Hello All! This is my first post so be gentle! I just bought a 1964 Black Superhawk with Chrome Fenders and side covers... I hear this is the "Chrome" SuperHawk. This is my first venture into SuperHawks and the bike seems superb. Excellent un-restored condition.
I would love any info on this year but I'm going to begin by tackling one issue at a time. Firstly, the seat on the bike is definitely aftermarket and not correct. I have no idea what seat SHOULD go on this year.
I'm guessing Black, Strap, no buckles, with Chrome trim piece, Bronze HONDA logo? Does this sound right?
Frame No is 103619, Motor No is CB77E 103232
Thanks for any advice!
I will attempt to upload a picture.
Correct Seat for 1964 Chrome Superhawk
Re: Correct Seat for 1964 Chrome SuperhawkThis is NOT the Chrome Bike but a lot of parts have been chromed. We did lots of that yearsa back. .............lm
Chrome Super HawkWere there production 'chrome' 72 and 77's ? It sounds more like a dealer or importer mod to shift bikes before a new model. They did something similar in the UK selling 'Red Dragon' Honda CB450s the original 4 speed Black Bombers but painted Red!
Interesting. Well, now that I have it in my garage and have gone over it I realize I probably paid too much for a bike that really isn't complete! But what they hey... it runs great and I all the neighbors are jealous!
It's missing much now that I have the parts manual. Rear Mudflap $70 Chainguard $130 KICKSTARTER - it looks like the engine case where the kickstarter SHOULD be is mangled... can't believe I missed that one. $500 Should probably replace the chrome fenders and side covers with silver - $300 Seat $120 Original Hand Grips... $30 Oh well, caveat emptor! $3000 LOL.... I crack myself up... Couple of things.
The chrome side panels (silver grey), mudguards (silver grey) and headlamp shell (black), you could maybe sell or swap them to get unchromed ones or I'm sure a paint shop could key the chrome and paint over it if you need the bike to be as concours as possible. The kick start, the mechanism runs in a bush in the side cover, once you have the mechanism, you can get an engineering shop to make a bush and press it in. If the side cover is split or damaged they can be alloy welded, don't know how expensive this is but I've seen it done. You could leave off the kick start all together just put a black rubber bung in the hole! The electric starter motors, solenoids and roller clutches are rebuildable, often they only need a damn good clean and as long as the bike is kept tuned, the battery charged up and wiring and connectors checked, for easy starting, it shouldn't be a problem.
Nice looking bike!Whether you bring the bike back to its stock look or not - what you have there looks great! A lot of guys would love the chrome side covers and the later models did have chrome fenders so don't worry yourself too much. You used to be able to get the rear mud flap from Ohio Cycle (a reproduction anyway).
I've had a couple bikes that had bad kick start gears - ratchets. It's been a long time so I can't remember exactly what part but I had to split the cases to replace it. Sometimes the spring return gets damaged - that's in the cover so it's not as hard to replace. Some of the 305 gurus can chime in on exactly what you need here.
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