1961 CB72 Project

[G-Man]

No new pictures from yesterday as I spent pretty much the whole day turning boxes of parts upside-down looking for the steering damper knob spring.

Of course, it was in the original box that I had searched twice already.

And thse 3mm x 43mm JIS screws fro the taillight lens. The ones that came with the light were not long enough once it was assembled on the bracket with the gasket. The others I bought are M3 x 60mm and a tad too long.....



I have ordered some 3 x 43s (probably ISO) and an M3 JIS tap, just in case.....

G

[AlanW]

Hi G,
It looks fantastic.
Al.

[G-Man]

Al

Thanks for the kind comment and all of your help, mate!

G

Hi G,
It looks fantastic.
Al.

[cknight]

Seadog

Thank you for the kind offer. As with pretty much everything on this bike - the fork lock cover is unique. There is no cover flap and no hole for the pivot. I have one that I can modify but I think the shape is a little different, too.

G

I might have a complete chrome fork lock cover if you're interested. It probably would need to be rechromed to look as good as the rest of your project.

A slight hijack here (sorry). I had read quite a while ago that the last CB77's had a plastic fork lock cover. Any confirmation on that? Pictures? Thanks, Chase

[LOUD MOUSE]

I'm not sure with the CB77 but am sure with the CL77 in 1967. ........................lm

Seadog

Thank you for the kind offer. As with pretty much everything on this bike - the fork lock cover is unique. There is no cover flap and no hole for the pivot. I have one that I can modify but I think the shape is a little different, too.

G

I might have a complete chrome fork lock cover if you're interested. It probably would need to be rechromed to look as good as the rest of your project.

A slight hijack here (sorry). I had read quite a while ago that the last CB77's had a plastic fork lock cover. Any confirmation on that? Pictures? Thanks, Chase

[G-Man]

Chase

No problem. I've seen them on CB175s and the like and they are, dimensionally, the same part.

Not seen one on a CB77, though.

G

Seadog

Thank you for the kind offer. As with pretty much everything on this bike - the fork lock cover is unique. There is no cover flap and no hole for the pivot. I have one that I can modify but I think the shape is a little different, too.

G

I might have a complete chrome fork lock cover if you're interested. It probably would need to be rechromed to look as good as the rest of your project.

A slight hijack here (sorry). I had read quite a while ago that the last CB77's had a plastic fork lock cover. Any confirmation on that? Pictures? Thanks, Chase

[G-Man]

I had an interesting conversation with Tim Miller about footpeg rubbers. My bike came with rubbers which looked a bit like CB92 parts and the early parts manual seems to bear this out, although the sketches are a little unclear.



I picked up some NOS rubbers on eBay last year and they look a lot more like the originals than the ones I bought from Clauss Studios.



The Clauss version looks too skinny for rider pegs and you get this nice logo on my NOS ones. I think I will use the CB92-style ones on the front and the Clauss Studios ones on the rear pegs.




G