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1961 CB72 Project

Want to keep a Restoration Log? Post it here! You can include photos. Suggested format: One Restoration per Thread; then keep adding your updates to the same thread...
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sarals
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Post by sarals » Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:55 pm

That's looking very, very good, Graham! You're making some great progress.
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Post by G-Man » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:28 am

Sara

Thanks! Back on my travels at the end of the month so progress will dry up somewhat.

Look what arrived in the post from Waveblaster - Thanks!

ImageValley Cover.jpg by graham.curtis, on Flickr


A little bit of tin-bashing to do but a really nice part.


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Post by Waveblaster » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:57 am

Happy to see it go to a good home.

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Post by sarals » Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:19 pm

Waveblaster wrote:Happy to see it go to a good home.

Greg
Way to go, Greg! None better than Graham.
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Post by Superchicken » Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:52 pm

Yes this thread will be very interesting, for sure

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Post by G-Man » Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:59 pm

More detail

This is a front fender that I bought for another project from Alan Curtis who is also restoring a 1961 CB72. I took a look at it today and see that it has just one rivet at the edge of the bracket just like the aluminium part I was looking for. I suppose that Honda kept the brackets the same when they moved to a steel fender but I wonder when the change to two rivets was made?

Imagefront fender by graham.curtis, on Flickr


This is a nice Japanese '61 CB72 restoration with the 'single rivet' fender.

http://www.ted-spl.com/works/works_imag ... 21209.html


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'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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Post by sarals » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:59 pm

Wow. Ted's Special is spectacular.

I see all sorts of little differences between that early CB72 and a later CB77, like mine.
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