Topic: resurrecting my 78 750 after almost 4 years of sitting

[kball]

Finally decided to drag out my 78 cb750 from the corner of the garage. The throttles are stuck, I think the carb slides are gummed up. I'll be putting a set of carb kits in them to freshen them up and i'm thinking about ordering some jets up so I can use my pod filters and 4-1 exhaust.

I'm reading all sorts of things, from the pilots can't be jetted to drill them out with a drill bit. I'm at sea level and will be tearing into this on the weekend.

[dhall57]

Pictures thanks

[bjatwood]

Pictures thanks

Ditto 

[kball]

Here she is, stone stock ready for the pressure washer. Hopefully i'll find some jetting advice on here because I have a 4-1 exh going on and maybe pod filters if I decide to use em. I have them in a box somewhere but have heard mixed opinions about using them.

[Dannodarko]

She's a beauty!!

[TwoTired]

Stuck slides can be freed up with a heat gun on the carb bodies and a bit of wd-40 squirted on them.
I don't know why you need carb "kits", unless you find metal eating things inside them.

Good luck with the pods.  Sometimes cheap is as cheap does.   But, they will make it easier to take the carbs off and on 40 times before the jetting is "good enough".

Was it running when parked? 
 If so, free the carbs replace the fluids, and run it.  Check the gas tank for corrosion bits that the carbs will NOT like.  Have fun riding it.

Cheers,

[MCRider]

great looking bike.

GO EASY with the pressure washer! They can do a lot of damage to wheel bearings, electrics switch gear and the like, forcing water in thru openings in the frame to pool and rust,forcing water into the seat upholstery, etc.

Much better to just use low pressure from a garden hose, and a very soft like toilet brush, soft cloth on a stick style. Bucket of warm water and soap.

[kpier883]

Love the bike!

But I am wholeheartedly opposed to pressure washing motorcycles.  I don't even like to use a water hose, preferring a wet rag with soap followed by a wet rag without soap.  The bulk of my cleaning occurs with Mother's Carnuba wax with cleaner. 

Now for my reasons, valid or not.  I don't like the thought of water getting past the headers or carb boots and into the intake or exhaust ports.  Also don't want water up the exhaust or in the frame, inside the gauges, the wheel bearings, in the cable housings, inside the bushing of the swingarm, the bushing through which the brake pedal passes... you get the idea.  I would definitely recommend getting the bike running before a pressure wash so that you could ride it for a while immediately after a wash to help dry it out.

That will be $.02 

[kpier883]

Dang, MCRider beat me to it while I was typing

[MCRider]

Dang, MCRider beat me to it while I was typing

worth saying twice. 

[Stev-o]

+3 - no pressure washer. How's the inside of the tank look?

[kball]

Inside of the tank is absolutely immaculate! I lucked out with this bike as most half its age have at leaast some rust. It has literally no rust. I wanted to swap out to an older style tank, but the 77,78 tanks are growing on me and may just go with it. It has a few dings and chips but overall is very workable.

I agree with you guys about the pressure washer, but I intend to tear this bike right down and detail everything. I'm relacing the rims with new spokes and an 18" rear wheel, new wheel bearings etc. I know the negatives of pressure washing but the bike was a lot grungier than it looks in that pic. If the   water is not shot right at seals, and other obvious sensitive spots, you can get away with it.

It's not idling now so that's the reason I need to get into the carbs. I have a 4-1 exh and would keep the stock system, but it's got large chunks of the chrome flaking off and looks terrible.

[bjatwood]

The bulk of my cleaning occurs with Mother's Carnuba wax with cleaner. 

I use this stuff religiously! And between waxings use the quick detailer spray, eats bugs and tar like a hot knife thru butter!