Hi dhall
It had 22044 miles on it. I do not think the PO was the original owner although he owned it from the early 90's according to the title.
The machine had been to Moroney's in Newburgh NY several years ago. The PO spent several hundred dollars getting it running after a long storage. They wanted several hundred more to make it rideable. From what I found I think it needed carb boots, a good carb rebuild and every brake component replaced or rebuilt Caliper pistons where rusty & jammed tight. He didn't want to spend that much on it, bought a manual and never did the work. It just sat under his deck with a tarp over it for several years. He brought it to Maverix motorsports in Middletown NY tried to get them to buy it. They called my Cousin, who called me, I said hell yes, I've wanted one of them.
Deal was closed for the $300. I drove to NY on Thanksgiving weekend 2011 and brought it back. Put a battery in it, the controls, lights, and starter worked. Took out the plugs and checked compression; all between 155 & 160 psi! I set out to just clean it up and make it a rider.
But... to repair the front turn signal I had to disassemble the front end...that act lead to what you see in the photos. 10 months of weekends to accomplish the following,
[Thanks for allowing me a reason to brag about the following
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Tear down to frame & Motor.
Clean 3 calipers and 2 master cylinders. paint all. New pistons & rebuild kits. new brake shoes
New wheel bearings & steering stem bearings.
Stripped & Painted frame, swing arm, stands, fork bottoms, rear fender base clear.
Stripped & polished the motor case covers and the foot rest mounts.
Polished the rear brake & shift levers
Polished the valve cover
Cleaned, polished and repainted the Comstars and polished the sprocket hub. (three weekends of work there!)
Rebuilt the carburetors, installed new manifold boots.
Every nut, bolt, spring and bracket either nickle or zinc plated. All brackets were coated with clear paint.
Painted the motor, stripped the fins with a sharpening stone & razor blade. Same technique was used to restore the Comstar edges.
Had the rear sprocket and the front brake rotors nickel plated, then clear coated. (made an error there, should have stripped the plating from the front rotors but let the plater convince me his hardening process would hold up...)
Hand finished the rear rotor with a belt sander and orbital sander. replaced two stripped mounting studs. [McMaster-Carr came thru again with M10 x M8 stud inserts to replace the drilled out studs]
Cleaned & painted the airbox, inner rear fender, and fuse holder.
Polished the swing arm bolt, and cleaned the swing arm bearing of old grease.
Installed metal valves and had a set of Michelin pilots installed & balanced on the Comstars.
Cleaned the PO's lubricant from the speedo & tach cables. Applied a dab of heavy grease on the engagement tips, when I reinstalled. Also packed the tach connection bore on the motor with heavy grease to keep it from weeping oil.
Cleaned out the tank with Draino & CLR over a weekend.
I spent the last 6 weekends reassembling replacing any screws that where not plated with SS socket heads including all but one on the motor case covers..need to get a 80mm M6 SSSHCS,
two weeks ago under Nikkisixx's tutelage I sanded and painted the body parts, including stripping the tank to bare metal & epoxy priming it.
Keeps me from drinking too much beer.
After 200miles I like the result. I can really tell Honda learned from & improved the 750. The 900F was Cycle World's Best Handling Motorcycle of 1982. From my limited experience I can see why.
Ha, never let me start a f'n story!
Front Comstar and disk brake work. I think I need to paint the HONDA on the calipers.
