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Offline sulphurdave

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My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« on: September 23, 2014, 09:33:02 AM »
So I've started a couple threads asking a few questions but haven't started a build thread. Well long story short I drove 10 hours round trip to Mississippi a block away from the beach to pick up this 73 CB750K sitting in a shed not running owned by a toothless crack head. Well.. not sure about the crack head part but his teeth looked like corn nuts pushed into bubblegum and how that stack of boards and bed sheet curtains they call a house survived Hurricane Katrina I have no idea. The bike looks to be in decent shape though considering but since I brought it home I'm starting to discover a few problems but that's to be expected right? I immediately took that hideous front fairing off, cleaned the meth off it and started working to get this thing running and back on the road.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2014, 09:36:14 AM »
See my new member introduction thread for pics of other bikes I built but bought brand new and customized from there. This'll be my first vintage bike build. Should be fun.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2014, 09:41:59 AM »
She looks good, once you stripped the ugly off of her.  I am surprised you didn't want to keep the Windjammer fairing, paint the whole bike purple and go for the Prince Purple Rain theme!

Any particular plans for your "build"?
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2014, 11:25:28 AM »
I'd really like to keep it close to original as possible for a short period to ride it to a few places to recreate some old photos from the 70s of my Dad's bike where I grew up. Once I'm over all that I'll start modding it. Not 100% sure what direction I wanna go in yet. I've had the Honda chopper, the Harley bobber and the Harley bagger before this bike so I wanna do something different. I do like the look of "old" and "vintage" that we can be sure of. I took my brand new 2011 Nightster and made it look old.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2014, 11:27:03 AM »
The funny thing about that Sportster tank is I purposely stripped and aged that tank to have an old rusty vintage look and here I am owning an old vintage bike with a rusty tank wishing it was brand new.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2014, 01:53:10 PM »
That was a pretty solid makeover on your Nightster.

Something old and different.  Perhaps a vintage flat tracker -- but that would be one hefty flat tracker -- or a scrambler style bike?
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2014, 02:10:22 PM »
When I saw you sitting on your bike,  I thought you would be taller or maybe older.  My grandson loves sitting on my bikes.
Looks to have most on the good stuff, airbox, signals, ect . Good buy and have fun in the shed!
Steve
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2014, 02:32:24 PM »

Quote from: Steve_K on September 23, 2014, 02:10:22 PM
When I saw you sitting on your bike,  I thought you would be taller or maybe older.  My grandson loves sitting on my bikes.
Looks to have most on the good stuff, airbox, signals, ect . Good buy and have fun in the shed!
Steve

Haha! My 3 boys came with me to pick up the bike. They've been around all my bikes since they were born.

Thanks
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2014, 02:35:43 PM »
Quote from: sulphurdave on September 23, 2014, 02:32:24 PM

Quote from: Steve_K on September 23, 2014, 02:10:22 PM
When I saw you sitting on your bike,  I thought you would be taller or maybe older.  My grandson loves sitting on my bikes.
Looks to have most on the good stuff, airbox, signals, ect . Good buy and have fun in the shed!
Steve

Haha! My 3 boys came with me to pick up the bike. They've been around all my bikes since they were born.

Thanks

Start 'em off young!   ;)
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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2014, 08:33:57 PM »
I assume this ain't good.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2014, 09:44:41 PM »
Your assumption is correct.  How are the others?
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« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2014, 05:01:35 AM »
Quote from: sulphurdave on September 23, 2014, 08:33:57 PM
I assume this ain't good.
No assumption necessary. That ain't good. You can contact Bill Benton (member here) he likely has a whole new rack suitable and available for your bike. He's in Atlanta for your convenience.
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My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2014, 05:31:58 AM »
That's the #1 carb and it looks the worse. The others have some minor pitting in and around those same areas but not split like this one.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2014, 11:27:56 AM »
I guess I'm looking for just that one carburetor now so I can clean them all up rebuild them and see if this bike even runs before sinking too much money into it
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2014, 05:54:04 PM »
Quote from: sulphurdave on September 24, 2014, 11:27:56 AM
I guess I'm looking for just that one carburetor now so I can clean them all up rebuild them and see if this bike even runs before sinking too much money into it

Check w/Haris, he sells carb parts, he is our resident carb expert.  You'll need the model number, it's stamped on the carb.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=115539.0
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My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2014, 07:23:36 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on September 24, 2014, 05:54:04 PM
Quote from: sulphurdave on September 24, 2014, 11:27:56 AM
I guess I'm looking for just that one carburetor now so I can clean them all up rebuild them and see if this bike even runs before sinking too much money into it

Check w/Haris, he sells carb parts, he is our resident carb expert.  You'll need the model number, it's stamped on the carb.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=115539.0

Today I learned I also need a new tank. Looks like I need a whole new fuel system from the tank and everything in between down to the motor. Fantastic.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=141383

Thanks I'll get with him.
« Last Edit: September 24, 2014, 07:25:12 PM by sulphurdave »
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2014, 07:51:26 PM »
Quote from: sulphurdave on September 24, 2014, 07:23:36 PM
Quote from: Stev-o on September 24, 2014, 05:54:04 PM
Quote from: sulphurdave on September 24, 2014, 11:27:56 AM
I guess I'm looking for just that one carburetor now so I can clean them all up rebuild them and see if this bike even runs before sinking too much money into it

Check w/Haris, he sells carb parts, he is our resident carb expert.  You'll need the model number, it's stamped on the carb.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=115539.0

Today I learned I also need a new tank. Looks like I need a whole new fuel system from the tank and everything in between down to the motor. Fantastic.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=141383

Thanks I'll get with him.

Saw that, sorry to hear.  Good news is "everything in between" is fuel line and super cheap.
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2014, 08:20:08 PM »
Before I spend money on a tank I'd still like to hear this thing run and using the cheapest route. I think I saw someone hook up a small temporary gas tank just to hold some gas. What would be a good suggestion on this? Sounds obvious but I'd like to hear ideas.
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« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2014, 08:31:36 PM »
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
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« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2014, 09:01:56 PM »
What's wrong with your tank that a replacement is required?
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
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« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2014, 01:24:01 PM »
Here's a photochop I made of a CB750 and Harley Davidson. If those two bikes were to have a kid together this is what would come out... a badass custom bagger!
« Last Edit: October 05, 2014, 10:46:17 AM by sulphurdave »
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« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2014, 04:22:15 PM »
Thank God the SOHCs I've always owned are celibate! And heterosexual...

You, Dave, can always adopt  :o
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Re: My 73 barn find with 15k original miles!
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2014, 06:28:53 PM »
Haha!
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