another 1961 cb72

[kenny258]

G-Man
They tended to hang aroud a while in the early days as the cost nearly as much as a Triumph Bonneville. I think yours and mine were probably made on the same day and came over on the same boat.
I did some sanding around the head stock and revealed all 3 colours the eariest being blue.
here are some pics of what I have to work with

The bike as it was in about 1969

race bike by kennethstevenscb72, on Flickr

what I have to work with now

IMG_0504 by kennethstevenscb72, on Flickr

IMG_0503 by kennethstevenscb72, on Flickr

IMG_0500 by kennethstevenscb72, on Flickr

The race engine in road trim

IMG_0505 by kennethstevenscb72, on Flickr

Ken

[alan curtis]

ken.
do you have the single leading shoe or double at front, alloy front guard, centre wiring channel on the rear guard, alloy cover's on the rear shocks, does your swing arm have the extra hole for mounting rear foot rest further back, some of the parts are really hard to find, but they can be found.
Graham's post is really helpful in finding the right parts. keep posting pics it helps us all..since Graham has started doing his , its made want to get on with mine.
good luck..

[kenny258]

Alan
Since my bike went staight to track most of the original rare parts were removed. It had the correct swing arm originaly but was wrecked by me in a big crash at Brands. I have been searching for the rare bits, including the 10mm head as mine like Grahams was converted to 350. I missed a sls brake plate on ebay last week. As I understand it the rear guard can be moded to the early type.

Ken

[alan curtis]

Ken.
the SLS plate was mine that i sold last week, the rear guard i have done and its me who get get the channels, also done the seat as well. as it mounts are in a different place. have you got the correct hubs, i see you have the long brake arm, i may have the rear brake plate. getting the details right make all the difference..
alan

[G-Man]

Ken

Great pictures! You'll have to be patient but having your project here helps flush out those parts.

G

[kenny258]

Alan
Wish I'd posted earier, I have the correct hubs and rear brake plate, although that needs a chip welded up, and the rear torque arm needs straightening. My seat is a later one which will need to be modified to fit.
I'm strugling to understand Hondas assembly methods on the early bikes. last night I dug out my workshop manual, pubishing date 1960 which shows the bike they'r woking on fitted with a tls front brake and rear swing arm without the rearset mounts. It semms to me that bikes were assembled with whatever was to hand at the time.

Ken

[alan curtis]

Ken.
there is a cut of point on fitting the SLS brake, I can't remember the numbers , but on some of the posts on here gives you that, maybe Graham can tell you that, i have both for mine, which a few do as well. if you put my name in the search, you will see all of my posts, i think on page 3 is the rear mudguard , the seat is on there as well, i do have another set of brackets as i was going do do another seat, the front mount don't move, but drill through the spot welding and put a nut and bolt in, then tack weld the back of the nut to keep in place. you just need the rear bracket, bolted on to the frame and mark the where it seat on the seat's pan, then same as front drill through weld nut to the rear of pan.
Alan