Intro, and a little help

[mopower]

Hello,
I've just inherited (literally) a 1967 Honda CL77 that's in pretty good shape as far as I can tell. My father-in-law recently passed away and he was a bit of a pack-rat. I found this bike sitting under boxes of recyclable cardboard in a corner of his garage. It was last registered in 1973. It has some surface rust and the tires are rotted out, but everything else looks to be in great shape.

I have a clean title, the original manual, and an old newspaper clipping from the early 70s about buying late model motorcycles as an investment (I don't believe it was my father-in-laws intent to ever ride this thing). My biggest problem is I have no key! Being a pack-rat, we found several thousand keys in his house, but nothing for a Honda. From what I can tell, I'm going to need some sort of key before I can start further disassembly for cleanup, or to check what condition the motor's in.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to proceed? Should I try to get a locksmith out? Would I need to get a blank key first? Should I replace the entire tumbler assembly? If so, wouldn't I have to replace the assembly for the seat too?

Finally, I've got enough experience in cars - I restore 70s Mopars - but this will be my first whack at a motorcycle. The first thing I usually do with a car is get my hands on a factory service manual. Is there a market for that sort of thing with Honda bikes? If so, where? If not, what would you recommend?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mark

[LOUD MOUSE]

There are parts books and manuals on eBay all the time.
Did ya look in the tool box for the key?. ...........lm

Hello,
I've just inherited (literally) a 1967 Honda CL77 that's in pretty good shape as far as I can tell. My father-in-law recently passed away and he was a bit of a pack-rat. I found this bike sitting under boxes of recyclable cardboard in a corner of his garage. It was last registered in 1973. It has some surface rust and the tires are rotted out, but everything else looks to be in great shape.

I have a clean title, the original manual, and an old newspaper clipping from the early 70s about buying late model motorcycles as an investment (I don't believe it was my father-in-laws intent to ever ride this thing). My biggest problem is I have no key! Being a pack-rat, we found several thousand keys in his house, but nothing for a Honda. From what I can tell, I'm going to need some sort of key before I can start further disassembly for cleanup, or to check what condition the motor's in.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to proceed? Should I try to get a locksmith out? Would I need to get a blank key first? Should I replace the entire tumbler assembly? If so, wouldn't I have to replace the assembly for the seat too?

Finally, I've got enough experience in cars - I restore 70s Mopars - but this will be my first whack at a motorcycle. The first thing I usually do with a car is get my hands on a factory service manual. Is there a market for that sort of thing with Honda bikes? If so, where? If not, what would you recommend?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mark

[bill440cars]

Hey Mark,

Welcome, I'm sure you'll like it here. loud mouse and others, will steer you right. Also good to have another Mopar man here to. I never restored any but, years ago, I have had a 66' Charger (383/4sp/posi) 69' road runner coupe & a 74' Royal Monaco (ex-state police car w/ 440 interceptor) along with a few others. When I got married, she had a 69' road runner also and that was how we met.
They're all gone now. Only Mopars in my yard now are an 06' Grand Caravan SXT and a 94' Grand Voyager LE. Yeah, only have the old ones in my memory and that is starting to fade. Ha!Ha! Enjoy the forums.
Later on, Bill

[ggray]

There's a manual and ingnition swith on ebay right now.
Do a search in all categories for cl77
Gary

[mopower]

There are parts books and manuals on eBay all the time.
Did ya look in the tool box for the key?. ...........lm

I did. Nothing there. Thanks though. For what it's worth, the tumbler says it's an NA366 key type. If I can get a blank, a locksmith should be able to create a new key from that, no?

[ggray]

Oops, Sorry..............Manual is there though. I found it under a search for CB77.

Gary

[piecutter]

Is there a number stamped on the face of the switch? If so I have a lot of the old pre-cuts. And if I don't have it there are others who may.

Joe

(1965 Belvedere II coupe-1970 Challenger-1985 Laser XE (200k+miles!?!)-2001 Stratus coupe)