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the frame number will tell you everything,chris
o1racing03 said:The pillion footpeg mounts look more triangular than the long skinny triangular ones I see on the Norton frames. Are they the same as some other model or sourced from a some other bike and welded on. I have no idea.
Fast Eddie said:Well you, or at least your bike, have already had a lot of stick on here, bad taste, butchering a Norton, etc so at least we know you're brave!
Personally, I love it, or what it has the potential to become at least. I guess you need to decide what kind of direction you want to go in with it and how deep a money pit you want it to become!
There is not a lot of Norton on it I don't think. The frame and swinging arm are, but the frame has been modified. The forks look like Norton too. I can't quite make out the yokes. The tank is most likely after market. And the rest is anyone's guess!
I cannot tell from the pictures quite how the front caliper bracket is mounted, so I'd check that out.
Here's how I'd approach the job at hand:
The engine is physically quite small, so I would take the direction of minimalism with the rest of the bike. First step in that direction would be a 3 gallon 'sprint tank' to replace the 5 gallon job you currently have on there.
I'd go with modern shocks like Maxton or Falcon. I'd put Landsdowne dampers in the forks and generally rebuilt them properly.
You need a new Manx style seat and simple, normal, British cafe racer style mudguards. I'd go with Tomesselli rubber mounted headlamp brackets, normal Lucas style chrome headlamp, and one of those neat alloy castings that take a traditional Lucas style rear light.
I have no idea at all regarding the engine.
His could be so cool when finished, and you know that wherever you go on it... You will NEVER see another! I hope you see it through.
MichaelB said:... looks like it is right side shift...
o1racing03 said:It's been decided that I will get the 1969 Honda CB750 sandcast also. It's a complete basket case that will take more money and time than I have, so I will probably sell it off to fund the restoration of the Kawaton and Triumph Tiger
Give me a link to that discussion. I've certainly never heard that and it's a common knowledge fact how they were made.Bernhard said:o1racing03 said:It's been decided that I will get the 1969 Honda CB750 sandcast also. It's a complete basket case that will take more money and time than I have, so I will probably sell it off to fund the restoration of the Kawaton and Triumph Tiger
Sorry to be a bit of a killjoy, but there is no such thing as a sand cast Honda 750 –these crankcases never went anywhere near a grain of sand when they were made :!: - there has been a whole discussion of this subject on the Honda forums. :shock:
Bernhard said:o1racing03 said:It's been decided that I will get the 1969 Honda CB750 sandcast also. It's a complete basket case that will take more money and time than I have, so I will probably sell it off to fund the restoration of the Kawaton and Triumph Tiger
Sorry to be a bit of a killjoy, but there is no such thing as a sand cast Honda 750 –these crankcases never went anywhere near a grain of sand when they were made :!: - there has been a whole discussion of this subject on the Honda forums. :shock:
o1racing03 said:Give me a link to that discussion. I've certainly never heard that and it's a common knowledge fact how they were made.Bernhard said:o1racing03 said:It's been decided that I will get the 1969 Honda CB750 sandcast also. It's a complete basket case that will take more money and time than I have, so I will probably sell it off to fund the restoration of the Kawaton and Triumph Tiger
Sorry to be a bit of a killjoy, but there is no such thing as a sand cast Honda 750 –these crankcases never went anywhere near a grain of sand when they were made :!: - there has been a whole discussion of this subject on the Honda forums. :shock: