New Bike '65

[drab]

Hello,

I've been following the forum for a while and have recently just became the proud owner of a 65 Superhawk. Its in decent running shape, and cosmetically its holding its own - though there is obviously some improvement that can be done.

Engine: CB77E-1000884
Frame: CB77-10000880

Its pretty much my daily rider - which I know with a bike this age is a bit of a risk. But its not a far commute, and the LA weather isn't that hard on me or the machine.

I have attached some pics...



photo(4) by Dr125, on Flickr


photo(5) by Dr125, on Flickr


photo(3) by Dr125, on Flickr


photo(1) by Dr125, on Flickr


For the most part things are running smoothly, though my only issue at the moment is a popping on the left exhaust during deceleration. I have found several posts that address this and it seems to be several issues...exhaust leak, carb tuning, plug caps, points timing. My only worry is that the left exhaust (the popping side), has slightly wet soot in the pipe, and when I pulled the plug it had a lot of slightly moist carbon build up...

Look forward to sharing the repair, maintenance, and drives with everyone...

dr

[LOUD MOUSE]

Frame number?. ....................lm

Hello,

I've been following the forum for a while and have recently just became the proud owner of a 65 Superhawk. Its in decent running shape, and cosmetically its holding its own - though there is obviously some improvement that can be done.

Engine: CB77E-1000884
Frame: CB77-10000880

Its pretty much my daily rider - which I know with a bike this age is a bit of a risk. But its not a far commute, and the LA weather isn't that hard on me or the machine.

I have attached some pics...

[drab]

Typo: extra "0"

Frame: 1000880

dr

[LOUD MOUSE]

Got YA!!. ..........:-). ...........lm

Typo: extra "0"

Frame: 1000880

dr

[lifewithoutparole]

Your bike looks great and is really clean. While I don't ride my CL77 or S90 daily, I ride them most every weekend. I know some people have restored their bikes to better than new and worry about dinging them , but they are after all meant to be ridden. I think there is a Superhawk in my future sometime as they are beautiful bikes. be careful out there! Tim

[FIREMEDIC]

Well, to me your bike is quite well-preserved and restored. I think you are underestimating its condition. I bet most on the Superhawk site would be glad to get something like that where little work needs to be done. Are you willing to share with us what you paid? I thought I got a good find on my non-runner, but fairly complete bike, until I saw yours!

[drab]

The bike was not too cheap..but not too bad....I guess we could leave it at that. Far cheaper than anything new..but a little more than a non-runner. The pictures are pretty flattering...the light kind of blurs out some of the areas that need work. But all in all...pretty happy.

Let me know how yours goes.