10th may 2012- 1966 honda cb77 superhawk

1966 Honda cb77 superhawk, following pictures show the bike as brought from dk motorcycles Feb 2012.


 

Once home a new battery was brought and all the electrics tested.




with the tank and seat removed the carbs and fuel filter were cleaned and the bike started up, its believed the bike has been standing for a few years but the engine seems strong with no nasty noises or smoke. Now the bike was known to work complete disassembly began......






 

most of the parts were in reasonably good condition and only needed a good clean and polish. However the fuel tank required a complete repair due to major rust on the inside. a fuel tank repair kit was used to chemically remove all the rust and completely reseal the inside. http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-tanks-products/por15-motorcycle-fuel-tank-repair-kit.html

whilst the frame was out at the powder coaters various bits where cleaned and sprayed. the forks were resprayed and polished, rebuilt with new seals etc. A set of standard original exhaust silencers were brought which will need rechroming. All the bodywork has now been resprayed. Ive chosen to return the bike to completely standard, black and silver are its original colours as can be seen in the picture at start of the blog.



This photo shows what i had when the frame,swingarm and stand returned from the powdercoaters. all the bodywork including the tank, mudgaurds, chaingaurd and air filter covers were placed out of the way until they are needed.

The fork rings were too heavily pitted to sand/polish out, they were skimmed on a lathe to remove the corrosion, this photo shows the before and after. they were then sanded and polished.






Assembly could then begin slowly, the forks were carefully put back into position.