Hello all
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:35 pm
Hello all. Clayton here.., I'm new to this Forum and I thought I would do my first posting and tell you about my projects and the story behind the bikes and how I got them. Some years ago my cousins husband died and going through the attic of his garage we find these motorcycles I pull them down and find a 1965 cb77 all apart in boxes, my cousin gave me the boxes of parts and all related parts.. for the cb77 superhawk NO TITLE... this bike has been apart for the past 20 years... so I go to the secertary of state here in Michigan and I'm told by the people there, that I had to reassemble the bike and have it inspected to apply for a title.. SO for the past year I reassembled this cb77 superhawk.. I dare not to put to much money in this bike because when the bike gets inspected AND IF the VIN is hot, I loose the bike! MY secertary of state would not run the VIN, to tell me if it's hot or not.. geesh.. had to be done by the inspector after assembled! Myself I'm a mechanic for the past 30 years in the Chevy garage as a heavy mechanic.. so putting this bike back together was nothing... BUT I did need this forum for help in some of the tune up, and carb setups.. while I'm reassembling this bike my brother-in-law in Arkansas is up and he see this Bike and likes it, When he gets back to Arkansas he finds a 1965 cb77 from a friend and starts his own project more about his bike in a later posting, SO back to my bike.. while I'm building my bike I find a 2nd bike another 1965 cb77 superhawk, frame and engine, no triple tree, wheels or tank... so I got the first bike together, got the state police to come out and give me my inspection and I went to the secertary of state and applyed for a title... now I wait again I was told a state offical will come out and put a NEW vin tag on my bike and it will have 17 digits it will be a 2013 assembled bike.. I said what ever.. I just want title so it can be taged or sold if need be... I await... while I'm waiting I'm putting the 2nd bike together and after doing the first bike I have the inspectors phone number and had him to run the VIN on the 2nd bike BEFORE I assemble it. It also no title.. BUT I know it's clean before I put it together. I can do a nicer job from the get go.. Back to the first bike.. after I get the title I will dissamble the bike again and redo the paint and I want to work on the transmission it's a little sloppy.. I'm going to try to post the pic's here to share.. The 2nd bike I'm going to go away from stock color and use a custom paint instead and give it a name, something like "The Poormans Cruiser" or "The Simpleman's Bike" what do you think of the names? Do anyone have a better name? In closing you all must know I'm 60 years old.. I'll will never ride these bikes on the road myself.. I do ride the first bike around the yard a bit.. and I hope to sell these bike in a few years to a good home (I'll upload pic's when I get it figured out)
God Bless
Clayton
God Bless
Clayton
