Honda CB750 Sandcast
The Restoration Shop => Fuel (gas - petrol) Tanks, Side Covers and Air Box => Topic started by: jphprec on January 16, 2012, 11:27:24 am
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hello, i have a locking gas cap on my 1970 tank is this an option or were they all this way on later tanks....thanks jim
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The double action latch started being used on the K1. The single action latch ended being used on sandcast/K0 models. I don't know anything about when the actual locking latch was used. Pretty certain no sandcast/K0 came off the assembly line with a locking latch. I've seen new replacement tanks in their factory box fitted with this locking latch. Otherwise, i imagine this locking latch was an accessory from Honda... ? Perhaps aftermarket manufacturers produced them also... ?
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as far as i know this is the orignial tank, i will ask the orignial owner more about this bike in the spring when he returns from wintering in fla.. it does use the same key as the ignition.
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The locking latches i am familliar with did not require use of the Honda key. The locking latches i am familar with could be opened using any appropriately spade shaped tool, e.g., flat bladed screwdriver, any key.
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you might be right, as i only tried the ignition key just assuming thats how it worked, i will double check when the i get the bike back from the shop.
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The locking latch was a safety recall done way back in the mid '70s. The government said in a collision, there was a possibility of the rider hitting the standard latch with their knee, chest etc. and cause the cap to open, spilling fuel and causing a fire. I always thought they were hard enough to open on purpose, let along by accident. I remember sitting in the alley of the Honda dealership I worked at then, in shorts and t-shirt, doing one, after another, after another, all day, for weeks, doing every model with that style cap.
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Great info, thanks !
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ok then, thanks alot for the info