Sarals, you mentioned having problems with the rubber piece in the fuel petcock - I had the same problem with the after-market piece swelling!
What did you use in the end?
Adventures on the Old Girl, and with the Old Girl
I replaced it with one from another vendor, classichondarestoration.com. It was made of a different material than the first replacement, and it has given me no trouble. 1965 CB77 305 Super Hawk
1989 NT650 Hawk GT 1981 Yamaha XJ550 Seca
Hi sarals... do you recall which vendor the first rubber piece was from? I need to do a couple of rebuilds. I have one kit already but need to verify the source! Thanks! _________________
1966 CP77 305 Super Hawk Burlington, Ontario Canada
You're welcome!! Sorry I was late answering. I thought I had ordered it from here: http://www.olypen.com/retro/ It's been a while, I've forgotten, and I can't find the receipts. The replacements I used were NOS Honda parts that I got from here: http://www.classichondarestoration.com/
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1965 CB77 305 Super Hawk
1989 NT650 Hawk GT 1981 Yamaha XJ550 Seca
Here is another source for a Viton petcock seal: http://randakks.com/collections/honda-g ... master-kit .
'65 YG1
'65 CB160 '66 CL160 '66 CL77 '78 XS650 '79 GL1000 '69 T100R '68 TR6 '69 T120 '72 750 Commando my company car is a Kenworth
I took a brief ride on the Old Girl yesterday afternoon. She needed to be started, and after I did that, I thought - why not, take her out for a short ride.
She runs nicely, but... The clutch slips on shifts - shift up, let the clutch go, and slipperoo. Backing off the throttle reengages it. What's causing it? I'm not sure, but I think it might be the (original) cable, and the clutch lifter mechanism probably needs to be (re)lubed. I hope. The shifter is just so loose! The splines are worn on the shifter "claw" (the thingie that clamps to the shift shaft). I've thought about opening the slot in it up slightly so the bolt can draw it tighter, and I should give that a try. I do have my eyes open for a less worn one, though. The speedo needle STILL bounces all over creation. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and send the cluster out for a rebuild. Someday. I'm not convinced she's charging properly. The battery seems to run down over time, and if I use the lights, all bets are off. My hunch is the rotor needs to be remagnetized, but I'll be damned if I can find anyone who can do that. I found another photo of the bike from Back In The Day. I'll have to scan it and upload it - it's kinda cool! 1965 CB77 305 Super Hawk
1989 NT650 Hawk GT 1981 Yamaha XJ550 Seca Sara
Great to hear of your exploits. There has been some discussion here on modern reg / rectifiers draining batteries. As for the rotor magnetism, I did a little trade (some monitoring hardware / knowledge) with my friend who runs a company making magnets. He gave me a tutorial on re-magnetising rotors and gave me a little gadget for testing polarity of the the magnets in the rotor to make sure I don't screw up. It's on the to-do list but I took him a Honda stator and rotor and he pointed me in the right direction. He says it should be possible to re-magnetise the rotor using just a power supply and the Honda stator, if you get the Norths and Souths lined up properly. More on that in my resto-log when I get around to it. 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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