Hi everyone,
Sorry it's been a while... last year was the year of breakdowns, had to replace the furnace and all appliances and all sorts of stuff at the house... well I am trying to get the 1767 project moving ahead. As some of you may remember, I bought K0 9394/9360 last winter for a donor bike. Honestly... I know about as much about correct sand cast donor parts as I do about women...
I hate buying bikes over the net, without looking at them in person, which is just what I did with #9394. I am fairly disappointed with the overall finish and quality. The seat is a wreck, the chrome is pitted, the tank is so-so, the spokes are rusted, and so on. I was hoping for a much cleaner example considering what I laid out for her. The pictures on ebay sure didn't appear to be as rough as the bike is in person.
http://youtu.be/o2Dtl0blQ4wAt this point, I am just hoping that the p/o didn't swap out a lot of the correct parts for later stuff. The guy I got this from apparently deals in a lot of CB750's which may be a bad thing, for apparent reasons. Anyways, I am hopefully at the point where the sand cast and the die cast will start to come together as one. I would very much welcome your comments, observations, and suggestions regarding the use of these donor parts.
And just to refresh my project basis, #1767 was badly butchered by its p/o with a bad chopper job, the frame was totally hacked up for fat bob tanks and a king/queen chopper seat... swing pin welded to make it a rigid... exhaust pipes sawzalled off... I basically have a good running low mile (8-9k miles) motor, gauges, controls, front wheel, carbs, and a few other bits from 1767. I bought a k0 frame and swing arm (actually haven't checked them out well yet) and will have the "good" front half of frame 1767 professionally mated to the rear section of the untitled k0 donor frame I bought.
Any thoughts, good or bad, are much appreciated regarding the use of #9394 as a donor bike!!
Cheers, John