Topic: 1975 CB750F just purchased

[SG103]

  I have been searching since October last fall for a doner bike for a cafe racer project. Recently a 1975 750 Super Sport came up. The bike has 15,235 miles on and is a original owner. It had been sitting in his shed for over a year, when he tried to start it up for me it had no spark. Since it had been sitting for some time I figured the oil would have had water from condensation. So I told him to let it be I would change the oil before trying to fire it up and I would buy it.
  My intention was to build a cafe racer but this might be a good candidate for a restoration.  It has some oil seepage between cylinder and head as you can see on picture.  I don't intend to do anything besides clean it up and get it going for the summer, this will be a 3 or 4 winter project for me.
  I'm posting this hoping to get ideas and suggestions.
 
Thanks in advance.
Arnold

[flybox1]

3000mi service, Tires if it needs....and ride it! 
A nice survivor.

[ekpent]

 Looks very nice congrats. Please don't cafe that one. I see you still have snow on the ground -Yuck !!

[seanbarney41]

F model is already a cafe racer....Just service and ride

[vince30]

I know I'm the minority here, but I vote chop it. If it was a K I'd feel differently, but the Fs are not as desirable, and in my opinion, look better as café racers.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Do NOT chop it up! It's too nice AND F's are the MOST desirable to some of us. Plus they perform better that the K models vs 72-73 up as the early K's had hotter engines than the later K's. If you get the urge to chop something then find a better candidate that needs work.

Anyway, you found a really nice condition bike. Don't worry about the oil on the head. They all do that eventually. Just leave that alone unless you have a REAL reason to open up the engine. It's just not worth it. Early F. Built Jan/Feb 1975. Feel free to PM me if I can help. After all, I am the self appointed MuthaF'r. I've had mine since 4/75 when they first hit the US shores the first week.   

[754]

Dont cafe it, if you want a cafe..clean that one up good and get it running good and sell at a profit..then use that money to build a cafe.

[SG103]

Dont cafe it, if you want a cafe..clean that one up good and get it running good and sell at a profit..then use that money to build a cafe.

I could do that, I've already been offered twice what I paid for it from a local guy who has a '73K. But I want this one, the more I read up on it the more I like it. I like the elongated tank and the rear disc brake, and like has already been mentioned, it already is a cafe racer model of the K.

[Ridem32]

Nice bike NO CHOP!!


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[evinrude7]

i agree with fly.  3000 service and ride it.  fix what needs fixing to run well.  then spend a winter getting it back to perfect. 

[700504]

Keep it how it is! there are so many other bikes that can be chopped easily, it's so much harder to make a bike look like this again after it's been altered.

[BWC]

Another vote for clean it up and ride.
Your pics. show a very good, unmolested example  that are getting harder to find. Its pretty easy to find a modified one, but nice stock ones are rare. About the same miles and shape to the 78F I picked up last fall that's cleaned up well and has turned out to be an very enjoyable ride.

[Stev-o]

Another vote for clean it up and ride.

+1.  That should settle that.  Nice find, congrats.

How could you not want to get it running and roadworthy now rather that make it a long term project?

[slikwilli420]

I was a dumb kid when I started chopping up my mint '76F. Once I realized how big the mistake was, it was too late, since so much had been modified. To redeem myself, I bought another '76F frame that I will put all the stock bits back on so I can have a nice example of a stock-ish F. I say stockish because I am going to change cosmetic things about it that are totally reversible in every way.