Honda CB750 Sandcast
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Steve Swan on March 27, 2016, 01:34:42 pm
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this fits the criteria of being 2 wheels and so as being a motorcycle is "pertinent to the site." here's where some of my spare time and energy has been going the past coming up on 3 years. I remember my Dad saying, "getting those clincher tires on the clincher rims was a real bear cat." and.... NOW I KNOW. my dad bought a 1927 H-D JD 74 ci new. i have quite a few pics of him during that time in his life the paint you see on the restored wheel is matched from the can of touch up paint that came with his bike when he bought it new. this is called motorcycle love. i love motorcycles. all of them. there are so many. so, i only get in to bikes that have personal meaning to me.
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Dad's can of touch up paint - 1927.
and my can of touch up paint - 1969.
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first start 1927 Harley-Davidson JD
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That's cool Mr Swan. Your abilities are exceptional.
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Wow! Nice job Steve! I wanna take that for a ride! ;)
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realized i did not have a pic of completed project..... :o
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on another 2 wheel note, my youngest son Sam and i made a quick (1900 mile) road trip over the weekend to pick up this F0, this is his first motorcycle and he wanted a father son project, so here we go. after careful initial exam, this 5k mile bike has sat since 1980 after a minor accident. the headlight and blinkers are still askew, i am certain the bike was parked after the accident and never ridden again. not a single screw, nut or bolt head appears to have had a screw driver, wrench or pliers on them, including the screws under the points cover. front tire factory original Bridgestone. rear tire a factory correct period replacement Bridgestone. Honda logo battery. has the inspectors green daub of paint on master link, chain less than half worn. the Sunflake Orange paint literally looks nos. the down side, the tank sat with hardly any gas in it for 36 years, so i have a total of 10 pin holes to contend with. considering either POR-15 or Caswell sealer. i've not ever used either product for a situation with pin holes. Can anyone share their experience ? here's a pic as it appears. we will do a sympathetic preservation, the boy intends to make it his main ride. he is VERY VERY happy !
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Wow steve that 27 is a thing of beauty, just watched the vid, what is the lever on the exhaust for does it adjust the noise or back pressure?
well done btw, your a talented man, i like the fact that alot of us on hear appreciate all types of bikes and not just early honda's
just out of interest are cb750 f0's hard to come by where you are cause traveling all them miles for the bike seems crazy
pete
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That is a nice HD. Looks stunning.
Is it your dadīs bike?
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Wow steve that 27 is a thing of beauty, just watched the vid, what is the lever on the exhaust for does it adjust the noise or back pressure?
well done btw, your a talented man, i like the fact that alot of us on hear appreciate all types of bikes and not just early honda's
just out of interest are cb750 f0's hard to come by where you are cause traveling all them miles for the bike seems crazy
pete
i be crazy for motorcycles, especially if i can infect my son with same kind of crazy. we drove from Fort Collins, Colorado to Minnetonka, Minnesota, 2000 miles in 54 hours. nothing like a good road trip to draw the boys closer.
the lever is called a "cut out." Horses were still in use on the streets and roads in 1927. there was alot of antipathy towards motorcycles for frightening horses, causing accidents and death. the cut out, when open, simply opens a hole in the side of the muffler for gases to escape more easily. Louder. when closed, the exhaust sound is not as loud.
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boy, now that would be something if it were my Dad's bike ! what few pieces i started with, appears my bike is a late 27 model and Dad's bike, from the 11 pictures i have of it appear to be an early 27 model.
not wanting to "contaminate" our site with non-sandcast/K0 bikes, but i have over 400 hours in this bike and we are a motorcyclist fellowship community, so i figured what the heck. and i figure it would be nice to see other builds or motorcycle related interests we share....
couple pics of engine going together, except for setting up flywheels, weld repairing broken cases, i did do the better majority of all the engine and transmission work myself. started August 11, 2013.
also a couple pics of "Parkerizing" process, really a wonderful finish that can be applied to steel, very durable, Manganese Phosphate.
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That worth showing here!
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we are all apart now, made up a fork disassembly tool, chassis parts at the painters, having a few remaining pieces nickle plated and finished up Parkerizing the last pieces.
a couple pics of my Dad taken in the year of 1927 on his 1927 Harley-Davidson JD. one is of him asleep at the edge of the road, when he left Cincinnati to return home for the summer to Hartington, Nebraska i know my Dad would be proud and excited. This one is for him. R.I.P. 1906-1991
if you want to see a pair of good old fellows motoring down the road, youtube Swan 27 JD
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can't resist. final product, started the project, August 13, 2013, finished May 11, 2017, with 700+ hours of time to start to completion. Every time i go for a ride with the old fellow, i celebrate life. And my Dad.
