Dave, according to Bill Silver's Honda records, production from '65-'67 ranged CB77-1000001 to 1056432; from your post I guess you already have this info. I'd probably be inclined to believe the harness tag, which I too think looks like '1965', from the pic. There's no saying where your frame number falls in the range; perhaps LM has a more detailed record?Gunner_CAF wrote:Any thoughts on the year?
Frame Number: CB 771039003
Motor Number: CB77E 1039053
By the number it would be a late 66 or 67. The title says 1966.
The tag under the tank is wore off, but if I had to guess, it says 1965.
New Superhawk Owner
An update. Here is a pic of some of the things I have been working on. The seat I posted on earlier, I removed the cover, repaired the foam and made a strap. The motor side covers were cleaned up and painted. the small covers were polished. The motor will be bare aluminum and I have about half of it cleaned.
The rear mud flap and stayes are fabricated and I just finished this. I am also repairing one foot peg bracket that was cracked and broke. I have been trying to get one on ebay, but they are going for more then I want to pay. If I can't get one for a reasonable price, I think my repair will be strong and not noticeable. The oil plug was stripped, so I put in a helicoil and picked up a new plug from an auto parts store. I also broke two bolts taking the oil pump out. I had problems removing the bolt, so I had to drill them out and repaired the thread. With the motor on the bench, it made it easier to repair these threads. Next it's finish the motor cleaning and put it back together. The frame and wheels are next. The tank and fenders are still waiting for paint. I have been having fun working on this. I have learned a lot by reading the posts here on the message boards. My son has had other priorities when I bought him an old John Deere snowmobile. He has been getting this ready to ride, and it looks like a good year for snow in Wisconsin. By spring the CB77 will be ready to ride. Gunner
Here are more finished parts. Lots of cleaning, painting and polishing. The second picture is my foot peg bracket repair. I ground a slot in the bracket and made an aluminum brisket and put it together with JB weld. Then I formed and drilled an aluminum plate to fit the shape. I cut two 12MM bolts and used the back of the threaded foot peg holes. I drilled and tapped one smaller bolt in the center. I coated this with JB Weld and bolted it on. I touched up the exposed JB weld with a little paint on a Q-tip. I will just use the center hole for the back foot pegs so there is no strain on the repair.
Gunner
The starter painting looks great. I just pulled mine off. I'm sanding it down as best I can before a much, much needed painting along with the covers and few other parts.
You can see a nice pit of rust under where some sort of badge use to be.  Current restoration: 1962 CB77
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1962_cb77_restore/
Latest progress. We took the rear wheel and swing arm off and started cleaning the frame and wheels. I'm running low on shelf space so I put the side covers and starter on the cleaned up motor (Picture attached).
After realizing I had a broken brake light switch bracket, I did a small repair. I drilled and tapped a hole in the foot peg assembly, then attached a new bracket. I saw a used one on e-bay, but it looked like someone stored it in the bottom of a wood stove. Mine looks in good shape compared to that one so I decided to fix the one I have. Gunner
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