Topic: So I got into a semi - bad accident with my 1978 CB750

[cheftuskey121]

Glad to hear you are OK.
But, from my experience I would have been better off not trying to claim insurance money on my bike.
Having to jump through all the hoops when they filed for a salvage title was a complete nightmare.
Luckily in my case I had a title for an old frame and engine I used on another bike or I wouldn't have been able to title it at all after I fixed the bike.
The $900 check they gave me for the bike was not worth all the salvage hassle.
If you have a collision policy that might make it worth it.
 

What I have through Progressive is an "Agreed Value" for collision. All the new parts won't cost me even close to what the "agreed value" I placed on the bike was so I should be good. It cost a little more, but for a bike this old it's really not that expensive for a whole year.

that's exactly what I have on both of mine. worked well for me, hopefully it will be well for you. thankfully Georgia does not require titles on bikes older than 1985 so the whole title thing is not an issue. $20 and the bike is registered and tagged

[750K]

Ill have a look over the weekend for a spare points cover, hopefully it's in nice shape. Been awhile since I've seen it, I swapped it out for a finned aluminum.

[Mr Freeze]

If not, I have a new points cover on my list of damaged items.

[thrutheframe]

I'm glad you're ok.  A bike can be replaced.  You can't.


Queen City Classics

[Mr Freeze]

Hey everybody, a little update. The claim went through and I was issued a check for replacement parts and labor. Everything worked out great because I had already made a list of broken parts, the suppliers, part numbers, and price before the adjuster came to see it. He was so impressed by this and how much time it saved him that he even waived my deductible!

I'll keep this thread updated with pictures as my parts start to show up and I get them put on. Thanks for the support everybody!

[Stev-o]

Good to hear...

[MoMo]

Glad you are OK, I had a similar oil slick experience coming off the Walt but I was in a car, did a couple 360s but did not hit anything...Larry

[750K]

My spare points cover has a scrape and dent on the bottom corner, I now remember why I replaced it with the finned one. Your more than welcome to it but its not mint.

[Mr Freeze]

Hey, everyone. Got a few parts in yesterday and today. I'm going to relocate my ignition switch off of the trees and down on the right hand side under the gas tank. I bought this bracket to facilitate the move. I have Cycle X's key switch which has a 3rd sprung position so the bike starts like a car. I had this setup installed previously and it always worked great. I just decided I wanted to move it's location to clean up the "dash" area. I got done extending the wires to reach from the new position to the headlight bucket tonight.





I also got my new Hagon Shocks in from Dave Quinn. Awesome looking shocks and Dave is the man!



I decided that since I'm in the situation to go with a different headlight, I wanted to go with bottom mounted headlight in order to eliminate the headlight brackets on the forks.

I ordered this 6" headlight.



 I'm going to make up a bracket that will hold the front brake line splitter, the front turn signals and the headlight. It'll all bolt up to the lower fork clamp bolts. I need to get the headlight first before I figure it all out though.

Here it is naked!

[lucky]

Yes, the AVON Road Rider 26 130mm -17  is available and it will work.
You can get the AVON Road Rider 26 multidirectional matching for the front.

[Mr Freeze]

J&P Cycles has a sweet deal on Avon AM26's right now.

Shouldn't I run a 120 on the rear instead? The original tire size is 4.5 x 17. They're the Comstars that came on the CB750A, my other bike / project. The Bridgestone S11 Spitfire 130 tire I had on it seemed to wear down pretty flat in the middle fairly quickly. Would a 120 remedy that?

[Mr Freeze]

I went off of this chart which seems to indicate a 120 as being the right tire for this rim, I know I can run a 130, but I'm doing an inquiry to the thinner width and wear patterns. I'm also going with Avon AM26 Road Riders this time around.

[Stev-o]

You'll like the Avons, 120 will be fine.  120mm = 4.724"

[750K]

Yes a 120 will help to cure the flat center strip you get when running a 130 rear, am26's are great tires. Have a set on my 77, love them.

