1965 Honda CB77 Project Bike - New Member

[miles2912]

I pulled a few numbers off the frame and the motor. When I pop the tank off I will look for the harness. The Motor is CB77E-1013775 and the Frame is CB77-1013774. I don't know if that is standard for the frame and the motor to be 1 number off?

I updated my profile with my location too.

[Goodysnap]

Good chance they are originally paired. More common to find small seperations than exact matches.

[doc vince]

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Don and I just bought a farm fresh 65 Superhawk. It has sat out in the rain for a few years uncovered and has a good amount of rust on it. The motor is seized. I tried to push on the kick starter and it will not budge. I was told that the original owner put some oil in the cylinders to keep this from happening but who knows?

I bought the bike pretty cheap so I am not too worried if I can not get it working. My mechanical skills are really sub par and that is the main reason I found an old bike that needed a lot of work to get her running. I plan on pulling everything apart and just go from there, one big learning experience. The bike came with a Chiltons (sp)manual so that will help a lot. Here are some pics, any info would be appreciated.

[e3steve]

Don, welcome; you'll be as insanely involved as the rest of us, before too long!

Your closely matched VIN & Engine №s are most likely original and rarely found to be that close. The harness year tag is a good indicator but merely denotes the year that the actual harness was made; e.g. early-built 'in the year' bikes could have harnesses manufactured during the previous year.

Your №s definitely fall within the '65 model-year production; I've entered your frame № into the '65-'67 database.

You'll certainly benefit from membership here on The Forum, and from obtaining Bill Silver's Restoration & Repair Guide manuals -- either on CD here (under 'Literature') or in print on eBay and the like -- and we'll all offer help where we can.

The Google Search keyword function, found here works very well for finding topics and subjects to which you need advice.

Good luck with the affliction-soon-to-be-obsession!