72 750 Combat Roadster project

You haven't really sweated until you are installing a tight fitting gas cap hinge pin in a freshly painted tank. Requires nerves of steel.

Great looking parts, to go along with the rest of the bike. Flawless.

George
 
You haven't really sweated until you are installing a tight fitting gas cap hinge pin in a freshly painted tank. Requires nerves of steel.

Great looking parts, to go along with the rest of the bike. Flawless.

George
I’ve got a REALLY big hammer ....
 
So here it is at long last ! Tinware arrived yesterday evening - Christmas in June ! Installed fuel cap & mountings this morning . A few odds & ends yet to do . I need to make a strap for the rear tank hold down as the one I purchased is too short . The tank needs to be drawn down a little in the back to sit right but need strap to do so. Mountings for side covers need a little fussing with and installation of petcocks/fuel lines then ready for road test.
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Do you really plan to ride this bike , it almost too nice to take out on road and use it .... looks better than they did when fresh from factory , good on you !
 
Soon ! Waiting on a piece of stainless to make rear tank strap - the one I bought is too short. Don’t know if you deal with McMaster/Carr but they are amazing. I’ll have it tomorrow.

You‘re using a Corbin right? I don’t use the rear strap at all as my Corbin wedges the tank in / down very securely...
 
Hi FE - Yes my seat is Corbin but I want to minimize the force of the seat against the paintwork . I don’t know what vintage your Corbin is but this is a current one and they have cheapened them somewhat . My original had a nice piece of suede on the nose where it met the tank . The new one is just seam, stitching & pop rivets. The seat pan on my original was very smooth and nicely finished with several inspection stickers initialed by inspectors- now the pan is molded of some very coarse (likely recycled) material and no evidence of any inspection. The upholstered hump also had a dent in it . If I wasn’t planning on making a cowl I would have returned it.
Corbin is slipping a bit in my eyes.
 
I think mine is pretty much the same as yours.

Mine needs to be fairly hard against the tank in order to be secure.
 
So here it is all done ... just had it out for first run - idle issues to sort amongst others and had to retrieve my Halcyon bar end mirror from a busy road because guess who forgot to tighten it up.
72 750 Combat Roadster project

72 750 Combat Roadster project

now the sorting must begin ...
Thanks for looking- RT
 
What a bike...
Really came out beautifully. Glad to have seen it take shape from the beginning.

Even the hydrangea showed up.
I don't know if you can get a shot with the flower reflection in the paint but I bet that would be a sight.

Just beautiful.
 
Congrats ! Looks beautiful , soon you will have it so it go as good as it show ..... really cool ride !
 
Absolutely stunning job Rick. Those fuel lines are never going to look that good again. It would have been the perfect bike to show at the National in July.
 
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