Topic: how to save a cb750 from the garbage dump

[JohnK6]

hi all, i am from the netherlands and i tell here the story of my latest  cb 750 (bought it december 2005), with all the troubles

i saw her on the internet she looked pritty  (the price was yeahhhhh 80 US dollar) i.m a so called brikker in dutch, i wanted the bike riding again at a so low cost as possible, totaly spent about 400 USdollar to get it safe on the road again



frontfender with special light 



very bad elektrical


only the color looked fast (red bikes are the fastest or not  )



rear fender, all cranked up ( nurse where's my bandage  )

[JohnK6]

exhaust a 4 in 1 system the muffler is an old scool gsx-r exhaust??



gastank   



the rear of the seat is okay, so ladies jump on



another pic from the rear site

[JohnK6]

how much she had run in those years (it's in km, 1mile = 1.6 km)




my fronttire



so lets do the job 

rear wheel out, exhaust out



broken bolt in the head



drilled it out, new threat and 

[JohnK6]

the rear brake, was it ever been used by the former owner?, the rear pedal was stucked, and so looked the rearbrake :
bearings  are bad also



the rear braking shoes



and the reactorstrip(don't know the name in englisch), al rusted off 



that used to be one thing 

[JohnK6]

rear fender, taillight off



could use al little bit of welding



and so she stands, until i had more time for her

[scunny]

JohnK6 it looks as tho you have got a bit of work to do there.(it is fun after all) keep us posted on your progress.

[JohnK6]

part of the exhaust  with an not original gap  (rusted)



and after a little bit of welding .....



i had a spare seat (the groundplate was broken on that one)

and the seat of this bike, when i looked it seems possible to make from two bad seats one goodone so i started



and




hmm damned the second seat is even worser as the first one 



after a lot of welding etc and a little bit of paint 

[JohnK6]

JohnK6 it looks as tho you have got a bit of work to do there.(it is fun after all) keep us posted on your progress.

the works is done already, the fun has started with riding the damned bike 

[JohnK6]

the exhaust was al rusted so i painted it with special heat-paint and it had to be muffled for 1 hour at 200 degrees in the oven (that same oven i'm still using to bake a pizza 



and



the lady was not pleased 


before :



after :



heat sheelt popped on



done

[JohnK6]

rearsprocket holder was painted red butt i like the aluminium so i put some special for paint remover acid over it



and after removel of the paint 



rearwheel also in the paintremover



and after 

[JohnK6]

the wheelbearings  are bad so i had to replace them also, i wanted to save the retainingring for the bearing so i made a special item for it , with a peace of iron, and a threatpeace, so i could hammer the ring lose





retainerring can be used again 



with another tool the other bearing removed

[JohnK6]

to put in the new bearrings i used a treat and a fjew big rings (this photo is on my work, after worktime)



and here is one of the new bearrings in it's  workingplace where it can do al lot of milage before it's worn out 



old retainerring on it's place, i secured it with locktide 243

[Tim.]

You're a better man than I.

[grumburg]

Makes what I started with look pretty.

[JohnK6]

rearwheel mounted in the frame



repared seat on



and after that she looked like this



lot of work needed to be done

[JohnK6]

You're a better man than I.

for me the fun is to get the bike riding again at a so low as possible cost, and than riding it as long as possible, until the engine is worn out (but it's a honda cb four, so a lot of milage can be done before that happens, and than i'm in love with the bike and she gets a new bore with fresh pistons and all)

[JohnK6]

Makes what I started with look pretty.

 i can see there's a lot of work to be done, do you have a after picture??

[JohnK6]

and now i'm gonna make the wife happy, time to sleep it's already 04.00 am here in holland later on i post new pictures

[750goes]

JohnK,

great recovery project looks like it is happening for you

Mine was similar - but I don't think as bad as yours

heres a few photos - before and unfinished after...

I have to also add these pictures slowly...

[750goes]

one more

[DarkRider]

Both look to be great recovery projects. I have the same long road ahead of me with project K4 but i will get there over this winter once i get my manual.

[Superbiker_uk]

Excellent topic - I love to see the before and after for all these projects.

for me the fun is to get the bike riding again at a so low as possible cost

Good luck with this JohnK6 - You are already well on the way. It's refreshing to see what you are doing to just get a bike back on the road. Anyone who takes a snotty old CB750 and saves it from the scrap heap is OK in my book - and that;s probably a whole lot of forum members Keep up the good work!

I started my Dunstall project with a bit of an old wreck - not is as bad a state as yours but thought I would share the pics anyway.

[ChrisR]

JohnK, you seem to have gone out of your way to find the biggest disaster on two wheels possible.  I like your approach to the problem - first for even taking it on and then, just to make things interesting, doing the work by spending as little as possible.
Seeing someone like you turn a wreck like that round to a functioning machine is really inspiring. Good luck and look forward to hearing about progress.
Chris

[05c50]

JohnK6,
            WOW!! This must be truly a labor of love. You have a lot of work ahead of you, but seem to have the will to do it. Good luck, keep us posted on the progress.
                 Paul

[grumburg]

Makes what I started with look pretty.

 i can see there's a lot of work to be done, do you have a after picture??

After pictures