honda305 Home honda305 Auctions honda305 Gallery honda305 Forum


honda305.com Forum

Login
□ Search
□ FAQ 
□ 
Vintage Honda Owners,
Restorers, Riders and
Admirers

1961 CB72 Project

Want to keep a Restoration Log? Post it here! You can include photos. Suggested format: One Restoration per Thread; then keep adding your updates to the same thread...
User avatar
G-Man
honda305.com Member
Posts: 5678
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:17 pm
Location: Derby, UK
Contact:

Re: seat

Post by G-Man » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:31 pm

Alan

Yes I have. Just stripping these to get the details for the cover. Mine had been recovered and the pan is very rusty. I am going to have a go at re-making the strips with the little teeth on as mine are all rotted away.

Image

G


alan curtis wrote:Graham, didn't you have a seat with 61 seat brackets on.
'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F

alan curtis
honda305.com Member
Posts: 207
Joined: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:40 pm
Location: worcester. uk

Post by alan curtis » Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:53 pm

Graham.

There is a company that sells them, but they look a little on the large size, took all mine off, and its stuck on, may do another seat, as i don't feel mine is quite right. i have another set of seat brackets.

John Watson
honda305.com Member
Posts: 82
Joined: Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:25 am
Location: Carlisle, UK

Post by John Watson » Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:48 pm

www.pandkclassicbikes.co.uk are the ones you are thinking about, Alan. They do good work but it does rather cost.

alan curtis
honda305.com Member
Posts: 207
Joined: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:40 pm
Location: worcester. uk

seat

Post by alan curtis » Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:13 pm

John Watson wrote:www.pandkclassicbikes.co.uk are the ones you are thinking about, Alan. They do good work but it does rather cost.
Thats them John.

User avatar
G-Man
honda305.com Member
Posts: 5678
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:17 pm
Location: Derby, UK
Contact:

Post by G-Man » Tue May 08, 2018 12:52 pm

I picked up the seat and a later 'sister' seat from the blasters today. Chemical cleaning just wasn't getting into all the corners and areas of damage.

I've now got all the damage exposed and a good example of what it should look like.

Image

Underneath is the major difference as the '61 seat has bolted-on brackets and the side pieces appear to be welded on rather than being one big pressing. My main interest is in copying the 'tang' strips so that I can attach the cover in th ecorrect way.

Image

These pieces are spot welded to the seat pan and I am hoping to get some new ones laser cut. I don't like the look of the available replacements so I'll do a drawing and get a quantity made.

Image

My seat has lost virtually all of its tangs so I'll just grind that down ready for the replacements.

Image

I'm also going to make and weld on some strengthening plates to reinforce the mounts. I realize why I have been putting this off fro so long.... :-)

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

alan curtis
honda305.com Member
Posts: 207
Joined: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:40 pm
Location: worcester. uk

seat

Post by alan curtis » Wed May 09, 2018 3:16 am

Graham,had to do the same with mine, grind all the tangs off, you could put me down for a couple of strips, as i am not happy with my seat..

User avatar
G-Man
honda305.com Member
Posts: 5678
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:17 pm
Location: Derby, UK
Contact:

Re: seat

Post by G-Man » Wed May 09, 2018 5:05 am

Will do.

Graham
alan curtis wrote:Graham,had to do the same with mine, grind all the tangs off, you could put me down for a couple of strips, as i am not happy with my seat..
'60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160
'66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77
'67 S90 '77 CB400F

Post Reply
cron




 

CB-77 | CYP-77 | Road Test | Riding Log | Literature | Zen | Marketplace | VJ Survey | Links | Home