In November last year I bought a tired looking but good running CB77. I've always wanted one and it's now a lovely classic. Anyway, I removed bits and had them sprayed or chromed and then went further than I meant to and had the alloy rims respoked (they look the dog's pods). Trying to lift the bike without assistance to get the front wheel in I managed to unbalance it and it dropped off the bike lift causing a fair bit of damage (it also scratched the tank on another bike). I disassembled it again but now with the problem of having to go to Malaysia to work in early January and I wanted to get the bits in to the shops again for repairs before I went so 9 months of nothing. I'm back now and am almost finished what has eneded up being a pretty major job. I've managed to lose two carefully labelled plastic bags with components and fasteners in and there are a couple of bits like silencers, chain guard and rear brake fixing rod that I can't fit so I'm stopped.
Is there a good Samaritan out there who has a CB77 complete and would allow me to look at the areas where I'm deficient and let me draw or photo to see how it has to be done. I live in Horsham UK and can travel a reasonable distance. Perhaps photos and e-mail would be OK for somebody if they aren't in the UK. The bike is great and I don't want to botch anything.
Many thanks in advance if anybody can help.
CB77 completionI'm sorry to hear of your troubles. If mine was complete I would be more than happy to take some pictures. Mine came with aftermarket "off-road" pipes on it and no chain guard due to huge sprocket.
Have you tried Google? Filter your search to large pictures, and you will find some detailed pics that may help. Best of luck! JJJake
My CB77 is completely in bits and wasn't assembled when I got it so, I'm afraid that I cannot help with pics. I'm sure that one or two of the UK forum members would be able to help but, if not, there are plenty of pics out there on the internet and on this site. Scott Pargett's restoration thread would be a great help to you, also. Are you going to the Stafford Classic Show next month? Well worth a trip and you can make contact with some VJMC members. Good Luck! Graham '60 C77 '60 C72 '62 C72 Dream '63 CL72
'61 CB72 '64 CB77 '65 CB160 '66 Matchless 350 '67 CL77 '67 S90 '77 CB400F It's a little unclear what your plan is, but if you just need to see what's missing, or how parts fit together, exploded part diagrams should help.
http://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb77-general ... partslist/ Rick Thanks for the help everybody. I have all of the exploded diagrams but whilst they show what parts are needed they adon't always show how. One problem area is that I have nowhere to fix the rear most bolt hole in the chain guard. I replaced the original shocks with Hagon units and my guess is that the OEM forks had a lug and bolt hole for the chain guard?. The torque arm which fixes the rear brake seems to fix to a forked bracket under the swing arm? It has an angle at one end. Is the end of the torque arm supposed to fit centrally is the forked bracket or to one side or the other? When I tighten the front axle the front wheeel stops turning, am I missing a spacer? These are the type of quandary that I have and seeing a complete bike would solve it immediately. I will try the renovation video that is rferenced above tooas I remember that being very good.
Hi,
I can provide High Resolution pictures of the bike if you tell me what to photograph. I will take the pictures from a non restored 100 % original (but rough) CB72. Please pm your direct email address since the pm mail doesn't allow images, (Please specify the items you want to be pictured other then above mentioned), Jensen assembly of Japanese motorcycles requires great peace of mind (Pirsig)
Thanks Jensen. My e-mail is masonmart@aol.com, I'll drop you a mail soon with the areas you could really help me on.
Could somebody provide me with a good link for the very good restoration that Mr Pargett did? Regards, MM
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