What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:52 am

Ouch! That was a nasty end to a great day out. Glad to see he is OK. The car looks fixable.

G

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:22 pm

G-Man wrote:Ouch! That was a nasty end to a great day out. Glad to see he is OK. The car looks fixable.

G

Jon told me the frame is bent, that right front wheel is pushed way back. He's pretty sure it's totalled. Very sad, it was a beautiful car. He was bringing it along in the same time frame I was resurrecting my SuperHawk.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:28 pm

What man has made, man can make again......

G

sarals wrote:
G-Man wrote:Ouch! That was a nasty end to a great day out. Glad to see he is OK. The car looks fixable.

G
Jon told me the frame is bent, that right front wheel is pushed way back. He's pretty sure it's totalled. Very sad, it was a beautiful car. He was bringing it along in the same time frame I was resurrecting my SuperHawk.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:03 pm

You've proven that a few times, Graham! :)

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:00 am

Vince Lupo got me all inspired day before yesterday with a post he made on Facebook. I've talked about it over on the "electrical" thread. I'd like to upgrade the charging system on the Old Girl so I can trust her/ride her more. Vince mentioned that the Mike's 99-101 stator for the CB350/360 looked very similar to the 99-102 (which he has), and he was curious if it would work in the CB77. The 99-102 isn't available, and Mike's doesn't restore the CB77 stator (boo). So I asked on that thread, and basically got nowhere - so far. I will not spend $224 for an experiment unless I'm assured of a positive outcome!

I rode the Red Hawk (NT650) earlier in the week, and that poor thing needs help. It is a California model, with all of the smog plumbing and associated hoo-rahs, and it carburates very poorly at partial throttle and off idle. Stumbling, hesitating, cold natured, and back firing. It just took the joy out of riding it. I really have to address that - pull that smog stuff off of it and rebuild/clean those carburetors.

The Old Girl runs well, I just don't trust her charging (!) system. Oh, there is a clunking noise coming from the front wheel (I think, it's hard to pin point), and I do need to get to the bottom of that, too.

I want to ride!

I just need the time to give both bikes the TLC they need and deserve.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:07 pm

It might be an idea to give Rick's Motorsport Electrics a call and talk with them about your (and I'm sure many others) situation. Maybe they have a solution -- I know that they did offer a stator rewinding service, but not sure if that would include CB77 stators. There must be a tech there who could help out!

https://ricksmotorsportelectrics.com/

Seadog · Post by **Seadog** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:48 pm

Racetechelectric.com claims to do custom stator rewinding.