Whitehouse K17 mods...

[Bazbro_imp]

I'll make this the first of a series of occasional postings as to how my "crashed CB1100" rebuild is progressing. It's gonna take me until August, I reckon, not because it's that badly damaged but because I've had an unexpected financial hit that will take me until then to get over!!

The story so far... I owned my CB750 new in 1972 (now long gone) and then fell in love with a Whitehouse complete conversion of a CB1100 that I saw for sale in France.

I set about looking for a CB1100 that I could convert and found a crashed one for a remarkably low price. The damage is slight and superficial - tank, seat, exhaust pipe (one), engine left side cover, levers and rear mudguard, plus cracked engine mount.

Yesterday, I had a great meeting with my local Honda dealer (Torbay Motorcycles), Mike the manager is 'on board' with what I'm trying to achieve and is very enthusiastic! All parts ordered!

I then made contact with my welder who sees no problem repairing the engine mount. In situ as well! Phew!

I now have to go up North to a mate's garage to collect the 'bike as he's kindly stored it for me. It'll be my first sight of it...

As I've only just returned to the UK from France, I'm having to register ownership of the 'bike and declare to the authorities that is not on the road yet (otherwise I pay tax).

I already have the workshop manual, thanks to a VERY kind member on here. So that's where I am now.

Today's task is to clear space in the garage, shove the Beemer out of the way (the BSA is away being restored at the mo) and to make a workbench. Just those two jobs will probably take me to August!! Oh, and I have to put better lighting in the garage to make it a "workshop".

Adiós, amigos!