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Offline crispin

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From the promise land of VA Beach...
« on: June 19, 2015, 05:17:52 PM »
Just inquired my first CB750, and loving life.


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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 04:29:35 AM »
Welcome from hopewell
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Offline 70CB750

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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 04:31:34 AM »
Welcome!
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Offline Stev-o

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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 06:35:28 AM »
Welcome from Texas.  Tell us more about the bike.
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2015, 11:14:48 AM »
Absolutely Stev-o.

It's a 1978 CB750k that I picked up on craigslist. When I bought it, I didn't know if it ran, I was only going off of what the guy had told me. So I probably shouldn't have bought it for the price I did not knowing if it ran. It didn't have an airbox and the carbs needed cleaned. Since being impossible to find stock airbox, I bought k&n pod filters and cleaned the carbs 3 times to make sure. My bike started right up!  ;D

Frame has been powder coated
Engine painted black
I installed clip ons
I just ordered a seat hoop for my brat seat.
It came with a Benjie's cafe racer tank that I really like, so I painted it gloss black, and cleaned rust with apple cider vinegar (works really well).
License plate for the axel.
Circle brake light for the seat.
Dyna S ignition with dyne coils / 3 ohms

Should have this thing ready to roll by the end of the week! Enough to ride legal anyways...   ;)

Here is a photo of before:
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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2015, 05:01:19 PM »
Welcome from Tucson.

Good looking bike!  :)

Tom
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'76 CB750F gone
'78 CB750K in progress.....
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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2015, 06:59:22 AM »
Since being impossible to find stock airbox...

They are out there, the cafe guys typically take them off.

How she running?
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Re: From the promise land of VA Beach...
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2015, 09:54:33 AM »
Yeah, I was going to take the airbox off eventually, so this just made it easier and faster for me to.  ;D

So I got her running and wanted to take it to my Honda shop, I have a friend there who is really cool. Just wanted him to make sure everything was ready and good to go.

Well, the air throttle in carb 1 was getting stuck when throttle was wide open, and I had to get a few helicoils for the float bowls prior  to get the carbs right. It ended up helping me make my decision of buying CR special carbs.  8)

I'm super excited about it. It's getting dialed in now at the shop since we did the carb switch there, here is a little video of what he sent me before he started dialing it in.