CL77 front fender - bracket
There is a very nice brace on ebay............asking $350 or so
Last one I sold had minor pitting .........got about $180 plus shipping. I have enough good units for my planned projects (6)......but I have several early and late bobbed units. My welder looked at my parts today and thinks he can repair them...........3 units for sure, maybe 2 more. His work will cost between $40 and $80 per unit. Then re-chrome ............if I take them all at the same time for a DEAL........I might get them for $100 each.............so $250 retail is not much of an incentive for the risk...........and makes the ebay unit attractive.
Re: front fenders and support bracketsI am in the UK and looking for someone to straighten 2 fenders for me, any chance you could let me know who this is please, reply here or pm me. 1977 CB400F
1973 CL175 1976 XL175 - Sold 1964 CL72 1966 CA78
Malcolm................For alloy fenders I have found that the combination of a hard rubber ball approximately the same inside-curvature of the fender works very well on an English Wheel with a standard tapered roller on the top. If no English Wheel.............try mounting the rubber ball in a vice and begin to shape the fender with a large rubber hammer. Heat the metal between 'pounding segments' to keep the alloy 'flowing'. When the large dents are reduced to small divots I use a hard roller (end of a baseball bat) and pound with a hard plastic body hammer to reduce the smaller dents for a final rolling finish. Again, heating the metal keeps it somewhat soft and avoids 'wrinkles'.
I then take the fender to a local shop with an English Wheel for the final rolling finish. I had previously sent several fenders to a fellow 305 enthusiast a few hundred miles from my home. He traded his beginning English Wheel and plennishing-hammer talents for some needed CL77 parts. I was very appreciative of his work. I have yet to accomplish the desired brushed finish for my early bikes. If yours are for the '64, the final may not be so critical for painted finish. Mudguardshttp://www.auto-cycle.co.uk/#mud
these are the people I have used for mudguards they bought the speedwell company and a lot of its tooling would still like to get some help on the brackets.......anyone? Malcolm
I think the changeover was in mid 1963. I'm going to play safe and paint mine. The polished surface looks nicer but I think it will be difficult to get back to that factory look. G
'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160 '66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77 '67 S90 '77 CB400F
|