Sol_Stew's CA78

[Sol_Stew]

First off, introductions.
I have always been a Honda guy.
Trail 70, 350 twins (and a mountain of parts), 750-4 rescued, NT650 Hawk, a string of N and Z600's, and more recently an Accord wagon was replaced by an Odyssey van.
My dad's CL72 is still in my mom's garage (I'll have to steal it away soon).

... And now this little gem has landed in my lap.
3500 miles on the clock and 100% complete. Sadly, it is 100% rusty. Decent compression, but missing the key at the moment, so I won't hear it for a while.
I'm currently accessing the site via my phone and getting a photo attached is proving a challenge.
It's black with a black seat. Tires are probably original (whitewall Nitto) but are holding air.
My plan is to get it running right and clean up as best I can. The corrosion scars in the chrome, paint, and aluminum will stay and add character to the bike. I'll do simple touch ups so it won't go downhill from where it is but a full on restoration is out of the question.
I'll enjoy getting it on the street and putting around town in the spring!

Incidentally, the left muffler is rotted through. I'm looking for repair or replacement options. Please let me know if anything is available!

[G-Man]

Sounds like a great project.

Can you read the engine number or frame number which is down below the left side swing arm pivot, stamped vertically.

Knowing the year can help us help you with parts and or details.

I use Flickr.com to host photographs.

Here is a rusty 'before' of one of my projects.....





G

First off, introductions.
I have always been a Honda guy.
Trail 70, 350 twins (and a mountain of parts), 750-4 rescued, NT650 Hawk, a string of N and Z600's, and more recently an Accord wagon was replaced by an Odyssey van.
My dad's CL72 is still in my mom's garage (I'll have to steal it away soon).

... And now this little gem has landed in my lap.
3500 miles on the clock and 100% complete. Sadly, it is 100% rusty. Decent compression, but missing the key at the moment, so I won't hear it for a while.
I'm currently accessing the site via my phone and getting a photo attached is proving a challenge.
It's black with a black seat. Tires are probably original (whitewall Nitto) but are holding air.
My plan is to get it running right and clean up as best I can. The corrosion scars in the chrome, paint, and aluminum will stay and add character to the bike. I'll do simple touch ups so it won't go downhill from where it is but a full on restoration is out of the question.
I'll enjoy getting it on the street and putting around town in the spring!

Incidentally, the left muffler is rotted through. I'm looking for repair or replacement options. Please let me know if anything is available!

[Sol_Stew]

Motor number CA77E-1018051
Frame number CA78-1017847
From what I have read, seems like it falls into 65-67 range, but closer than that is more challenging to discover.

I'll have to look into a flikr account or something like that.
This bike has significantly less rust than that one! Still enough to warrant the same amount of work, though.
Thanks!

[G-Man]

Yes - youre about right on the date. There is a white tag on the wiring harness under the tank which gives the date of manufacture of the harness.

Oxalic acid (wood bleach) is great for de-rusting and brightening chrome.

This is my CB72 project which appears in its own thread elsewhere on this forum.



It's still a work in progress as the 1961 bikes had some unique details. I'm getting closer though....




G

Motor number CA77E-1018051
Frame number CA78-1017847
From what I have read, seems like it falls into 65-67 range, but closer than that is more challenging to discover.

I'll have to look into a flikr account or something like that.
This bike has significantly less rust than that one! Still enough to warrant the same amount of work, though.
Thanks!

[Tim Allman]

I see that the CB72 foot pegs are of the rigid variety rather than the hinged ones that seem to be universal on the other side of the Atlantic (from your perspective). Somehow I have ended up with a NOS set of rigid pegs and have always wondered why this difference exists. Any ideas?

[LOUD MOUSE]

From what has come from JAPAN in the way of CB72/77 and CL72/77 bikes they all had this type of foot peg. ...............lm

I see that the CB72 foot pegs are of the rigid variety rather than the hinged ones that seem to be universal on the other side of the Atlantic (from your perspective). Somehow I have ended up with a NOS set of rigid pegs and have always wondered why this difference exists. Any ideas?

[G-Man]

As far as I know, all genuine UK bikes had solid pegs.

The folding pegs have an 810 code so wetre probably a legal requirement in the US.

Even then the passenger pegs were still solid on US bikes, I think.

G

I see that the CB72 foot pegs are of the rigid variety rather than the hinged ones that seem to be universal on the other side of the Atlantic (from your perspective). Somehow I have ended up with a NOS set of rigid pegs and have always wondered why this difference exists. Any ideas?