1961 CB72 Project
Back i n the 80's I'd stop at HONDA dealers and ask to shop their parts shelves.
Most times they let me. My usual cost would be $700.00+-. They had new money and I had a lot of parts. .....................lm
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I didn't have enough money to do that in the 1980s but I wish I had...... 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
I was retired and working at the same time so would save up then when I went to adifferent town, MIDLAND, TEXAS for instance I could buy.
That was the town the dealer had removed ALL parts previous to 1985 and stored them seperate from the later year parts. Sure made it easy for me to find the parts I wanted. .......................lm
Well, it was time today to start one of the nastiest jobs on this project. Something I have been putting off fro several years (is it really that long?) now. The horrible, badly-covered seat's time had come.
 First job was to drill out th epop-rivets that were holding the front of the cover to the base. After that it was time to pull off all of those rusty little clips. Taking care not to 'ping' one into my eye, I worked steadily around the seat pulling each one off. Notice the screws that the last helpful seat restorer had drilled straight through the chrome trim in order to hold it in place.  I had a go at trying to undo the rusty little bolts but they were having none of it. The trusty Proxxon mini grinder came to the rescue and took the head off each screw. I think that the trim is fit only for the trash but you never know....  The foam was pretty well stuck to the seat but eventually came away. It was a mix of the red foam and some off-white stuff filling the gaps. Apart from rust flakes all over the underside but it looked in quite decent shape, but I already have a replacement foam to go on this base. The seat pan looks as horrible as it ever did but I cannot see any cracks or unfixable holes.  Despite the talk of 'short' and 'long' seats the generic CB72 foam that I bought looks like a really good fit. It may be a little 'plump' but that can easily be fixed.  I have to go on my travels for a couple of days so I have taken the easy way out with the seat base. I have dunked it in a bucket of oxalic acid solution to let chemistry take care of the rust while I'm away. We'll see how that 'pans' out..... :-)  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 Seadog
HaHa!- yes, but no chance of getting one until I get back on Tuesday! I don't want to trust it to the blaster's as I may end up with a set of lace curtains. I will have to find another tang strip to attach to the edge as the original one has rotted away. 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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