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It's good enough to ride at a reasonable pace on dark country roads.

I just put a H4 Led bulb in the original headlight...

Hi, I bought a used switch from a CBR600 and used the headlight switch from that; took a bit of fiddling and cursing to get the wiring right but it works fine.

What I do is to put a longer pipe on the vacuum side of the tap and gently suck to open the tap so the carbs can refill and then replace the pipe with the one going to the engine. Couple of turns on the starter and she fires up.

The original part is NLA from Honda so you'll either have to find a good used one or a repair kit for your old original one. There's one on ebay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195065108670?epid=2288059180&hash=item2d6ac958be:g:AOwAAOSwdOdihZNy

Here's my '91 Nighthawk 750 after it's winter "refresh" Cheers, Jeff

Finally got her all back together just in time for summer!

Just waiting on the exhaust now and then I can try firing her up after a winter's slumber!

Hi, Just wanted to ask you all if this seems right/wrong (and if so, what could be the issue): If I switch the ignition on then there's a current draw of approx 3 Amps; this is with no head/tail lights connected so the only bulbs lit are Oil & Neutral (which is about 0.5A). I'm guessing that...

Here's my RD:

Here you go, a scan from the Clymer manual - as you can see less parts required:

Difficult to say until you take it off and have a look at what you've got. I'd hope that you have all the spacer parts and only need the bearings, circlip and seals which are still available from Honda. The end caps (16) are also still available if they're missing. Looking at the diagram, I'd...

The 1991 onwards CB 750 Nighthawks don't use bushes in the swingarm; they have a needle beraing on one side and a roller bearing on the other:

Ooo, shiny shiny things

And her she is now...