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CB750F2 .... silk purse from a sows ear.
paul G:
Looking good keep up the great work and the posts :)
Spitfire:
Great job, I too like doing things myself and the last time I did a frame I had it hanging on a washing line in the garden, had to wait for a sunny dry day with not a lot of wind. When I painted the smaller parts with rattle cans like you have found out everything in the garage was coated, years later I'm still finding the stuff.
Cheers
Dennis
Laverda Dave:
That's a good day's work there. Be careful when you handle the frame as my past experience of using Hammerite is that it stays quite soft for a period of about a week. I painted a workbench and moved it a couple of days later when it was dry only to leave finger marks in the still soft paint! Keep it hanging up for as long as you can before you touch it.
Keep the updates coming, great to read 👍.
SumpMagnet:
More stuff done, and some progress.....and issues.
Started stripping and cleaning the swingarm and rear brake assmebly. The caliper came apart fairly easily...which was good. The sliding pins were free sliding, which is amazing considering virtually every bike I have ever owned seemed to have siezed them.
But...I think the rear master cylinder is going to give me trouble...
When I took the rubber boot off...
hmmm....it's an interesting combination of sand, dirt and rust powder. It's not really useful...and not really helpful in any way. But I have a load of it if anyone wants it....
The rest of the assembly is soaking in WD40, as I can see the ciclip ends...but not budge them. I am expecting there to be some trouble here, and possibly a rebuild kit.....
The swingarm is in pretty good order, with just rust around the ends where the wheel spindle was. I will also really want to replace the rubber bushes for the shock mounts. They are cracked and perished, and I really don;t see them being usable. The other end showed a grease nipple installed. Looked like an original fitting. That's good...
Or would be if it wasn't sheared off.
Gonna be a bitch to drill that sucker out, but I will give it a shot.
The POR15 paint stripper made short work of the original paint, and it just needs a second going over to remove the few patches the first coating didn;t strip.
Spitfire:
That master cylinder looks pretty much like mine did, lots of fun but they do clean up nicely, I must try and get on with my F2, I feel guilty every time I go out to the garage.
Dennis
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