Hi,
My father in law just gave me his old drag bike which is a 1974 CB750 (built). He use to drag it in the mid 90's but crashed on the track, so after his hospital stay he re built it and it stayed in the garage.
I ride a 2009 Harley heritage so these older bikes are a new thing for me and I'm hoping to get some help to get it road safe. He's ran it in the garage thru the years so it runs well and is jetted fine. I know that the gears get stuck/fused together if it sits awhile, we broke them free, through they do tend to stick after sitting for a week or so.
My main concern is braking. It don't have a front brake on it now though he does have the original hardware. I'm wondering if there is a modern aftermarket setup that works better and where I would order those.
Brake lines, the stock ones I want to change out. They just seem kind of weak and I would like to put on some braided. Am I going to have to have these custom made or is there a vendor that has pre made ones?
Rubber throughout. The bikes been sitting for about ten years. He told me about some rubber that helps with the sprocket or something? What should I change out that will most likely be toast.
Aftermarket chrome side plates and securing. He told me that the side plate is notorious for falling off, so I'm wanting to replace it to keep the original. has a vendor came up with something to completely secure the plate so it don't vibrate free?
I'm wanting to keep it as close to as he currently has it style wise as possible. I just want to get it back on the road, made a promise that I would.
on top of all that I'm wondering if all of this is simple enough to do in the garage. I have no problem taking it to a shop and will probably do so just to get everything checked out. But I would like to bust MY knuckles on it if it's straight forward.
Thanks for the time and sorry for dropping all the questions here. I'm trying to fast track this project so I can ride it to his place ASAP.
