1966 CA78 Dream Restoration

byrdman76 · Post by **byrdman76** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:50 pm

Sounds like you guys are wrapped up in pre 70's Hondas out there. We typically only see a few... The weather out there probably has allot to do with that as it seems to preserve them better. That's great that your still able to sell bikes during this time of the year - I'll have to wait until spring but the plan it to unload at least two by the end of April. Whats the deal with the small hub CL77? I have never heard of one coming with smaller hubs.

Byrd

davomoto · Post by **davomoto** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:31 pm

65, the first year of the CL77. 305 engine, in a CL72 chasis is my understanding. 66 they went to the aluminum forks, larger dual leading shoe brakes etc. Makes the small hubs rarer.

byrdman76 · Post by **byrdman76** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:58 pm

Well its pretty much finished. The rear tire paint didn't hold up so I'll have to touch it up with some paint. The front held up pretty well. Over all I would never do it again. Its just too much time and labor to have it look like crap after one ride. I guess you'll never know unless you try it at least once. Stick with the firestones.

Other than that I'm really happy with the outcome and even better the bike runs and rides great.

Gun · Post by **Gun** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:54 pm

looks fantastic. thanks for being the Guinea pig on that white wall paint. front tire looks rad.

byrdman76 · Post by **byrdman76** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:50 pm

Gun wrote:looks fantastic. thanks for being the Guinea pig on that white wall paint. front tire looks rad.

Thanks for the props man - I wish it would have worked out on the tires. I prepped the heck out of them including scrubbing them with purple stuff three times. Then sanding them with 100 grit emery cloth, cleaning with paint prep and then applied three very thin coats with a roller allowing 24hrs between each coat. In my opinion this stuff just doesn't work. Would it have been different if I would have inflated them first? Maybe... But I can guarantee you that I wont be the one to prove it!

Brandonrre · Post by **Brandonrre** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:13 pm

Hey Brydman, the bike looks great. I wanted to ask you, what did you do to the engine to get it so clean? Did you blast it?

Gun · Post by **Gun** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:53 pm

just an fyi, i used this on inflated tires on my vulcan 800, my buddies, vulcan 800 classic, and our other lady friends 86 rebel 450.
we figured we'd put it to a thorough test, and and 1 ride later, it's working out. course, there is snow everywhere right now, so may be a while before we can get you more info on that.

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