[Mr Freeze]

It's been a bit since I've posted any updates. I wanted to show the progress I've made over the last few weeks.

I picked up a new headlight and it's a little smaller than stock. I'm going for a little cleaner look up front. It's also a bottom mount headlight so I'm fabbing up a bracket for it this weekend so that it'll mount to the lower fork bolts.





I've also gone back and forth about gas tanks. Do I like the K8 tank if I had another choice? Is there something better looking? I never gave it much thought before since the tank was clean and part of the bike. Since I now have the option and money to try something different, I decided to track down a 78 Supersport tank. I thought that the lines they have with my seat would make a really cool and unique combo.

I found a used, clean one after some extensive searching from the guys at Cycle X. I got it in and mounted it up. I ended up have to cut back my custom seat pan just a little bit so that it would lay under the rear of the tank and not wrinkle the seat covering.

These are the pictures before I did any cutting. I'll post some more once the tank gets back from the painter.





This past Tuesday I brought my wheels over to Working Class Cycles here in Philly to get my new Avon Road Riders mounted. While that was being done, I rigged up one of my cymbal stands to hold the front of the bike up so that I could change the fork seals. One of the seals I got from Cycle X were leaking so I decided to order some proper OEM ones. I made sure to smooth the seal surface and reinstalled the new seals with 15W fork oil. This should clear up that problem.




I also went back and forth with handlebars a little bit. I originally had some black superbike type bars on there, but once again, since I had the option to try something different, I tried Biltwell's tracker bars. I found them to be too low without enough pullback for my taste (Biltwell doesn't publish the rise or pullback specs) so I ended up selling those and picking up these Euro Style bars. They were really wide, so after cutting 3 3/8" off either side and getting my turn signal switch run though the bars, here they are mounted up.

[Mr Freeze]

So I headed up to CT this past weekend to go to a party for me and my father's belated birthdays (I actually crashed this thing on my dad's birthday - July 28th) and had some time to fabricate a bracket for the headlight and front turn signals. I reused the little bracket I had made to hold the front brake splitter and fabbed up a piece for the headlight which I welded onto that. It's not the prettiest, but it's a whole lot of good enough. A couple quick coats of hammered silver paint and it was done. Took me a little bit of finessing with the upper brake line, but it actually worked out perfectly.






I also got out the gas bottle from my vacuum sync set and threw a quarter gallon of gas in it so that I could fire her up. Started right up which is a great thing and I sat on it and ran it through the gears since it was on the center stand. Now all I'm waiting for is for the gas tank to be finished with paint and I'm back on the road.

[evanphi]

Looking good. Glad to see a speedy recovery.

[70CB750]

Great comeback!

Be prepared to be road shy for a while, I know I was after my wipe out 

[lucky]

Green is a dangerous color for a motorcycle.
You match in with the landscape.
In the racing world green is considered bad luck.
Insurance rates are higher for green cars and red cars.

[evanphi]

Green is a dangerous color for a motorcycle. Not true. Grey/silver is dangerous because you blend into the road surface.
In the racing world green is considered bad luck. Tell that to Dale Jr. ...and the entirety of British motorsports...
Insurance rates are higher for green cars and red cars. Wives tale. Drivers of red vehicles may have higher rates due to being stopped and ticketed more frequently, but color has ZERO effect on rates.

[750K]

Nice job on tucking the front signals in, very clean look to the front end.

[Mr Freeze]

Got my gas tank back over the weekend and got it reinstalled. Went down and filled it up and spent the weekend riding. Feels so good to get back to this point. Thank you guys for all your support.

[Stev-o]

Looks great.  congrats on getting through this and back on the road.

[evanphi]

That's a cool side bag. How's that mounted?

Bike looks great after refreshments!

[Mr Freeze]

That bag is one I got at an army surplus store. It has 4 straps that have snaps on them so I strapped it to the frame rail below the oil tank. Holds my tools and a 12v socket.