1977 CB750F2 Restoration

[Oddjob]

Think someone drilled the holes to maybe fit some indicators as the stems are not easy to find.

[Spitfire]

Just had a look at the ones that I have and I think that you are correct, I measured one and it is 81/4" in old money or 21cm and the hole does not look like Honda did it, it was probably me (vandal) for some obscure reason, probably to fit reflectors. Will either use them or some headlamp brackets that I have or look for replacements


Cheers

Dennis

[Spitfire]

In other news my new dampers have arrived I looked for the TEC ones as recommended in another thread on this site but they are not in stock, and I could not find any Hagons either so these will have to do.


These were the ones that I was going to use but the red phase has gone


Cheers

Dennis

[Laverdaroo]

The very same ones i  got for the 550. They should be spot on. I was after the TEC ones also but theres' none anywhere, even second hand sadly. The piggy back is a great look but these will be better than you thnk.

[Oddjob]

I have a pair of those Marzocchi Strada rear dampers, they are completely apart at the moment and I have new seals, rods etc from Italy. I’m going with black body and chrome springs

[Laverdaroo]

Couldnt remember who had those Ken, I had a feeling it was you as you mentioned them some time ago didnt you?

I had a set of similar 'zocci' ones on an old 6oo Ducati parts chaser we used to thrash about at Motorcycle City when I ran the parts there at Farnborough. They were'nt that bad even though then they were well passed their best

[Spitfire]

More red paint to get rid of, I have two chainguards, one I painted red so armed with paint stripper, gloves and goggles off we went on a voyage of discovery. I had forgotten how messy this job can get but eventually got there, and discovered wht I had painted it there is some rust on the top of it, so it could go black.

On the strength of this I'm really looking forward to stripping these.

On the plus side I found these

And in the loft amonst other things I found the my "insurance items" a spare set of reconditioned F1 carbs, front and back brake calipers, spare alternator cover and for some reason a few alternator windings.

Cheers

Dennis

[mick]

Hi Den , nice to see the F2 getting some attention, getting those rock hard Roadrunners off will be a task never mind stripping the paint off, cheers Mick.

[Oddjob]

I ended up cutting my tyres off, even with 20" tyre levers they refused to flex over the rim and the rim started getting damaged even when using rim protectors.

[Spitfire]

Hi Den , nice to see the F2 getting some attention, getting those rock hard Roadrunners off will be a task never mind stripping the paint off, cheers Mick.

Nice to hear from you Mick, and yes getting those tyres off will be fun, I remember getting the TT100's off the F1 afer a lot of years storage.

Cheers

Den

[Spitfire]

I ended up cutting my tyres off, even with 20" tyre levers they refused to flex over the rim and the rim started getting damaged even when using rim protectors.

At least they should protect the rims from the nasty paint stripper, but I will not take any chances of damaging the rims getting them off eventually, like you I will cut them off, I've got some 2008 vintage TT100's to take their place.

Cheers

Den

[Laverda Dave]

I ended up cutting my tyres off, even with 20" tyre levers they refused to flex over the rim and the rim started getting damaged even when using rim protectors.

I had to do the same with the Z400J, after 37 years on the rims the tires welded themselves to the alloy!

[Oddjob]

More red paint to get rid of, I have two chainguards, one I painted red so armed with paint stripper, gloves and goggles off we went on a voyage of discovery. I had forgotten how messy this job can get but eventually got there, and discovered wht I had painted it there is some rust on the top of it, so it could go black.

Or you could remove the rust like I did on my 550F2 guard and have it rechromed. It's not a structural part so even if you remove a little metal it will still do it's job.

[Spitfire]

Long term that is probably what I will do, for the moment I just want to get it looking like a bike again, I do have a spare one which is a not as good as this one so I may just paint that one and leave the ex "red" one alone as it was the original one from the bike.

Cheers

Dennis