Topic: I bought my first Honda

[GUTS]

Hi fellas, I am a true blue Kawasaki guy,(I have 14)I grew up with them and had a new H2A 750 in 1973 when I was 16. I never expected to but now own my first Honda, a 1971 K1. I bought it from a fellow in Texas a couple of months ago and just got it home to South Dakota yesterday. The bike hasn't been started in 6 years so I will go through the fuel and brake system and see how she rides.  Now that I'm a little older and wiser I appreciate all the old superbikes, the Honda 750 included. I have a few questions to ask in the forums and I know some of the differences in the early K models but I am anxious to learn more. The bike is supposed to be original except for the 16" rear wheel and tire. 37,000 miles, the pipes, paint and seat are in almost perfect condition and the only rust is on the front spokes. Here are a few pictures of my new Honda.





This one is with flash.


One question, shouldn't it have red diamonds instead of yellow?

[750cafe]

Wow! Looks like you found a fine example to get back on the road.

Eric

[HondaMan]

What a BEAUTIFUL K1! That's an excellent example of a New Factory K1 (hence the yellow side diamonds). At 37k miles, it ought to just be waking up for the long road: mine didn't run smooth at speed until it had about 20k miles on it. Ever after that, it's been invincible, mechanically. What is the Build Date (on the steering head)?. It looks real close to mine.

[GUTS]

The frame number is 1058348 and the engine is 1056703. I'm not near the bike now so I can't tell you the build date. I'm off to see why it has no juice, I'll get the date after a bit.

[Johnie]

Great looking bike...nice score indeed!!!

[GUTS]

By the looks of your sig line this one would fit right in.   The frame tag says 10/70 for the build date.

[70CB750]

What a beauty. Used and not abused showing the age. Good things and good people age well.

Congratulations and welcome to the forum.

[HondaMan]

By the looks of your sig line this one would fit right in.   The frame tag says 10/70 for the build date.

Wow! That's right at the peak season for the K1. That's going to be a GREAT bike. Those were the original 100,000-miler bikes. If it still has the stock drive, it will have a 17T countersprocket and a 48T rear sprocket, 115 mainjets with the carb needles in the middle position. With today's fuels, consider running it on less than Premium, so it won't foul the plugs, or switch the mainjets down to #110. Either way, try running midgrade fuels, listen for any knock before going up to premium.

That engine will have Stellite valve guides, hard as nails. Put a little 2-stroke oil in the gas when you think of it, so they will last. Mine went over 100,000 miles with the last 35k or so of it using oil in the tank. During rebuilds now, I install bronze guides instead, but the Stellite guides deliver absolutely great performance.

Yeah, boy, that is one beautiful 750!