Hello everyone;
I just received my account activation email and thought I'd drop a (thread) line to say Thanks! to everyone for all the advice I've gathered here over the past few months.
In late May I bought my first motorcycle, a 1977 CB750K, for which I paid the princely sum of $300. Canadian, or about $275. Yankeebux.
I graduated from high school in '77 and at the time the CB750 was pretty much the coolest bike around; I know I've always liked the four pipes, so when I was looking for a decent used starter bike and saw this one, it was an easy decision.
Of course it hadn't been running in several years, so it required a few hundred dollars worth of the usual... carbs cleaned, new battery, front caliper un-seizing and the government mandated safety inspection we do here in Nova Scotia every year with all our vehicles.
In the months that followed I tinkered with the bike myself, removing a Windjammer fairing, sissy bar and other touring bolt-ons, replacing them and other missing trim bits with stock items from eBay. I'm the third owner and the first two owners were both "bikers for Christ" types, so there were lots of religious decals and crosses to remove in my quest to return the bike to stock.
Never having ridden and with the safety training course booked solid until late this fall, I then spied on the weekend course with a like-minded newbie friend and we taught ourselves how to ride in my parking lot...I got my beginners license a couple of weeks ago and am enjoying the many local lakeside and coastal two lane twisty country roads we have here in Nova Scotia immensely. (my pal picked up an '81 Honda CM400E, which is also a nice bike but a bit Shriner's Parade small for me)
Along the way I picked up lots of bits of information on oil recommendations, electrical tips and so forth from here on the Forums.
I'll post a pic or two shortly, but in the meantime I wanted to say Thanks!...you guys have been a great help to this newbie to the Forums... and to the wonderful sport of riding... already.
Winston
