CB750F1 Project

[SteveD CB500K0]

Sulphur.
My room-mate at uni had one in 1977.
I'm sure the 400/4 was Parakeet.

[Trigger]

Yep, Parakeet 400Four.

[martin_uk]

Here is the tank after painting

tank with decals004 by nitram2010, on Flickr

[martin_uk]

and before with hidden rust
2014_0430cb750B40027 by nitram2010, on Flickr

[UK Pete]

Tank looks nice , infacty the more i see the yellow the more i like it
pete

[martin_uk]

This is a VW colour, as no current code for Sulphur yellow which is slightly lighter.

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

Nice tank
Love it
Cheers
Bitsa

[Trigger]

This is a VW colour, as no current code for Sulphur yellow which is slightly lighter.

No colour codes for any of these old bikes but, RS paints do sulphur yellow.

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

They look good dont they take a look at this one
http://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/734222790.htm?ca=20_s
Cheers
Bitsa

[martin_uk]

Tank looks nice , infacty the more i see the yellow the more i like it
pete

I have fancied a yellow bike for a while.

[martin_uk]

Chain guard pretty rusty
2014_0507cb750B40011 by nitram2010, on Flickr

Wheels are OK, but rusty patches and rusty spokes.

2014_0507cb750B40004 by nitram2010, on Flickr

Decided to get new DID rims and repro spokes from DS and have a go at rebuilding myself

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

Go for it mate diamond geezer
Cheers
Bitsa

[martin_uk]

First wheel took about 3 hrs to lace up, whilst I got the hang of it.

2014_0507cb750B40031 by nitram2010, on Flickr

second took about an hour

2014_0507cb750B40033 by nitram2010, on Flickr

Now I need to true

Used a paddock stand with wheel balancer adaptor.

Pencils were used as ref point  to true by eye.

Took a while and used tone of spoke when tapped as a guide to tension.

Dont forget to measure offset before you strip the wheels

Glad I did it as have never tried before, quite satisfying 

trueing jig7 by nitram2010, on Flickr

trueing jig6 by nitram2010, on Flickr

trueing jig4 by nitram2010, on Flickr

trueing jig3 by nitram2010, on Flickr

I used the inside part of flange and ignored the join when adjusting 'hop'

2014_0526eng0011 by nitram2010, on Flickr

[UK Pete]

I am watching and learning i have 4 wheels to do when i get enough money saved up to rechrome the rims
Nice work there Martin
pete

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

Plus one with Pete
Damn good job
Cheers
BITSA