1962 Superhawk Restoration: Here I go
Re: geezer???? Haven't geezed in a while myself... and congratulations Scott, knew you'd get there eventually! Hopefully others more knowlegeable than I can help you get through your last minute glitches... --Lee '62 CB77. "It's a rider."
What are those mufflers you have on there?
As far as breaking the engine in, I'd just ride it. Now, I wouldn't exactly be redlining it from every stoplight, but just varying your rpm's and riding situations, I think you'll be fine. Babying it may not necessarily be the best thing for it, but I wouldn't be wringing its neck either (in other words, I think that taking it on the highway for short periods of time would be okay). Change the oil and clean the filter after about 400 miles, and you should be fine. If someone out there has better advice, please let us know, as this is simply my experience and was the advice of my mechanics at the time my engine was rebuilt. I have almost 11,000 miles on my rebuild, and rode it basically like I've explained above, and have had no problems whatsoever. Of course, NOW I wring its neck!
Scott, it looks and sounds really sweet; congratulations!
If Foreign Speedos are expensive also, drop an email to London Instruments peter.bond1@ntlworld.com, +44 208 289 9031. Spargett,
FYI I just got my speedo/tach back from Foreign Speedo who did a rebuild on both. They charged me $80 for the speedo and $75 for the tach plus $22.50 for a "frame recondition". With shipping the total was $185.29 to Knoxville. The unit works great so far; I'm pleased. 63 CB77
04 Silverwing Scott
The crazy speedo and tack will just be a little bit of friction inside the speedo input shaft or on one of the other shafts inside. If you're feeling brave (and are sure the cables are OK - take the inners out and grease all along), you can prize off the chrome bezel with successively larger screwdrivers (take your time) then the innards will be revealed. There are very few bearings in there. A clean and a little bit of fine oil in the right places will work wonders. I'll put some pics on my flickr site but I'm on a very slow connection in a hotel at the moment and anything other than text is impossible. Cheers G '60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160 '66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77 '67 S90 '77 CB400F Scott
Take a look at the speedo pictures on my CL77 restoration set. No harder than the work you've put in on the rest of the bike. I'm going to make a replica speedo (using a CB77 unit) for my CB160 which did not come with a tacho but I am going to convert it by making a new dial and (perhaps) reversing the speedo rotation. Cheers G '60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160 '66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77 '67 S90 '77 CB400F
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