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what the heck. since some of us have known each other for over a decade and a half, some of us know a little about each other, and some of know nothing about each other. so, here goes.
i enjoy history, in particular US history from 1800 - 1876, in particular the antebellum era when the US switched from a fur economy to a slave economy, and then the US Government's eradication of the Native Americans between 1850 to 1890. i've read over 30,000 pages of history over the last 12 years.
here's pics from my motorcycle trip in 2012 trip to Springfield, Illinois, home of Abraham Lincoln, and then pics from 2015-2016, when i followed historic routes of the Oregon Trail, the Boseman Trail, major and minor Army Forts, and Indian/Army battlefields.
Lincoln's home, law office, and memorial.
Little Big Horn, site of Custer's calamitous defeat by Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse. Little Big Horn is one of two battlefields in the world where stones mark the fallen souls.
A pic of my Moto Guzzi atop Beartooth Pass in Wyoming at 11,000 feet.
My brace of 1860 Colt Army revolvers, both saw action in the Civil War, and are fun to shoot.
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looking up from the Deep Ravine, to the site of Custer's Last Stand, Reno's Valley Fight, gives an idea how tortuous the terrain is. If you read the one sign, you will read about artifacts found at the site after sage and prairie brush burned off in the early 80's, i guess it's kind of hard to make out, one of the more haunting finds was a left 4th proximal metacarpal (left ring finger bone) with wedding ring with inscription still around the bone. the brush was anywhere from 1-4 feet high, imagine being a soldier, trying to run on foot through the dense undergrowth on a 95F degree day and feel being hit by an arrow entering your back and protruding out the front of your chest, knowing your life would mercifully be over the split second a Sioux, Cheyenne or Arapahoe war club crushed your skull. My Moto Guzzi atop Beartooth Mountain Pass, a spectacular high speed ride of about 45 miles. Finally, one last picture looking north on Highway 17 in the San Juan Valley, flanked by the Sangre de Cristo mountains on each side. This stretch of Highway 17 runs 51 miles straight without a single curve. About 40 miles ahead from where the picture was taken, on the left, are five 14,000 foot mountain peaks. i was on my way back from a visit to Adams State University, i am currently working on my Master's degree in Counseling.
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And...... one more. Here is a picture of Olsen Brothers Triumph-Honda where 4779 was purchased September 30, 1969. I worked as a lot boy for Olsen's the summer of 1970, after i graduated from high school, before i went to college.
And one more..... the last. i promise. (i have more if anyone's interested. :))
the one room country school house i attended from 1959 to 1966, Waucapona Dist. #5, the building was constructed in 1872, my Dad and his brother went there from between 1915-1921, my sister went there in 1941. The school closed in 1966.
Good night, ya'll.
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Hi Steve,
Have you heard about the Motorcycle Cannonball? 1929 and earlier motorcycles driving cross country. This year in September they are going from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon with a stop in Sturgis. They might be close enough to northern Colorado for you do drive your 1927 Harley up to rendezvous with them as they pass by. I have attached the link so you and other members can see the article.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/motorcycle-cannonball-coming-ready-142046663.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/motorcycle-cannonball-coming-ready-142046663.html)
Joe K.
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Hi Steve,
Have you heard about the Motorcycle Cannonball? 1929 and earlier motorcycles driving cross country. This year in September they are going from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon with a stop in Sturgis. They might be close enough to northern Colorado for you do drive your 1927 Harley up to rendezvous with them as they pass by. I have attached the link so you and other members can see the article.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/motorcycle-cannonball-coming-ready-142046663.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/motorcycle-cannonball-coming-ready-142046663.html)
Joe K.
Thanks Joe! yes, i am a member of the amca and follow the cannonball every other year it runs. the closest the route gets to me this year is sturgis, sd, about 350 miles north of me. and i am working on my master's degree, so not a whole lotta time for motorcycle stuff. when i'm done with school i intend on taking one long trip a year, and when the cannonball is closer, i'll meet up with them. those guys go through alot, sometimes limping in to their destination, then staying up all night doing a complete engine rebuild, if they're lucky getting an hour or so of sleep and then go out in the morning again heading to their next destination.
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Great stuff and pics, Steve. Thanks for sharing.
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Steve,
I am glad to hear that you know and keep up with them. It's just amazing to hear that they rebuild their motors as needed for the cross country journey. I hope to own a pre-1930 bike someday. Good luck with your Master's degree. As one of my professors used to say "Press On" by Calvin Coolidge.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan "Press On" has solved and always will
solve the problems of the human race.
Joe K.
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Mr Swan, When you decide to do some touring yuz needs to break out of your comfort zone (USA) and do a bit of international touring. I have 1 or 2 bikes that need the Mr Swan touch 😁 whilst you are here