Very Excited to have just purchased this 1978 CB750F Super Sport from a co-worker who had it sitting in his garage for 20+ years. He bought it in the mid 80's from the original owner who worked in the parts department of a Honda shop in Sunnyvale, CA. It ran and sounded great when it was last used but that was years ago, but ow, no start! I've got some work to do.
Before it's hibernation period began it had some modification performed; Russ Collins 836 Kit, ported and polished heads, Yosh exhaust, Raask rearsets, custom paint (very 80's), color-matched front fairing, and engine guards. My vision is to transform this into a cafe racer. I'm starting off with a good platform but before I start adding bits I need to freshen things up. Upon initial inspection I found what I believed to be rust in the tank. Two bottles of Metal Rescue and a 36 hour soak showed little to no result. After further consideration and the strong smell of rotten gas I suspected that what I had was not rust but just varnish from the old gas. A 12 hour soak in 50/50 Simple Green somewhat changed the condition, but didn't really solve it. I moved on to the pressure washer to see if I could blast the gunk out. No luck. After wire brushing what I could off the inner surface of the tank from the filler opening and seeing the residue that came off I came to two conclusions. #1: Someone, somewhere along the way must have coated this tank because the residue had a pliable, expoxy-like feel to it, #2 If I can't get this stuff out with all these methods I've tried I probably don't need to worry about it coming off in my tank, and cloggin my petcock, fuel filter, or carbs. So I got it as clean as I could and re-installed the tank. I put about a gallon of fresh gas in it to make sure everything was sealed and healed and I'm moving on to the next steps. I will refresh all the fluids, give it a full detail before I take it down to my friendly local motorcycle shop to have them clean/rebuild/sync/tune the carbs and perform an overall assessment of the needs and concerns to be addressed. Once that has been done it will be time to complete the vision I have for this bike. I've been doing a lot of research as to the type of look and feel i want for this bike and where to obtain all the things I'm going to need. But as of now, the transformation will be as follows:
Remove Front Fairing
Clubman Cafe Bars
Giuliari Seat
Chrome Bobber Rear Fender
Polish Raask Rearsets
Install Turn Signals
Bar-End Mirros
Gran Tourismo Grips
New Reaset Pegs
Remove Passenger Pegs
Bridgestone Spitfire RWL Tires
Haven't decided on filter pods yet
Still searching for the right tail light assembly
Looking forward to the rest of the project. I'll post updated pictures along the way. For now, here are some "before" pics.
