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Offline nycrider77

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'75 CB750F Ebay Special
« on: July 21, 2020, 09:16:43 am »
Hello everyone,welcome to my build.I am completely new to the world of vintage bikes so bear with me.I've been riding bikes for 10 years but only at the track,I have not ridden in the street during that time almost at all.I will probably be asking tons of questions and making tons of mistakes to it should be quite entertaining.I purchased the bike of a guy on ebay who put the bike together to this point himself and lost intrest.As far as I know the bike sat for over a year or more.The bike did not start when I bought it,obviously the price came down a bunch after that.The motor is from another bike,I was told.What a mess,huh?I will be probably scrap everything he has done.so for since my vision is different from his.The bike has no wiring,other then some wires running to the ignition so you can jump it.I checked the compression but didnt open the throttle so I got about 90psi across cold.Then I jumped it and ran it,making my first mistake and that was running it without any exhaust.This time I got 120 psi across.Currently I am contemplating the build and making a plan but first things first I will rewire the bike get it to start and run pr operely.
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Offline Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er

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Re: '75 CB750F Ebay Special
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2020, 09:21:16 am »
Greetings from Colorado and places beyond
As of today 3/13/2012 my original owner 75 CB750F has made it through 3 wives, er EX-wives. Free at last.  ;-)

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Re: '75 CB750F Ebay Special
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2020, 09:57:51 am »
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Re: '75 CB750F Ebay Special
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2020, 03:08:53 pm »

What a mess, huh?

We've seen a lot worse that that!  Doesnt look rusty, thats a good start. What is your vision?
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: '75 CB750F Ebay Special
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2020, 03:28:17 pm »
I want to make it clean,pure function with the vintage style cafe racer.I want to add some vintage or vintage inspired racing parts.I know it wont handle like a modern sport bike but I want it to be plenty good for the street hadling and breaking wise.

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Re: '75 CB750F Ebay Special
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2020, 12:39:08 am »
Looks better than mine did when I bought it.  Good luck with the build.  Hopefully you won’t have issue registering it if the frame number does not match the engine number (some places can be stickers about such details).