'64 CA77 "reconstruction"

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:22 pm

Thanks! Appreciate it!

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:09 pm

Any thoughts about selling it??

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:23 pm

casamere wrote:Any thoughts about selling it??

My son asked me that yesterday.

Not really. I like it, and it's the best and most original of any of my old bikes.

It's probably worth more to me than I could get for it anyway.

It could help fund my CB92 project though...(don't have one yet)

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 9:43 am

Got the side cover, frame, and front of the fender that I painted polished-out -

Trying to match the original finish, so it can't be perfect. Ended-up with about the right texture and gloss-level, and doesn't stand-out as repainted. The original paint is a bit inconsistent, but polishes-up surprisingly well, there's just not much of it on there so you need to be gentle.

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:12 pm

This should be one of the best original 77s on the planet.

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:01 pm

Thanks casamere. If I keep the original seat cover I think I'm going to call it 90% original.

Found this in a box of parts I was going through -

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:16 pm

Worked on the right side engine covers, trying to get them back to an original finish. Some idiot (me) blasted the points cover back in the day...

I stayed a bit on the brushed/light polished side instead of going full-on mirror polish. Anyone have an opinion on that? It's easy to go more polished, but not as easy to go back.