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upperlake04

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77-78F tail light position
« on: November 27, 2007, 07:52:37 AM »
 There seems to be a difference in the tailight position on the 77-78 750Fs.  Seems like a UK-NA thing.  Why?


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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2007, 09:19:48 AM »
should all be like the second pic but some people hated the big light and moded them
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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 10:25:52 AM »
Agreed,

My 78F is like the second pic.

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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2007, 11:20:36 AM »
 All the North American F2-3s I've seen look like this first pic. A quick google search of UK bikes (the next 4) show the dropped taillight and rear set signals.             
 Betcha a Guinness there's more to it than modding Bryanj :)





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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2007, 11:30:09 AM »
 Looks like Honda had to re-engineer the rear in order to accommodate your gigantic license plate  ;) (Wild guess)
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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2007, 01:42:59 PM »
my solution....  ;D
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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2007, 03:30:14 PM »
what's with that super long rear fender behind the license plate? mine only goes to the bottom of the plate. could mine be aftermarket?

also, my front fender isn't stock. the PO replaced it with another but i can't seem to find any info on it.
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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2007, 05:55:49 PM »
Quote from: gearbot on November 27, 2007, 03:30:14 PM
what's with that super long rear fender behind the license plate? mine only goes to the bottom of the plate. could mine be aftermarket?

Could be that your rear fender has been cut.  All three of my 750Fs have that long fender to keep road gook off the back of rider and passenger.

These Honda's were made to run cross country where weather is unpredictable.

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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2007, 07:57:08 PM »
Yoou know you got me there, i thought all the ones i built had the blinkers on the side rails but that was 30 yr ago!!!
I know the F1 is different to the F2 in light possition and it could be that the F1 is higher---ce la vie.
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Re: 77-78F tail light position
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2007, 05:15:52 AM »
Europe had some pretty strict laws in the 70s regarding mudguards on new motorcycles. If you look at NA bikes vs UK bikes you will see that bikes that don't even have a mudguard here (like the kawi h2) had a super long mudguard over there. All 70's euro bikes have that long stupid mudguard.

As for the dropped light, it looks factory but ti could have easily have been an accessory. I have never seen a UK f2/f3 in person but it would not surprise me if there were more than a few differences.
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