My 1965 Superhawk

[G-Man]

Not much :-)

G

Fresh chrome and paint.
Is there anything better?

[promking]

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Wow, it's been a long time since I've worked on my bike.

I've bought a home, and been working like a mad man.

However I had some free time on Monday, and the wife let me tinker in the garage.

I assembled both wheels, new brakes, and big adjustments.

Thank you LM! For the rear splash guard brackets I lost!

Last few things I want to try and find for the bike are some CYB parts, like a seat, and triple tee.

I'll be back this week with more updates.

[LOUD MOUSE]

Nice bike. .................lm

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Wow, it's been a long time since I've worked on my bike.

I've bought a home, and been working like a mad man.

However I had some free time on Monday, and the wife let me tinker in the garage.

I assembled both wheels, new brakes, and big adjustments.

Thank you LM! For the rear splash guard brackets I lost!

Last few things I want to try and find for the bike are some CYB parts, like a seat, and triple tee.

I'll be back this week with more updates.

[mark98]

Your question about the model year of your Super Hawk? My '65 Super Hawk (that I've owned since it was in the crate) has Vin CB771030683; that's about 2300 units difference. before yours and mine were built, they made approx. 25,000 more Super Hawk's before production ended in 1967. Everything about your machine indicates a late '65 (newer speedo, aluminum front fork sliders) except the exhaust system. For whatever reason, the exhaust was replaced by parts from latter years. As you can see, this newer unit did not a fit correctly and had to have the engine mounting hole elongated to allow the bolt to be inserted in this hole. I remember working on these machines when they were current models. Most of the time when the engine was removed for repair, these bolts were not replaced.

[Tim Allman]

Your question about the model year of your Super Hawk? My '65 Super Hawk (that I've owned since it was in the crate) has Vin CB771030683; that's about 2300 units difference. before yours and mine were built, they made approx. 25,000 more Super Hawk's before production ended in 1967. Everything about your machine indicates a late '65 (newer speedo, aluminum front fork sliders) except the exhaust system. For whatever reason, the exhaust was replaced by parts from latter years. As you can see, this newer unit did not a fit correctly and had to have the engine mounting hole elongated to allow the bolt to be inserted in this hole. I remember working on these machines when they were current models. Most of the time when the engine was removed for repair, these bolts were not replaced.

My bike (CB771042xxx) came with two part exhaust but when I tried to purchase replacement mufflers in the late 70s the two part systems had been superseded by one part systems so I bought them. They require the later hardware to attach them to the head because the older collars will not over the flanges on the headers. Otherwise they are a direct replacement.

BTW, very nice work on the bike and the P1800 brings back memories.

It's hard to know what you have because the welded joints on my pipes look different from yours. Perhaps the originals were replaced with aftermarket pipes or Honda made a change to their design.