Thanks for the replies. I am going to see what can be salvaged and possibly sold off. No title by the way, father cannot even remember if he even got one when he acquired the bike, haha. Also, if it really is that far gone I might have to look into what i can get at the local metal salvage place
The 750 A's are RARE! At least try to salvage some parts for members here if nothing else! Their rarity also makes them expensive to repair/restore.
If the frame is sound can I build up something resembling a bike with it without breaking the bank...or is there no such thing as a cheap build starting at this level? Just trying to figure out if trying to remake a 750A is what is making this expensive or regardless of what i try to do I will be looking at thousands spent.
If you were to put all that time and effort into building a motorcycle, how would you get a tag to ride it on the street without a title for the frame?
Some of the parts could be useable (not a lot) on a CB750K model. The CB750K models are much more common and easier to get parts for. I've bought two CB750K and one (mostly) CB750F project bikes in the last four months and did not spend more than $300 for any single one of them. Of course none have run for a while, one was stored outside with a froze engine (since freed by oiling cylinders and rocking in 5th gear), one was a bastar*ization of an attempt to morph a K model with an F model, and the "mostly" F model has a 76' K model engine (with no attempt made to properly align the sprockets)! Any one of these three will require at least a thousand bucks to make roadworthy:
Tires (the tires on neglected bikes are OLD and sometimes original!)
Brakes (which are always stuck and includes pads front and rear, caliper(s) rebuilt, master cylinder(s) rebuilt, new flexible lines)
Seat recovered (if the seat pan isn't rotted off)
Side covers for the oil tank and electrics (these are always missing or busted up)
Repainted
Gaskets (something is leaking)
Seals (something else is leaking)
Carbs rebuilt (10 to 20 year-old gasoline makes a good plug for small fuel circuits in a carburetor, and a CB750 has four of them)
Chain and sprockets
Tune up (points/condensers, spark plugs, oil change w/filter, air filter)
Right there is a thousand bucks providing nothing major is wrong with it.