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To restore this to original is to much work, and to expensive, the basis is just to incomplete, damaged or worn to do so.

Personally, I would get the bike apart, a quick clean to all the parts, get the motor out, give it a good cleaning, probably replace the gaskets, seals, and clutch plated.

Don ...

Yep, must be the ring for the air screw.

It also makes sense if you think about it :)

Hello, 2years ago I restored my CB77 , prev. owner had another CB77 where he used to race with in the 70's.
He bought my CB77 for parts, but never needed parts (ja, Honda's are good products :P ) , so anyway, bought the 'spare' bike and restored it.

So, while I was pulling the bike apart, I came ...

I had the same problem 2 years ago.

After a few highway miles, I got off the highway and stopped for a traffic light, then all of a sudden I saw the kickstarter rocking forward and then offcourse came back.

The motor was running fine, so when the light turned green I drove off for a place to look ...

I think that the 'problem' with the CB72/77 is that it's overshadowed by the CB450/Black Bomber and the CB750.
The CB72/77 is just a bike that is 'forgotten' by most people, it's not strange, because the late 60's was an era with very much development in the motorcycle world, so much old brances ...

I wouldn't but at those prices.

I know the original NOS CYB seat, did 500euro on CMSNL 2 years ago. , then 1 year later, it was changed to 1000euro.

I don't know who would buy these parts for that money, if you really want the CYB (look) , just build your own parts.

Who cares about completely ...

Replacing the battery is a good 1st step, normally a battery would last for about 2years, especially on old bikes where the electric system is not advanced at all. Like having no voltage regulator, basically the battery is doing all the 'volt regulating' work.
Floppy volt come in the battery (high ...