papa 695's Honda CB750

[papa 695]

Brilliant Ian........... That seat is fantastic........................ I just want to see some "Bent Front Forks" now.

Peter

I will see what i can do for you Peter

[Guest]

I love it when someone has the b***s to do this to a perfectly good kit , great eye for detail you've done your home work.

martin

[Wendall]

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Love it!

[Guest]

Awesome Ian ,really diggin the seat ! Looks sooo authentic!

[papa 695]

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[Guest]

Brilliant......

... That is all ......

[Centurion3RTR]

Ha ha, this looks like my old GS 500. Cracking work Ian.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

You are doing a great work Ian, I really like it.

Cheers. Polux

[takeslousyphotos]

Superb detail ........ I love that Bald Tyre

Peter

[papa 695]

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Ok just a quick question. Starting the mud guards [ATTACH]66277.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]66278.vB[/ATTACH] ( Not being a bike person ) are the mud guards metal or plastic ( on the real thing that is )

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[takeslousyphotos]

Hi Ian, Fantastic work ........... The Tank and exhausts look absolutely superb....... The corrosion on the exhausts looks 100% lifelike............ And bent forks as well "Spot on"

Mudguards ???? It'll depend on the year.......... Pretty much up until mid 80's the Japanese were still bashing them out in steel........... But seeing as your bike has the "Comstar" wheels, and the shape of the mudguard I'd say it's probably would be plastic.......... Most of them were Polycarbonate and busted up a treat with a front-ender, generally you found them busted on one side where the mounting holes are, as the front end impact sort of pushed it off to one side. The rear mudguard will be black plastic as well.

Peter

[papa 695]

Thanks Peter that's just what I needed to know, can move on now. And just like you and your build I'm really enjoying myself with this

[takeslousyphotos]

Thanks Peter that's just what I needed to know, can move on now. And just like you and your build I'm really enjoying myself with this

No problem Ian ......... I've had more bikes over the years than you can shake a stick at, re-built several and wrecked a few as well............

I forgot to mention, while the back mudguard will be plastic, they tended not to break up. They were made of a sort of nylon type flexible stuff, You pretty much always find them in one piece on a scrapper.

Rear Seat Cowl and side panels will be plastic as well.

Peter

[Guest]

From what I remember when looking for a replacement.. Early F's had steel fronts (these were just repressed from the old CB stock), later F's had polycarb with a metal fork brace moulded under it for strength and to inhibit fork twisting, F2's had abs plastic with fork brace.

As peter says the wheels and little styling tweaks on the plastics seem to point yours as a later F.

My replacement "F" front that i got for my old cherished CB was white polycarb with red over. Was a bugger if you scratched it as the white showed through, maybe you could run the scalpel into yours a few times and drop some white into the scratches?

[papa 695]

Cheers for the info Colin