1961 CB72 First breath after coma

prima5star · Post by **prima5star** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:31 pm

When the guy described it to me before I saw it I though 'yuck', but when I saw it I was really impressed by the color. The color was copied from a late 60's MGBGT. I'm afraid it has been this color longer than any other color, so this is the color it will stay as long as I have it! I have found remnants of blue in the headlight and red on the gas tank, so I'm not sure what color it was when it was new.

Dogsbd · Post by **Dogsbd** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:54 pm

You know I was thinking, and almost wrote above, MG when I saw that color. It is really nice, and I'm not a big fan of green either but that is a great shade of green.

prima5star · Post by **prima5star** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:25 pm

OK, so this will be a little irritating to some but if you can believe it, I forgot to cancel my ad on Craigslist and two days after I bought this bike I got an email form a guy with a completely disassembled 63 or 64 CB77 with a bunch of extra parts for $ (use your imagination, then multiply the amount you imagined by a scaling factor that turns out an equivalent amount of money in 1975.) My Tacoma was filled with parts! He called me two days later- seems he found three clutch side engine covers- one early one without 'HONDA' script, and five brake plates with shoes and linkages. Thanks.

Anyway, back to the original plot, I now have tons of spares for the CB72 project, trade fodder for stuff I need and a project to follow this one.

CB72 progress? Well... I started packing my stuff to move my shop space this weekend, and decided I'm going to go for Cheng Shin tires.

kustommusic · Post by **kustommusic** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:56 pm

Matt, You've hit the motherload!!

Shad · Post by **Shad** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:47 pm

I have a 1963 CB72 that I am really close to finishing. It is mostly original and all white. It is an original white even the fenders. I decided not to paint for this reason.

prima5star · Post by **prima5star** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:04 pm

Shad,

I'd love to see some pictures of it. Feel free to post them on this thread if you want. I should be getting back to work on mine in a few days...

gltrench · Post by **gltrench** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:51 pm

I'm going to have to stop checking this post...my eyes are turning as green as that bike......
-Gabe