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Offline krusty

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CB750 Piston Kit Mystery
« on: April 14, 2014, 11:57:52 pm »
About 5 years back I saw, on ebay, a set of 0.50 pistons. As they were under about $100 (+ shipping) it seemed a good buy so I bid and won. They arrived in due course and I put them away for a rainy day when I might need them if I ever bought a CB750. The kit included pins & clips but no rings.
Yesterday I picked up a few 750 cylinders. Today being a rainy day I decided to check these piston against the cylinders I had. I also decided to measure the bores and compare. I measured the pistons and they were 64mm. WTF. Standard pistons are 61mm so these are 3mm o/s. But they have 0.50 stamped on the top.
There is no maker I/D on the boxes and, none on the pistons except, inside, a casting mark which looks like an 'S' inside a backward 'C'.
Can any one I/D these pistons?
By my calculation it would be an 811 kit. What rings would I need for them?. A little while after I bought this kit I bought a set of 0.50 rings. They were kosher so they're no good for this kit.


« Last Edit: April 15, 2014, 12:24:04 am by krusty »
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Offline ekpent

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Re: CB750 Piston Kit Mystery
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2014, 04:51:18 am »
Nothing comes up on a Honda part search at my supplier and pretty rare to get a big fat 0 on a google search   ???

Offline bikerbart

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Re: CB750 Piston Kit Mystery
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2014, 08:26:43 am »
wrong parts in wrong box, ?
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Re: CB750 Piston Kit Mystery
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2014, 08:36:00 am »
2nd. over cb350.    836 are 4th over...(1mm)
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Re: CB750 Piston Kit Mystery
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2014, 08:55:56 am »
810/811/812 are 64mm. They use 68 and up CB350 rings provided the grooves are the same width. 1.5, 1.5, 2.5mm

These are NOT 2nd over CB350.
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Re: CB750 Piston Kit Mystery
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2014, 09:06:41 am »
As for the box the "341" in the middle would almost seem to denote a 750 1972 or newer code ?? Get nothing on those numbers though.