Author Topic: Early CB750 KO - Start Again (Read 34182 times)

dhall57 · « **Reply #125 on:** January 11, 2014, 03:17:36 PM »

Quote from: Johnie on January 10, 2014, 01:46:09 PM

I knew this kitchen would come in handy someday! When the wife is away the kid must "spray".

Make sure all the evidence is out of the kitchen before the boss(I mean wife) gets home Johnie or the kid might be sleeping in the garage with the CB's

Johnie · « **Reply #126 on:** January 11, 2014, 07:48:16 PM »

Hall...in the shop with the CB's...it could be worth than that

Johnie · « **Reply #127 on:** January 12, 2014, 09:04:59 AM »

Took the tank badges and put them in some old Gumout carb cleaner. The paint just fell off in sheets. That was easy. Time to paint these in the OEM flat black. Will use a small model brush and some model paint. Worked well on the other badge sets I have done. I will put up more pics when done.

dhall57 · « **Reply #128 on:** January 12, 2014, 09:28:51 AM »

I did mine just a little different Johnie because my hand is not that steady to use a brush in that small area and figured it would take less time and just work better for me. Not OEM but used a can of flat black spray paint and covered the entire nameplates with paint. When the completely dried took my pocket knife and gently scraped the paint off the area on the nameplates(by looking a pics) that needed to be bright.

Johnie · « **Reply #129 on:** January 14, 2014, 02:15:01 PM »

Moving right along...got the master and caliper rebuilt today. The caliper piston was in suprisingly great condition. Not ready to install the brakes yet, but I think I am procrastinating on polishing the fork legs

Polishing is not one of my favorite tasks...but the show must go on. Need one more coat of paint on the black items and then I suppose I have to start the polishing...

MikeKato · « **Reply #130 on:** January 17, 2014, 06:14:43 PM »

Quote from: Johnie on January 12, 2014, 09:04:59 AM

Took the tank badges and put them in some old Gumout carb cleaner. The paint just fell off in sheets. That was easy. Time to paint these in the OEM flat black. Will use a small model brush and some model paint. Worked well on the other badge sets I have done. I will put up more pics when done.

I saw what a nice job you did on your other badges and stator cover (fine tip marker) so I went and got the paint and brushes and tried it myself last summer. Found out it takes a lot of patience to get them looking as good as yours does. That task gets a guy as nervous as a narcoleptic bomb diffuser with tourette's syndrome, so now I get to see if I can at least strip my badges as good as you. Nice work on your bike!

Johnie · « **Reply #131 on:** January 18, 2014, 06:01:12 AM »

Thanks Mike...my other KO tank badges turned out real nice with the flat black. For some reason this time using enamel they did not turn out to my liking. So I stripped them again and instead taped off the chrome and sprayed them. Still need to remove the tape and clean them up. Will post a pic when I get them ready.

Damfino · « **Reply #132 on:** January 18, 2014, 11:31:26 AM »

I'm a huge fan of your work Johnie, so consider me subscribed!

Johnie · « **Reply #133 on:** January 18, 2014, 12:30:39 PM »

Welcome damfino...where you been hiding?

Damfino · « **Reply #134 on:** January 18, 2014, 01:25:30 PM »

Quote from: Johnie on January 18, 2014, 12:30:39 PM

Welcome damfino...where you been hiding?

Hiding? I'm always lurking somewhere...

Johnie · « **Reply #135 on:** January 24, 2014, 03:35:40 PM »

As noted above, I was not happy with the hand painting of the badges so striped them again and started over...only this time I used the flat black spray. The picture shows the bottom badge done. The top one in the pic I still need to remove the paint along the HONDA edging. I am much more pleased with the spray and will do that next time too.

Johnie · « **Reply #136 on:** January 24, 2014, 03:41:14 PM »

Packed the tapered steering bearings and got the newly painted triple back on today. Started to get the rear blinkers in order.

dhall57 · « **Reply #137 on:** January 25, 2014, 12:20:12 PM »

+1 on them badges Johnie

David B · « **Reply #138 on:** January 25, 2014, 01:54:30 PM »

Badges look great Johnie!

Don't know if you were planning to add the white as well, and you may already be familiar with it, but one method you might try is to use a fine brush (like a model brush) to paint on a mask over the black you wish to keep. Then spray on the white, remove the mask & you are done Worked well when I did redid my badges. Be liberal in application of the mask. 2 coats can't hurt, it comes off easier that way.

Just a tip for those who haven't come across this stuff. Most model shops should have it. Hope it helps.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXC099&P=ML#

Johnie · « **Reply #139 on:** January 25, 2014, 02:36:43 PM »

Thanks Dave...I never knew the liquid mask existed. I will get a bottle.

jerry h · « **Reply #140 on:** January 25, 2014, 09:46:18 PM »

Love the free hand welds on your rear wheel picture above! You can imagine the factory buzz at that time, trying to crank out as many as possible, as fast as possible. Quick weld and move on.

What's next?

dhall57 · « **Reply #141 on:** January 26, 2014, 06:20:38 AM »

Yeah Jerry after seeing the pic of the welds on Johnie's low #KO got curious and went out and looked at the welds in the same area on my 4/70 KO and they look about the same.

Johnie · « **Reply #142 on:** January 26, 2014, 06:51:53 AM »

Those welds do show a time when Honda just could not produce the 750's fast enough. More people were crying for them and they had to churn and burn at the factory to get them out ASAP.

bjatwood · « **Reply #143 on:** January 26, 2014, 07:02:19 AM »

Those badges look great John!

David B · « **Reply #144 on:** January 26, 2014, 07:18:45 AM »

If you can't find it locally or want to just order it, Tower Hobbies is a great go-to. They'll have the tiny model brushes as well.

Johnie · « **Reply #145 on:** January 31, 2014, 12:38:59 PM »

UPDATE: Here are some before and after pics of the fork legs. Pleased with how they turned out. Will install the new seals and then have to wait for the fork ears from the painter. New front tire is on the rim and the wheel is ready to install. Ordered some new gauge covers & faces from LeCram. The current ones have cracks. Not sure if I will change out the faces as the OEMs are really nice. No warping and the only issue is fading on the tach orange zone.

bjatwood · « **Reply #146 on:** February 02, 2014, 12:14:33 PM »

Your getting very good at polishing John! Those look better than new!!

Tews19 · « **Reply #147 on:** February 02, 2014, 02:40:19 PM »

Great work Johnie! Have you ever posted your process of taking apart the rear shocks? I have a set of Koni's I want to clean up for my K1

edwardmorris · « **Reply #148 on:** February 02, 2014, 03:56:35 PM »

Quote from: Tews19 on February 02, 2014, 02:40:19 PM

Great work Johnie! Have you ever posted your process of taking apart the rear shocks? I have a set of Koni's I want to clean up for my K1

Welcome back Nick. I posted in the FAQ what I did, pretty simple for the stock ones, maybe it will help you
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=112903.0

Johnie · « **Reply #149 on:** February 02, 2014, 05:20:33 PM »

Yah, welcome back Nick...good to have you on board again. Hope all is well my friend.

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Author Topic: Early CB750 KO - Start Again (Read 34182 times)