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Great progress Roy - feels like you’ve got some real momentum now and she’s looking very nice indeed!

That looks like outstanding work to me..

Quote from: Oddjob on January 19, 2023, 02:56:25 PM

Not knocking Gary but those are not candy colours and for candy colours you really need a painter that has experience in applying that type of paint. Gary may have that or he may not, can’t say but it must be said nevertheless

Only trying to help regarding pricing as requested by thread starter.

The Triumph, has a metalflake/candy/ metallic 4 layer, type paint job, as can be seen in the picture,  I am not sure if that is classed as a candy job or whatever as it is not my field of expertise and I am quite happy to learn from people with more knowledge on the subject than I.

Without knocking anybody, it has to be said, nevertheless, that it is, in my opinion, a very
good paintjob.

Def not one of my old bikes.

Ian - I have a big box of spares gauges in storage, I’m pretty sure I can supply the spares you need (FOC of course) to sort it.

Can you post pictures of specifically what you need?

Honda CB750 Sandcast, K0, K1  newly manufactured Carb Intake / Airbox Clamp Sets (sets of 12 incl. JIS screws)

In recent years I’ve been struggling to source good quality, used carb/airbox clamps for my Sandcast/K0 restorations.

These are the ‘flat’ finish, non-ribbed style clamps that were used on Sandcast, K0 and K1. K2/3 onwards used the ‘ribbed’ style.

The original Honda part number is: 17255-300-000

DSS/CMSNL can only supply the superseded Honda clamps (finished in a black painted finish) at a cost of £9.50 each. These have the ‘ribbed’ design and in my opinion just let down a concours/authentic restoration or rebuild.

The other issue with refurbishing original clamps is that quite often the original 5mm diameter clearance hole for the M4 screw (where the head of the screw ‘seats’ to provide the clamping force) suffers with deformation or ‘pull through’, which means that often very low clamping force is applied by the used clamp.

Consequently I’ve tooled up and had a small batch of reproduction clamps made to the original Honda specification for these machines. 

This is as exact a replica of the OEM / Honda part as I could produce at a reasonable cost.

These are manufactured with modern ‘medium carbon / high manganese spring steel’, and finished in a BZP finish. I’ve also sourced new OEM M4 screws from Japan (correct JIS spec with the ‘dot’ on the screw head).

I’ll be selling these first batch of 20 sets as a complete set of 12, for £120/set plus shipping.

Please drop me a direct message with your shipping details if you’re interested in purchasing a set. I’m happy to ship worldwide at cost (I’m based in the UK).

Sorry I haven't been keeping the thread going recently I have been a bit unwell for the past 6 months or so. I won't bore you with the medical details. There has been progress on the 750 and it's definitely not an abandoned project.

Another issue is my PC decided to die at the worst possible moment so I have just built a new machine and hopefully it will be up and running in about a week. I considered getting up to date on my phone but realised it was just too difficult.

I don't think there will be much progress now until the weather gets warmer due to myedical issue, but as soon as the new PC is up and running I will update the thread to where I'm actually at.

Thanks for your concern James.

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Glad you're on the mend Roy and look forward to progress updates as and when. If you need any help with anything just drop me a Pm. James.

Roy - what's the latest on the K5 rebuild? Hope you're well..