1975 CB750 P2 Police Bike

[JamesH]

Thanks for all the feedback. It really helps and keeps spurring me on over the finish line.

Picked up the fuel tank and managed to grab a couple of hours at lunchtime to work in the ‘clean room’ (aka the dining room table) to apply the decals to the tank.

This is the job I’ve been most dreading on this project, as I’ve never (successfully) attempted decals with this level of compound curvature.

Procedure was to very lightly wet-sand the base coat on the tank with 1500 wet/dry, to give a good adhesion bed for the decals.

The decals are best applied ‘wet’ with a spray bottle with a small amount of washing up liquid, which gives time to position the decals before pressing them down with the squeegee. Patience is the key here as the decals come in 2 parts and need to ‘line up’ in two locations but with two pairs of pinstripes.

Anyway, 2 hours later and it’s done - it wasn’t straightforward but I stuck with it and it’s pretty much spot on.

Back to the painters tomorrow for 2K clear and I’ll be ready to fit and wrap this project up…

[Spitfire]

Nice job, lots of holding your breath time, love the flowing lines.

Cheers

Dennis

[SteveD CB500K0]

James, you amaze me. There’s no way I’d have the patience for that.


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[JamesH]

James, you amaze me. There’s no way I’d have the patience for that.


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Trust me Steve - I visualised throwing the tank through the patio door windows at least twice in my head, before calming myself down and saying it's ok, it's ok, you're not a total c*nt James.

[Laverdaroo]

Stunning as ever James, well done for keeping your cool but a great finish and the lines are lovely. Its going to be the icing on the cake mate. Still amazed by the whole affair to be honest. Cool as hell!

[SteveD CB500K0]

I prescribe a large glass of red wine.

I know, it’s only Wednesday…


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[Laverdaroo]

I concour!

[JamesH]

Cheers guys - smashing a pint of IPA and having a play with the design of the siren bracket in CAD to see if I can use a 3D printed part and still tighten the rear upper engine bolt without crushing the 3D printed plastic material (PLA).

Current thinking is to recess an M10 washer within a recessed pocket and use an M10x25 washer under the nut to transmit the load. I’m sure there’s a better way but the beer is flowing ha ha..

[philward]

Great job James!

[JamesH]

Evening chaps.

Finishing touches applied to the bike this evening, after receiving the tank and side covers back from my painters.

In the past couple of weeks I’ve swapped out the patrol light lens’ for the earlier ‘clear’ style - personally I prefer the look of these.

Very pleased with how she’s come together over the past 14 weeks. It’s been a long haul since buying her back in 2018, but I guess good things come to those who wait.

Family ‘staycation’ means she’s going to stay put for a couple of weeks before I can do some shakedown tests. But it’s been worth all the hours and effort that’s gone into saving her.

Thanks for the comments and feedback along the way, it’s been greatly appreciated.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Great photos of a fantastic build makes me realise what an amateur I am at this game.

[Rozabikes Tim]

Absolutely fab James. It's a fair cop!

I'm sure you have a production line staffed by skillful engineering gnomes out of shot of your images.

[Laverda Dave]

Fantastic yet again James. Has it only been 14 weeks, unbelievable!
Personally, I think you should take it out today and take control of the bank holiday traffic around the M25!

[Spitfire]

Probably looks better than when it rolled off the production line, fantastic job.

Cheers

Dennis

[Oddjob]

I think that's the best one you've done so far James, great build and so unusual. Only ever seen one and that was a model kit.

You've annoyed Deltarider though, he hates polished stuff that wasn't polished before, and chrome for that matter. Personally I really do like that, it's so unique it just appeals to me and your attention to detail is superb. For me that's what makes a build, get the little details right and it makes the final result so much better. You must have been collecting parts for this build for years, no way you could do that in 14 weeks without a vast store of acquired parts, sometimes takes 8-10 weeks to get a part from Japan.

I'd say you've got to keep that one, you can buy another K0 quite easily but finding another like that would be extremely difficult. If DS comes sniffing for his museum tell him to take a hike