pipes are not very smooth but, on this bike, they are covered up by a pair of trim pieces so the ugliness is hidden away.

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The mufflers actually look pretty nice so, in all, a pretty good result.

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I was hoping we might make some sparks on this visit but we couldn't find the part of the harness that hooks up the power from the ignitio switch to the coils. I will probably have to modify this anyway so I might just make up the piece using one of my own as a pattern.

As well as that, there are a few other jobs to do. Find a chain of the correct length. The one in the parts store is 5 links short. Fit the chain guard and the siren drive cover and sort out the little document box which fits behind the seat.

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The bike is looking rather nice after 'sleeping' since, at least, 1988 (the date on mist of the parts packets) and probably much earlier. I'm looking forward to hearing the angine and that siren, running.

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'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F

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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by Michael Stoic » Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:56 pm

Such beautiful work! Makes me lust after a CYP77 all over again!!!

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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by G-Man » Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:03 pm

Michael

Thanks for the kind comments. This one has been very enjoyable. It's not my bike but I have formed an attachment to it already!

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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by Tim Allman » Sun Dec 08, 2019 8:52 am

So, Graham, when do you start pulling over speeders?

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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by G-Man » Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:12 am

Tim

I think I might get locked up myself if we tried that in the UK! The other day we were contemplating how many MPH get knocked off when you pull on the siren lever.

We're going to have to try it somewhere! :-)

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'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
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Re: 1963 CYP77

Post by Michael Stoic » Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:46 am

I actually rode a CYP77 with the siren going, through Norwegian Woods, literally, when I visited Jan Hamre at his home, in 2005. It was such an overwhelming experience that I remember little of how the siren sounds and how many MPH rolled off the speedo. I chickened out quickly and let that siren lever go, but the memories of the experience are some of the best, as far as travelling the world and vintage riding go.

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