Author Topic: Ratty CB750 (Read 3733 times)

736cc · « **on:** December 22, 2006, 05:10:56 PM »

Found this refugee from a shop fire. :oNot only was it toasted and melted (check out the gauges and tail lamp), its original owner did some bizarre mods. The original rear rim and original Bridgestone 18" tire was somehow grafted to the front hub. The shocks were shortened (presumably w/ a hacksaw) and re-welded together. It has a square car tire on the Harley rear rim. The turn signals on the back were the type used on boat trailers. The muffler I think came off a car or lawn mower. What really caught my attention, was the left-side horn, only found on very early sandcasts. Bikes speedo under the melted goo had 5000 miles on it.

Darn thing ran and looked a-ok after a little work.

[img][http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/9633/sandcastml3.jpg/img]

GoatBaSS · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2006, 05:25:18 PM »

That is truly a keeper. I would run it untill it could run no more! A Phoenix! THE Phoenix!

736cc · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2006, 05:31:55 PM »

It went full-circle

petercb750 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2006, 07:28:58 PM »

Awesome salvage job 736, and glad it wasn't stripped and sold off as parts. You've done well.

nickjtc · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2006, 09:37:03 PM »

Congratulations. Just goes to show that a bike ain't dead until it has been stripped to its component parts, or buried six feet under, or lobbed into the local lake.

Geeto67 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2006, 09:42:58 PM »

Did that bike come out of Loud Fast and Ugly's shop fire? He had one just like it in the shop right before the place burned down. I can't shake the feeling that I know that bike somehow.

The square car tire is an old chopper mod. If you look closely I think you'll find it is a volkswagen beetle tire. My 550 chopper has the same thing in the rear - 16" harley rim and VW tire. I've seen a few with the wider front rim too, not sure why but my guess is that it helped with stability with the VW rear tire.

nice to see it is in such good shape now.

Steve F · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2006, 04:22:36 AM »

Beautiful job you did there! Hats off to you!

jalfonso · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2006, 07:30:00 AM »

WOW!! That bike looks like it just came off the showroom floor. Beautiful!

mcpuffett · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2006, 08:23:20 AM »

nice lookin bike you have there 736 cc

, its a credit to you , mick.

736cc · « **Reply #9 on:** December 27, 2006, 02:44:56 PM »

Rescuing an old neglected and abused CB750 floats my boat. I don't know whats the best part; finding them, bringing them home, tearing them apart to bare frame, putting them back together w/ freshened parts, riding them for all their worth when they're finished on a back road, or drinking a beer when its all restored with the bike sitting there in front of me all its glory.
Its a good thing.

Bikebuff · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2006, 02:54:50 PM »

Quote from: 736cc on December 27, 2006, 02:44:56 PM

Rescuing an old neglected and abused CB750 floats my boat. I don't know whats the best part; finding them, bringing them home, tearing them apart to bare frame, putting them back together w/ freshened parts, riding them for all their worth when they're finished on a back road, or drinking a beer when its all restored with the bike sitting there in front of me all its glory.
Its a good thing.

Wow 736cc, you took the words right out of my mouth. There is so much to be said for the joy found in the process the bike (and us) go through from start to finish. Nicely put and what a collection!!!

Prost!

tramp · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2006, 03:03:27 PM »

i found paradise in a picture
well done

SD750F · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2006, 03:13:54 PM »

736cc,

Looks like you have a great collection of SOHC's! Please tell Model and years??? I know that your Gold one is a K0 or K1 Sandcast. Curious minds want to know!

Scott

medic09 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2006, 03:21:43 PM »

I'll wait for the answer to Scott's question. Otherwise, I'm speechless. Enthralled, inspired, (humbled considering my own limited abilities),...speechless.

736cc · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2006, 03:42:11 PM »

K0, sandcast, sandcast, K0 in that pic. They've all got new homes , but I always got a couple bouncing around in various states of completion. This 69 was delivered to my door Christmas Eve at midnite(!) and is completely apart already. Don't look like much, but it has all the early orig #8 bolts, no broken fins, rare orig left side horn, and its a runner. It'll be my keeper.

Andoo · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2006, 07:26:48 PM »

too sexy, too sexy

bwaller · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2006, 07:53:48 PM »

Nice job 736, well done. By the looks of your garage you are immersed in glory, and it is a great thing!

burmashave · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2006, 09:02:57 AM »

Outstanding! Simply outstanding! Your pics are an inspiration as to what can be done to a bike in less than perfect

shape.

ProTeal55 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2006, 09:31:17 AM »

Great job !

ktp1598 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2006, 10:52:32 AM »

There's inspiration for all of us.

dagersh · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2006, 11:31:01 AM »

WOW!!!!!!! You are the man!. Did the Candy Gold Bikes oriiginally come with gold stripes?

736cc · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:56:29 PM »

My 1st CB750 (a sandcast, no less!) came with gold bodywork. Been told its 1 of 2 candy gold sandcasts in existance, the other being the pre-production prototype shown at Brighton, England during Easter 1969. That bike has not been seen since that show.

medic09 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2006, 03:00:07 PM »

Really fine looking machine.

How do you keep coming up with these?

supersport_CB400F · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2006, 03:17:29 PM »

Nice .... the bike may be missing but I've got the turn signals

736cc · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2006, 03:34:08 PM »

Interesting...I heard recently of the basket case Brighton bike, saw pics of its wanky airbox etc. Interesting story behind it.
Did you hear about the OTHER pre-production bike (candy blue-green) surfacing this year? It didn't have those ellyptical signal lenses, but the whole bike was hand-made and shared nothing w/ production sandcasts, it was really bizarre up-close.

chippyfive50 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 31, 2006, 08:30:29 PM »

I think you may have inspired a new category level, where effort counts as "posts". it's called........ "Junkie"

736cc · « **Reply #26 on:** December 31, 2006, 08:36:42 PM »

I have it bad...at Mid-ohio I slept under my CB750

BobbyR · « **Reply #27 on:** December 31, 2006, 08:57:22 PM »

Where do you get the exhausts?

736cc · « **Reply #28 on:** January 01, 2007, 06:44:59 AM »

stock new available from Honda (either USA or Europe suppliers), sometimes its cheaper to buy a K0 or K1 that has the pipes. ebay always has pipes new and used.

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