Honda CB750 Sandcast

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Don R on November 20, 2013, 02:14:43 pm

Title: chrome?
Post by: Don R on November 20, 2013, 02:14:43 pm

 How much does chrome affect the value of a sandcast? The PO really loved this bike and sent in various pegs, motor mounts and engine parts for chrome. Mostly it's in good shape except the valve cover, it's a bit pitted.

Title: Re: chrome?
Post by: Don R on November 24, 2013, 12:36:37 am

 OK lets try it this way. Leave it alone or strip it back to aluminum? 
 The rocker cover is pitted, no choice there but what about the rest? Dyno cover side 3 pieces? The outer diameter clutch cover is chromed. It's perfect and I'm not letting the 9 hole cover out of my sight. The foot pegs are chromed too, not too big a deal there.

Title: Re: chrome?
Post by: kp on November 24, 2013, 01:57:03 am

My view would be to strip it including the alloy cam cover as they are unique to the early bikes. Just my take KP

Title: Re: chrome?
Post by: Marcello Tha on November 24, 2013, 08:42:33 am

Strip all parts back to aluminum, they are rare and expensive.
I don't know what method is used, if chemical or physical.

Marcello

Title: Re: chrome?
Post by: Steve Swan on November 24, 2013, 11:27:49 am

take your parts to any competent chrome plater, they dip it in their electrolytic bath and the chrome plate will come off just like it went on.

Title: Re: chrome?
Post by: Don R on May 20, 2014, 12:16:18 pm

 I auctually took a full set of engine covers to my local plater to be stripped. Not my sandcast ones, just for a test to see how they came out.
 It was worth a hundred dollars for the peace of mind. Everything came out fine. The parts appear to be soda blasted but should return to a normal finish easily. If I still own it next winter I'll take the sandcast's parts in.