'64 CA77 "reconstruction"

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:25 am

casamere wrote:While we are on the subject of tires it was posted on here some months ago that 3.00x16 should not be fitted to the CA77. Well all I could get when I wanted a ribbed front was that size and it runs perfect. They are aftermarket rims so that could make the difference with the fitting but I have another to fit when this is worn out. The rear is 3.25x16 btw.

What brand of tires are they? I can't tell from the picture.

Thanks.

Jay

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:30 am

malcolmgb wrote:That Metralla is just fabulous.

Thanks. It's not mine, but I have done a fair amount of work on it (powder coated all the gloss black parts and the lettering on the cases). It's owned by a good friend of mine and I ride it occasionally. It spends the winters in my office where the Dream is now.

Here's a better shot of it -

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Wed May 10, 2017 8:53 am

Got the picture of The King, on a black CA77, framed and hung in the office at the shop -

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Fri May 12, 2017 2:25 pm

EDIT: If you want to see all of the photos in this thread, you will need to install the "Photobucket Fixer" extension.

This is a link to a "Photobucket Fixer" extension for Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...giikdkpmcpkaon

There is also one available for Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...obucket-fixer/

These do work! It makes all the dead photos alive again, so you can view them as usual. It works only for the computer that has it installed, and doesn't fix the thread itself.

Haven't had a chance to do the "beauty shots" of the Dream yet, but my buddy who is a graphic artist wanted some "technical shots" of it to use for making a 3D paper model.

He has done the same for the Harley factory as a promo piece for one of their newer models and wanted to do the same for the Dream (one of his favorites).

I thought I'd post them here as a reference for anyone that may be restoring one. This one is about 90% original, and most everything that I've re-done has been as correct as possible.

I apologize for the muddy photos. Photobucket is messing with me. I edit them until they look right on their site, but when posted they don't come through the same. They look right there, but not here.

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Sat May 13, 2017 5:01 am

We could start some sort of club here just for Black ones.

jkv357 · Post by **jkv357** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:05 am

Finally got a chance to take a few better shots of the Dream yesterday -