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Here is another decent clip on the CB750

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTaRRhOC2U

PLUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-FstCKzbzQ

PLUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeMgEuf30G4

See the other parts too e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V0JUeTcRyI&feature=related

This is really intended as a bit of bedtime reading for 'UKPete' but if you have not seen it already, it makes interesting reading

http://www.worldmotorcycles.com/Pages/MC-Retro-Article.html

cheers

AshD

There is a Chromer near me  in Hull which the M/C classic mags swear by but I found that the parts I stripped myself and polished came out great but the ones I left them to do were not so good.

BTW here is the 'Ashimoto' tip about checking if you have removed all of the nickel. You rub over with 'Coppering solution' used by old guys for marking out steel in the olden days. Anywhere there is still traces of  nickel will not be flash coppered. The copper is dead easy to remove because you need a cyanide electrolyte to copper plate properly onto steel (or some modern chemical complex).

With a large item like a rack though it may be best for them to deplate in their tank.  Be warned though - Plalting is not cheap and good platers are hard to find and when you do, they usually take the time they quote you  muliplied by Pi to get it done.

Not sure on K7 tank trim - never actually seen it on the bike. Perhaps someone else knows.
I did the same bit of detective work on a really nice K0 that went for 10k last year, he too had bought mini trim but the bike was spot on and probably  worth the money if you looked into the detail. If you look into a sellers history it can reveal sources of parts (like in the US/germany) that you may normally  overlook (like a cb250 camchain for a 750 or an oval UK rear lamp from a Honda C50/Cd175)

I also saw someone bid 150+ plus for the tank trim with the black stripes which was NOS Genuine Honda on Ebay recently. You can still buy this brand new from David Silver for a fraction of that price.

Welcome too from me Ashimoto

Have a look at this and my reply to it stripped out below.

I will probably get NOS in the end but it's an interesting excercise

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=62328.25
   
Re: Wintergreen oil_rubber renew test / peanut oil plastic renew test_pics

Back to that Ebay K0 guys - no mugs today it ended and had no bids! IMHO the right situation. Bet it reappears though!!

Andrew who, I used chose a current Honda colour which perfectly matched the original paint under the fork ear reflector of my Candy Ruby red K0. It was a lot less than 700 and mine had the K0 3 -part airbox to do plus lots of repair work on the tank. He sprays the stripes on (as Honda did). I think Dream Machine use transfers.

I considered trying to spray myself (as I did on my 400/4) but Candy is notoriously difficult to get right - one false coat and its a total repaint. Vic Worlds sprays 'so many and a half' colour coats to get the correct colour for the candy blue/green K0.

In the end I just spent the dosh and I am glad I did. The American guy (dondirtbiker) who sells Candy paint kits will not ship overseas.

cheers
Ash