Hi all,
I just found this message board and it looks like a great resource! My brother had this old motorcycle in his garage for years. I rode it a few times many years ago sometime in the 70s or 80s. He had always planned to fix it up, but never did. My son has an interest in motorcycles. We took my 82 Yamaha Seca out of the shed after 10 years of storage and fixed this up. Since my son had an interest in fixing up motorcycles, he gave my son this 66 CB77.
We are in the process of fixing things and plan to paint it in the original black and silver colors. I know it used to run, but at this point we have not tried to start it. We have replaced fuel lines, throttle cable, plugs, and changed the oil. The tank and fenders side covers, chain guard, license plate bracket are all ready for paint.
The kick starter was very loose, so we took this apart and found the bushing had a piece broken out of it. We replaced this. The starter also seems to not work. I am working on this now.
I posted a few pictures of when we first brought it home, and another as it looks now.
Dave
New Superhawk Owner
New Superhawk Owner
Update: We fired it up tonight and it sounds great!
I have been working on it a little at a time. It seems ever step forward, we get set back from something else, but hey, this is fun. I found the starter had short from ground to the stater windings. I picked a working used starter motor up on Ebay, and it works great. We put a little water in the old battery and charged it, and it works. We are using this until we are ready to ride. The starter switch had a short, a bit of hot glue for an insulator solved this. We didn't have spark on one side. I found one of the mounting screws on the points didn't seem to be the right size, and the points were out of adjustment and not opening. I put in a new screw, cleaned and gapped the points. I got a strong spark on both plugs. On our first attempt to start it, one side fired and I could get it to run. The side not firing didn't seem to be getting fuel. I took the carb apart and cleaned it up. It wasn't bad, and I didn't find anything that looked like it was a problem. I did remove the screens in the banjo joints (I found this in another post). They were plugged and had junk inside them. I rebuilt the air filters using instructions I found on the message boards. They turned out great. I posted a picture on that post. Tonight, we put everything back together and after a little cranking, it fired up. It sounds great! It could use some tuning up, but for now, I just wanted to make sure we have a working bike before we go much further. It is getting past good bike riding season in Wisconsin, so this winter we will be working on things to make it look good. I ordered a new throttle cable and some No-Rise flat bars. Dave
Thanks for the welcome! My garage is filling up with motorized toys, 3 motorcycles, motor bike, snowmobile... oh well :)
I printed out the FAQ for adjusting the points. I followed them exactly. Getting the last point set just right was a tough one. After many tries I got it right on. I put the choke half on, bumped the starter button, and it just purred! Wow, that worked great! Dave
My seat looked like an old bean bag. The cover wasn't in too bad of shape, so I took it off to have a look under it. I found some of the old foam had some holes in it with pieces missing. Some of the foam came loose and collapsed.
I bought some new foam and spray adhesive. I couldn't find any real dense foam like what was in the seat, so I reused as much as I could, and filled in with the foam I had. It made the seat nice and firm when I was done. I put a new thin sheet of foam over the entire seat using the old one as a pattern. I cleaned the pan and sprayed it black. The cover was OK, so for now, I will re-use it. I guess I can always buy a new cover so I experimented with what I had. I had a few rips on the edge that folds under the seat, and the trim piece that attaches to the hooks. I sewed the rips, and made a new trim piece by folding some vinyl over a cord and sewed it. I made a strap by using a cloth belt and folded some vinyl over it and sewed two seams. I am not much of a seamstress, but it is sturdy. It all cost me less then $20 and looks better then it did before. Gunner
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