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« on: August 17, 2007, 02:27:22 PM »
OK guys,
The last stage of the rebuild went faster than I thought, the bike is nearly ready but I'm not, who do you recommend insurance wise, this will save me a lot of phone calls ! I'm 55 and the bike is 1976.
I haven't even got a helmet yet, my 15 year old lid in the loft is probably past its sell by date now, so I'll have to start looking, and strangely enough all my biking gear has shrunk, especially around the waist, can't see how that happened !
Cheers
Den
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« on: August 15, 2007, 08:05:55 PM »
Well I got the new battery yesterday, I had to go to the dentist this morning so I was going to spend an afternoon checking out everything electrical then fire her up tomorrow, however our 12 year old grandson (Dean) arrived and he got very excited about starting her up, as he helped me put the frame on the engine I went along. Took a long time to get the oil pressure light off, I put one litre of oil in the tank and one litre in the cam cover, it took a long time for the oil light to go out, so long that I started to suspect the oil pressure switch, but a look into the cam cover showed no sign of oil spraying around so I carried on. The oil light eventually went out, then I waited a few more minutes turning her over until I could see oil spraying about in the cam cover. Plugs in and she fired up on the second push of the button. I was amazed, Dean was over the moon, he's seen the bike progress from a bare frame to the finished article. The only real snag was the ignition switch, it gave up the ghost while we were getting the oil pressure up, rather than disappoint Dean I put a jumper wire in the cable block and carried on. I later changed out the switch for the one on my F2 which works great. Got to fit the tacho and speedo cables, change out some bulbs, fit the new registration plate, check out the horn as it isn't working and she should be ready for the road. YIPPEE Den    
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« on: August 11, 2007, 08:01:06 PM »
Well with the sunny weather we have been busy dashing around with the family but the Honda is still progressing, I finally could wheel the bike out of the garage and work in the sunshine, I'm sure this speeded up things. Should get a battery on Monday and hopefully my slip on silencer will arrive from DSS before next Friday then I can see what I have here. Cheers Den    
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« on: July 26, 2007, 10:30:06 AM »
Put together the attached chart while looking for brake parts for my 1976 CB750F1, as there are some parts that are interchangable with the K series bikes. Cheers 
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« on: July 25, 2007, 07:26:08 PM »
Well this morning I went to Warrington to pick up my newly rebuilt wheels, boy do they look different, I am well pleased with them, then this afternoon my new front tyre arrived (410.19 TT100), so no more excuses I will have to crack on with the rebuild. I also now have my new front brake braided lines, after a lot of confusion looking at Goodridge, HEL and others I contacted John at CMS-HEL-UK (eBay) and sent him my old lines, he made up two new lines for me so I could get rid of the piping part, they are black sheathed so they should blend in well. Cheers Den   
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« on: July 10, 2007, 06:07:14 PM »
Well, The wheels are off being rebuilt, the braided hoses for the front brake are being made up. so I though I ought to look at the side covers. The original LH side cover is cracked, the RH cover is in good shape. To cover all bets I bought a pattern LH cover, this has been drilled (for the emblem) and both it and the RH cover have been primed. I have fibre glassed inside the original LH cover to strengthen it, the next job will be to fill and smooth the external crack, no problem there as I am used to making seams disapear on my model kits, but I nearly forgot to drill a hole at the end of the crack. The spare LH cover that I got on eBay is not in too bad condition except for a badly cracked maroon paint finish (or so I though !), so starting with 280 grit wet and dry I started to sand it, 3 hours latter and down to 80 grit I have discovered the original Honda Phantom black, a grey primer, a blue coat, a white coat, a red coat, and the previously mention maroon coat ! Will start again tomorrow ! While I had the original paint exposed I matched it at Halfords, Ford Graphite grey is very close, will see what it turns out like.  Cheers Den
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« on: June 20, 2006, 06:22:10 PM »
I have been looking for an engine enamel that matches the orininal colour on my CB750F1 crankcases for quite some time, then saw an address on the SOHC/4 Owners club forum. This led me to US Automotive who sell VHT engine emanel in the UK. It is heatproof and fuel proof. I ordered 2 cans via their website which duly arrived within 3 days. It costs
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« on: April 12, 2006, 07:34:50 PM »
Has anyone found an engine enamel to match the silver grey on CB750 crancases and barrels/heads ?
Cheers
Dennis
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