My 750F2 project.

[Cb750r]

Looking good . I like your headlight/screen brackets - did you make/mill them?

Thank you, I did mill them. I have a small CNC machine and have made a few bits.  I left the pocket not fully milled out on the left bracket so I can eventually drill it out for the choke. However I may end up with carbs with the choke down on the body of the carbs so may end up milling out the pocket fully.

[Oddjob]

Your fork stanchions look uneven, one of the top nuts is sitting slightly lower in the top yoke than the other, might not make a great deal of difference but worth fixing IMO as it costs nothing.

Could be an optical illusion though.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Your fork stanchions look uneven, one of the top nuts is sitting slightly lower in the top yoke than the other, might not make a great deal of difference but worth fixing IMO as it costs nothing.

Could be an optical illusion though.

Hawkeye Ken strikes again,

yep the right one looks as thought it's clamped on lower so the top nut is sitting higher - could be camera angle.

[Cb750r]

Your fork stanchions look uneven, one of the top nuts is sitting slightly lower in the top yoke than the other, might not make a great deal of difference but worth fixing IMO as it costs nothing.

Could be an optical illusion though.

Hawkeye Ken strikes again,

yep the right one looks as thought it's clamped on lower so the top nut is sitting higher - could be camera angle.

No kidding! It’s all just hand tight in the photos. the top clamp is <1mm askew left to right in the photo, but the lowers are tightened still so same fork length left and right. I want to swap the black pinch bolts for bright hardware so left it all loose for now.

[Skoti]

Headlight assembly should be rubber mounted just like the original F2 was.
Rubber or soft plastic sleeve between your headlight bracket clamps and fork legs may suffice.

If not you may have problems with blown headlight bulbs.


I found this out by doing the same as you've done, mounting the brackets directly to the fork legs.


Your project looks good, please keep posting photos.


Good luck

Skoti 

[Cb750r]

Headlight assembly should be rubber mounted just like the original F2 was.
Rubber or soft plastic sleeve between your headlight bracket clamps and fork legs may suffice.
If not you may have problems with blown headlight bulbs.

I found this out by doing the same as you've done, mounting the brackets directly to the fork legs.

Your project looks good, please keep posting photos.
Good luck
Skoti

Thanks for your input, I’ve had the headlight ridged mounted in one form or another since 2015, this bike has an H4 conversion and I can’t recall going through more than one bulb in 25000km.

Do you use a sealed beam headlight? Maybe they’re more sensitive than an H4?

I’m going to try and put an h4 LED conversion to help reduce wattage draw, this would likely also reduce vibration issues

I live in an area with an abundance of wildlife so I don’t ride at night on any of my bikes, if I can avoid it.

[Cb750r]

A little more progress on the bike! A 600km round trip to my friends this weekend to powder coat the frame and swing arm and bits.

[Laverdaroo]

Nice, exciting times when progress is apparent ansd a huge leap forward is taken. Looks ace, well done

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Your newly coated frame does looks great - I'm slightly confused when you say it was a 600 km round trip has Canada gone metric to annoy the USA?

[Cb750r]

Your newly coated frame does looks great - I'm slightly confused when you say it was a 600 km round trip has Canada gone metric to annoy the USA?

Yes we did go metric in 1975…

We’re stuck with a bit of a hybrid system as most construction materials are sold in inches.

[Cb750r]

Swing arm, coils and lots of other bits and bobs freshly coated. There’s a few blemishes but still 100% better than what I usually achieve with paint!

[Oddjob]

What colour is the silver, it's a close match to OE.

[Cb750r]

What colour is the silver, it's a close match to OE.

I can find out. I just saw a sample of the colour and went with it. I had stripped and polished my plate’s previously but as all raw aluminum it kinda dulls over time.

[Cb750r]

The gosh darn near prettiest refurbished stock footpegs I think I can turn out.

I zinc plated the hardware that’s not powder coated black and gave the old rubber a good scrub.

[Skoti]

A wee bit of shrink wrap fitted to your footrest spring ends will help protect your new paint.

All looking nice, please keep posting photos.