First bike and first restore project. 64? CB77 Superhawk

[nmackey]

Let me know what ya think guys. I didnt want to put anything into it until i knew it ran. Piston rings were replaced and it was fired up for the first time last week. it sounds beautiful. let me know what ya think guys. It has 16400 miles. I still have a lot of work . looks like a good winter project.

[Jethro]

Looks pretty good. Do you know what year? Looks like it could be a later model?

[nmackey]

I think its a 64 but im still not clear with numbering. Type II points .frame # starts 1001 and engine # starts 1005. I may be wrong.

An acquaintance had it in a warehouse shop that parted out bikes and gave it to me as in the picture about 4 years ago. I was going through a bad time with my now ex wife and knew it would probably be a good source of therepy further down the road. boy was I right. Its mostly complete, but it was basically being scavenged for nuts and bolts from other guys at the shop that needed parts for their projects. Its missing alot of wierd stuff like brake torsion bar bolt and all the brake linkage nuts and bolts along with the seat and all the mounting hardware for the seat, pegs, mufflers, 1 rear shock and a bunch of misc. parts. Now that it runs, its home and getting ready to be cleaned up, frame repainted, engine and metals polished and put back together. Im making a list of all parts that need replaced and will be searching for everything over the winter. Im going to keep it mainly stock and try improving the charging system and looking for LED alternatives for lights and such. Not an engine guy so that will come next year when i have it ready to go. It sounds pretty good though. I also have an old honda dream that runs but it needs a fuul blown restore. Sorry for the rambling. Any info you might have would help.

[nmackey]

finally getting down to the frame. swingarm and forks are going to be new to me. Any info on removing the swingarm would be helpful. I cant get it to budge and i dont want to smash the nipple on the end of the nut side. Not sure of the best way to do this.

[mtl305]

if you figure out how to get the swingarm off pass the message along to me. i am in the same situation. the bolt turns but only with a 24" breaker bar.. and with a lot of force... but it ain't comin out.

[nmackey]

mine isnt quite that bad. It turns with my socket set but it just wont come out. I did tap on it a bit and it came out about a qusrter to half inch. i have a feeling ill need to use a clamp vise to push and find a way to pull it out. Its the only way i can think of. I tried searching posts , but to no avail.

[advmaxx]

According to your frame #, if it has 7 digits the frame is 1965 or later. The fact that your bike has the newer fork lowers would support this, if the fork assembly is original to the bike.

Most of the fastening hardware can be purchased new. If you're gonna get real picky about the resto you could sand off the markings on the new hardware, have it replated so it looks like the old stuff. When I did my '64, I planned on riding it a lot, so I changed over all the fasteners to stainless steel.

The swingarm pivot bolt is probably glued in there with old grease. I'd suggest using a heat gun to loosen it up a bit. Patience will help a lot with this project and this bike in general.

Have fun!