Honda CB750 Sandcast

The Restoration Shop => Gauges - Levers and Cables => Topic started by: jkp2240 on August 15, 2011, 04:00:22 pm

Title: Reset ODO??
Post by: jkp2240 on August 15, 2011, 04:00:22 pm

I am having my gauges restored to new, as well as the bike, some day! So my question is should I reset the odometer to 000000, or leave the miles on the odo as original miles to the bike, and who knows if it is same as came with bike?
Thanks in advance for your comments!

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: markb on August 16, 2011, 08:53:42 am

Because I had restored the rest of the bike, I reset mine to 0 so it would indicate how many miles since the restoration.  When they're this old the numbers don't mean as much to me anyway because like you say, it's likely they're not correct anyway.

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: jkp2240 on August 16, 2011, 04:54:56 pm

Thanks for the reply, that is the way I am leaning to. I just need to hear why I would not to do this if the bike is restored to new?

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: Steve Swan on August 16, 2011, 06:03:44 pm

If doing a total restoration, i'm in Mark's camp.

If i KNEW the orginal mileage of the bike and was not restoring the entire bike, i would leave original mileage (such as is the case with 2157 with 17,020.8 miles) 

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: vnz00 on August 16, 2011, 09:20:46 pm

Same as Steve and Mark. The sandcast I am finishing had 8000miles and nice gauges- no need to molest them, or the bike.

The next one I do will be a full engine rebuild and the gauges will reflect this- reset to 0 as essentially, the bike will be 'like new' when done.

Regards,
Steven

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: CB750faces.com (Lecram) on August 19, 2011, 06:14:46 am

I have fully restored my CB750K2 and decided to reset the ODO to zero as the bike looks like it left the factory.

However, my K0 has only 5,036 miles and is still in good shape. So I decided to do only the real necessary work and leave the paint as is. I found NOS guages and will adjust the ODO to it's original 5,036 miles.

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: jkp2240 on August 19, 2011, 03:58:01 pm

OK
Marcel go ahead and reset ODO to 0 miles. I think this is best choice. Thanks to all for your opinion!
John

Title: Re: Reset ODO??
Post by: CB750faces.com (Lecram) on August 21, 2011, 09:18:30 am

Quote from: jkp2240 on August 19, 2011, 03:58:01 pm

OK
Marcel go ahead and reset ODO to 0 miles. I think this is best choice. Thanks to all for your opinion!
John

I got it, will do so, John!