An acquisition, at last!
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Thanks for the kind words, Paul -- everybody, in fact. I'm in the process of tarting up the 'front end' (steered element) that had been painted 13 years ago and wasn't great in the first place. So, Deep Black (Duplicolour) and possibly a Dup. clear-coat, which I'm testing on my spare headlamp.
I'll pic it later this week.
I'll pic it later this week.
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e3steve wrote:Thanks for the kind words, Paul -- everybody, in fact. I'm in the process of tarting up the 'front end' (steered element) that had been painted 13 years ago and wasn't great in the first place. So, Deep Black (Duplicolour) and possibly a Dup. clear-coat, which I'm testing on my spare headlamp.
I'll pic it later this week.
Good stuff Steve. I'll be looking forward to seeing those pictures. Good luck, Paul
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1965 C78 305 Dream
1966 C100 Cub
1966 C200 90 Touring
1969 Z50AK1
1972 C70 Cub
1972 CT70 K1
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It's been a while since....
...I posted within this thread, so here's an update:
Replacement hubs are polished, lacquered and the drums have been skimmed to 'true' them; ready for wheel building with the Union Cycle rims and new cad-plated spokes.
I bought a tank to work on a couple of years ago -- nothing wrong with mine, crazed paintwork aside; I just want to be able to continue riding whilst renovating -- and I stripped the metallic paint (over the top of the original blue) only to find two areas bogged with pudding. They'll need to be made good before going any further.
I also have a replacement swingarm, NOS from Japan but starting to rust a bit from 40+ years' storage, undergoing prep -- once again, nothing wrong with mine other than a PO had tack-welded a makeshift chainguard bracket in place...... the wrong place, and only one screw tag! Then he/she went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have it, along with the entire frame, powder-coated.
One thing has bubbled to the surface during the past week of paint-stripping and rubbing-down: the really shoddy factory-applied paint process; no primer -- it's colour straight onto bare metal! The tank sides, under the chrome panels, are original and untouched; the swingarm is genuinely NOS with no sign of a wheel ever having been installed and with the paint still intact within the threads, but the application of the original paint is the same: straight onto bare metal with no primer.
I decided that a full resto was going to render the bike too precious (or, moreover, make me too precious over it!) so it's more of a refresh with restorative overtones along with improvements. Because of its mish-mosh assembly (the '61 'old style' CB72 frame) and the fact that I like to actually ride it regularly, a 'refresh' makes more sense. So that's what I'll call it.....It'll never be 'show' or concours;
The story so far -- The Good:
Still not had the time to drop the motor, so the little-ends' rattling is getting progressively worse. And she still drops oil like a bloody Triumph!
All good fun, though!
*I always intended to 'rear-set' the rider pegs but, after trying that position for a spell I found it was grossly uncomfortable; I've since ditched the extended, makeshift shifter linkage that I fabricated as a tryout.
EDITS: adding to the list of changes as I remember things that I've done; my memory isn't what it once was.....
Replacement hubs are polished, lacquered and the drums have been skimmed to 'true' them; ready for wheel building with the Union Cycle rims and new cad-plated spokes.
I bought a tank to work on a couple of years ago -- nothing wrong with mine, crazed paintwork aside; I just want to be able to continue riding whilst renovating -- and I stripped the metallic paint (over the top of the original blue) only to find two areas bogged with pudding. They'll need to be made good before going any further.
I also have a replacement swingarm, NOS from Japan but starting to rust a bit from 40+ years' storage, undergoing prep -- once again, nothing wrong with mine other than a PO had tack-welded a makeshift chainguard bracket in place...... the wrong place, and only one screw tag! Then he/she went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have it, along with the entire frame, powder-coated.
One thing has bubbled to the surface during the past week of paint-stripping and rubbing-down: the really shoddy factory-applied paint process; no primer -- it's colour straight onto bare metal! The tank sides, under the chrome panels, are original and untouched; the swingarm is genuinely NOS with no sign of a wheel ever having been installed and with the paint still intact within the threads, but the application of the original paint is the same: straight onto bare metal with no primer.
I decided that a full resto was going to render the bike too precious (or, moreover, make me too precious over it!) so it's more of a refresh with restorative overtones along with improvements. Because of its mish-mosh assembly (the '61 'old style' CB72 frame) and the fact that I like to actually ride it regularly, a 'refresh' makes more sense. So that's what I'll call it.....It'll never be 'show' or concours;
The story so far -- The Good:
- Fenders & side covers replaced with a 'set' that had been beautifully finished in 2-pack silver, albeit not correct to be that glossy
New licence plate bracket, correctly painted in silver, and NOS Stanley taillight fitted
Taillight rewired with correctly-coloured wiring (tinned) and ground wire added to offset cathodic reaction at the mountings
Rear winkers refitted with some nice alu brackets, found by chance with a pair of (unsuitable) folding rear pegs; correctly-coloured, tinned ground wires installed
AGM battery from MotoBatteries fitted
New, AM seat fitted (after fabricating aft-mounting extensions) from eBay's vintage_001 (as were the rims & spokes) -- much more comfortable than the old-and-badly-re-covered seat!
New, AM sidestand fitted (after having the mounting element cold-worked to acquire the correct 'stowed' angle!)
Nice, chrome side handle won on eBay and fitted; I also drilled & tapped an M6 locating screw through the inner clamp and into the frame to stop the handle rotating on lifting.
Silencers (ok, mufflers) refitted using s/s packing washers as shims to correct their positioning and to negate the need to flex them against their wills; as a result running vibration has been drastically reduced
NOS footpeg brackets and pillion pegs; nice, chromed r/h rider peg (thanks Ken!)
NOS shifter pedal; re-chromed linkage components & s/s clevis pins*
New, chromed AM pedal fulcrum shoulder-bolts from Thailand
All externally-accessible motor threadings fitted with s/s Recoil inserts
Horrible, round mirrors (flat glass!) replaced with NOS correct items
Entire front end (steered element) stripped and repainted. Bottom yoke replaced to enable the use of the steering lock. All fasteners replaced with stainless steel
Front winkers refitted as those of a factory CP77 would have been; correctly-coloured, tinned ground wires installed
New, AM handlebar. NOS perches, levers and switchgear
All control cables new
NOS(!) instrument cluster
H4 'Candlepower' 35/35W halogen headlight
Still not had the time to drop the motor, so the little-ends' rattling is getting progressively worse. And she still drops oil like a bloody Triumph!
All good fun, though!
*I always intended to 'rear-set' the rider pegs but, after trying that position for a spell I found it was grossly uncomfortable; I've since ditched the extended, makeshift shifter linkage that I fabricated as a tryout.
EDITS: adding to the list of changes as I remember things that I've done; my memory isn't what it once was.....
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