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Hello Vince, I may have just replied to your message in the wrong part of the forum ! Anyway , the Honton was built due to the fact I liked the handling of my Norton single featherbed framed bike , but the electrics were poor as was the performance of the engine, the lights were dismal and made ridi...

I'll second that -- from that one photo, the bike did look so right, and I'm glad to know that the melding of Japan and Britain into one machine wasn't such a crazy idea after all. Or was it??? Like you, I've had my fair share of heartache with chainguards -- I think I'm on my fourth -- and even th...

Hello G-man, I just cannot find any more photos of the Honton, I didn't take many as colour film and the processing was quite an expensive pastime in the ' good old days ' !!! I did have some taken in Scotland and the Isle of Man , but they appear to vanished into the dreaded black hole. I've just r...

Hi Vince This is a copy of an old photograph that appeared in this month's, The Classic MotorCycle Magazine. The bike was built 40 years ago by Neale Didcock using a CB72 engine converted to 5-speed. Neale covered 50,000 miles on the bike back in the 60s but it was wrecked by an errant car driver.....

Thanks a lot for the information , I did put some stainless washers on , but just thought I would try to get the genuine article .
All the best, Neale

Greetings all, Does anyone know a source of the CB77 front brake torque arm lock washers for the two retaining bolts ? I have tried a number of places without any luck , the common available type just look wrong , perhaps I 'm being a bit of an ' anorak '. All the best to you all, Cheers Neale[/code]

This is the method I use to try to slowdown the fast wear rate of the layshaft and gears; I drill a hole through the hollow dowel into the crankcase on the kickstart ratchet end of the shaft. Then I ' scoop ' out the crankcase to match up with the hole to provide a oil drain into the hollow dowel. T...