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Post by maaseyracer » Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:51 pm

jensey wrote:Hi,

Is it a 10mm head ?, what's the engine number ?

Jensen
Yes it is a 10mm head. Engine number is 1107XX.
1961 CB72
1961 CB77
1962 CB77

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Post by jensey » Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:21 pm

Hi,

You're a lucky guy, you won't find a 10mm head CB77 often.
I only saw one, ever. Got it from a friend and gave it away to someone who really needed it for his resto.

Jensen
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Post by G-Man » Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:48 pm

Do the CB72/77 10mm heads have iron skulls or are they like the Dream heads with just valve seats?

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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Post by maaseyracer » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:25 pm

jensey wrote:Hi,

You're a lucky guy, you won't find a 10mm head CB77 often.
I only saw one, ever. Got it from a friend and gave it away to someone who really needed it for his resto.

Jensen
Don't most 1961 CB77/CB72s have 10mm spark plugs? I have had two cb72s with 10mm spark plugs and a very early CL72 that had them.

Here is a photo of the head notice the large advancer in the center of the cam? The combustion chamber looks like a standard CB77 combustion chamber.

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1961 CB72
1961 CB77
1962 CB77

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Post by G-Man » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:10 pm

Interesting. My 1960 250 and 305 Dream engines just use conventional valve seats in an aluminium head.

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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 jensey » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:39 pm

Hi,

CB72 10 mm heads are more available, because the CB72 was more available in 1961, there weren't much CB77'around in 1961. Like I said, I only saw one CB77 10 mm head. I have more then 20 heads CB72/77 heads all 12 mm.

Jensen
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Post by alan curtis » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:29 am

mine too has the 10mm head,1962 cb77

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