1961 CB72 Project

elephant · Post by **elephant** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:37 pm

Just found your site this week. You do some great work! Today I split the cases on CB77E-24, l believe it has a couple of differences from yours. My heavy cam has also been replaced, cases were previously split.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:14 am

Good stuff. Don't forget to post some pics.

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G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 5:32 am

Got a few minutes to get the gears welded this morning. After a bit of tidying up they had a trial run in the case. The two gears line up nicely and ran freely, so that is a result.

Nice to have a good spline which matches the original.

These will go for zinc plating along with a bucket of other parts and I should be able to assemble my two early covers when the parts come back all bright and shiny...

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G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:02 pm

I got a call when I was out this afternoon that my latest batch zinc plating was ready. It's always good to see your tired old parts rejuvinated with a fresh shiny coat of zinc.

Here are the kickstart parts I was working on.

My new shaft is a good snug fit in the case.

And here are the long-awaited parts to finish off my refurbished cam-chain tensioners.

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Steverino · Post by **Steverino** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 9:30 am

Those look real nice. You're all set for several projects into the future. Or do you have bikes already waiting? As soon as I finish my CB77 I have the 79 CBX which I would like to take no more than 2 years then it's back to my CB160's. They have been very patient.
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G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:34 am

Steve

A few years ago, I thought I was taking early retirement, so I set myself the challenge of restoring several of these bikes as a batch. and amassed a few 'projects'.

The '61 CB72 is the exception now and will be completed first. However, when I get the chance, I just just go through my boxes and do parts for the complete inventory.....

When I've completed the project bikes there will be a pile of restored spares left over which I can release back into the 'pool'. :-)

That darned 'work' thing keeps getting in the way for the time being....

I do have a CB160 and a CL175K0 lurking in the restoration queue, too...... :-)

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alan curtis · Post by **alan curtis** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:40 pm

Graham, they looking great,do you acid clean your parts first before you send them, or do they do the lot.