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1967 CB450K0 Black Bomber Rebuild - By Royhall
MCTID:
Commiserations Roy ! I have experienced similar problems too. Even my lovely Missus thought I was watching the England Football Team on the TV going by the amount and ferocity of my swearing ! She said 'She has never heard so many swear words in one sentence....and all ending in ING' ! Read a thread in the morning....spend a good 15 minutes constructing a response to something.....spell check it two or three times (cos I'm anal about typos and grammar) press SEND and it chucks me out cos my Day's sign limit (from my last sign in) has expired !!!!!!!!!!!
Now I copy all the text before I do anything else.........but it's not a problem with Photos as I still can't attach any pics even after 5 years on this great Forum, and I have lost the will to live trying to solve it !!!!!
LOL (as they say).
royhall:
Now I have the photo's sorted back to the main event.
The bike is now fully apart down to virtually every last nut and bolt. It's always surprising how such a simple bike has so many parts, all of which require some sort of cleaning or refurbishment. To sort out the bits I have five boxes ready marked Powder Coating, Painting, BZP, Polishing, and Chroming. After I have cleaned everything that needs cleaning they are sorted into what's required and placed in the correct box.
Don't know how you other guys keep track of all the bits but I do it with photographs. That way I know what's gone to each person for work and how many parts there were. I do the same when they return so I know if anything is missing, and most of all I can prove it and supply a picture of what they have to search for.
Here's a few examples of what I mean.
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I also take the photo idea a step further on dismantling each assembly. As you probably realise, when the parts end up in the chroming etc boxes they are now a jumbled up jigsaw. Unless you are doing this type of bike day after day it is going to be difficult to say what part goes on what assembly. It usually ends up taking ages going through the parts book to identify each piece. It can be slightly tedious to do at the time but I do it this way and it always pays off. I have one of these pictures for every assembly.
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Keeping track of the parts is a bit uninteresting but well worth the trouble. Sometimes though I get so hooked up with what I'm doing I forget to take the pictures. It's only when I went through the photographs yesterday to shink them I realised I don't have a picture of the parts I sent to the painter. So the system is not perfect.
The clocks don't look too bad but unfortunately the bezel is in need of re-chroming. So as usual I sent the combined speedo/tachometer to Pete Horton as he has done a top job for me many times before. I'm hoping that there is not too much wrong with the clocks as they will be hard to replace and expensive. Plus these are the original clocks off the bike so have the correct mileage showing.
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Peter has now stripped the clocks and reports back that they are in great condition and just need cleaning and lubrication. Has is going to re-do the BZP to the casing and brackets and has sent the bezel back to me. The bezel has now gone out with the rechroming.
Everything is now with the various disciplines for refurbishment and it will probably be about 3 months before it all returns. In that time I have got some smaller sub assemblies I can get on with, but at some point I am going to be waiting. Shame they haven't all just come back as by the time were out of lockdown I would have been riding a new bike.
AshimotoK0:
Great progress Roy .. keep the photos' coming as I am still sorting out the parts for mine and your pics help me identify stuff. For instance I have a box of kickstarts that came with my bike in boxes but hard to identify which one is a correct '67 Bomber one .. but I know now, as you have pictured one. The original gear lever was tubular but always got bent .. that's why most generator covers are gouged or cracked. All of the ones I got with my parts stash were bent to some degree but a member on here gave me a nice one for my bike. You are welcome to my damaged one if I can find it .. I was considering repairing it until a member kindly gave me a realy nice one.
Peter just recently returned my bomber clock and made a fantastic job of it seeing as it was originally a mis-marked (CB72/77) auto jumble bargain that I got for £20. I didn't wan't to wait for a bezel rechrome due to the current situation, Peter managed to fit one I sent him that was a stainless steel one off a JDM CB250K0 gauge but was slightly smaller. I think some CB160's also had stainless steel bezels.
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kent400:
The gauge body and the bracket has been re-zinc plated Roy. All bright and shinny [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
royhall:
Looking good Pete. The chrome bezel is away with the chroming. On previous experience it will be at least another 2 months, unless he's decided to pull his finger out during the lockdown.
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