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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #75 on: February 29, 2020, 10:08:07 AM »
I'm waiting for warmer weather 15C (60F) when starting the ride, colder while riding. And sand brushed away from the roads.  No sliding front wheel on sand covered asphalt used on winter ice on small roads. $$$$

Safer to wait a little extra.
Last week of March if lucky.  I hope for the warming we all are told to pay extra for so let get it! ;)
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Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
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http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
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http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #76 on: February 29, 2020, 01:05:20 PM »
Nominating your bike for BOTM Sean....
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #77 on: February 29, 2020, 05:17:17 PM »
Nominating your bike for BOTM Sean....
oh #$%* :o  thanks ;D
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #78 on: March 02, 2020, 12:48:37 PM »
Do you have a picture of the muffler bracket you used for the Kerker?  I still have the strap coming down from the upper shock mount on my '75 and it really detracts from the look.
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #79 on: March 02, 2020, 01:10:43 PM »
Do you have a picture of the muffler bracket you used for the Kerker?  I still have the strap coming down from the upper shock mount on my '75 and it really detracts from the look.
I am pretty sure I just found a piece of scrap 1/8" steel, bent it to suit in a vice, and drilled a couple bolt holes.  I will try and get some better pics for you.  You are not alone in disliking the provided Kerker hanger.
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #80 on: March 02, 2020, 03:41:02 PM »
Do you have a picture of the muffler bracket you used for the Kerker? 
I am pretty sure I just found a piece of scrap 1/8" steel, bent it to suit in a vice, and drilled a couple bolt holes.

I did basically the same thing recently, bought some flat stock and bent it to the shape I needed for it to go from the Kerker to the rear peg location



Kerker makes a great product but that support is stoopid!
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #81 on: March 12, 2020, 05:53:30 AM »
This has been a good read this past hour of sleeplessness. Nice job Sean.

Anybody found a replacement kerker sticker yet? I have a kerker that I'm getting a quote on re-chrome. Would be nice to find a replacement sticker for the can.
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My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #82 on: March 12, 2020, 07:24:43 AM »
+1 on the Kerker bracket mount location
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: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #83 on: March 12, 2020, 08:54:13 AM »
And yes a refab of the mount will be happening
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #84 on: March 12, 2020, 09:35:15 AM »
I was about to make a little aluminum sticker plate, have a graphics shop print me up a sticker, and screw the little #$%* on.

Thanks for the read.
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #85 on: March 12, 2020, 09:46:25 AM »
I was about to make a little aluminum sticker plate, have a graphics shop print me up a sticker, and screw the little #$%* on.

Thanks for the read.

Probably what I'll do too
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #86 on: March 12, 2020, 10:05:02 AM »
CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #87 on: March 12, 2020, 10:56:05 AM »
Kerker plate for sale. Is it a platinum plate?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/kerker-exhaust-pipe-name-plate-badge/333537729533?hash=item4da865dbfd:g:zQEAAOSwpdpVdPSC

7" long sounds bigger than original. I'm not near the pipe to measure it.
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #88 on: March 12, 2020, 02:21:19 PM »
 Did you see the fork tube sale at CycleX? Pretty cheap IMO.
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #89 on: March 12, 2020, 02:55:55 PM »
Did you see the fork tube sale at CycleX? Pretty cheap IMO.
hey thanks mike, I will check it out
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #90 on: March 13, 2020, 12:46:10 AM »
Off topic from Sean's great bike build, but well there you go, I didn't know Kerker were owned by Supertrapp, you learn something every day!

I've got at least one Supertrapp muffler out in my garage, I had it on my Triumph Rocket III before I installed the Jardine "Big Boss" pipe, because it kept coming loose and wanting to be launched offa the header pipe, but I've had them on much less powerful bikes like CB750's, and they're an interesting design.

Ken from "Megacycle Exhausts" here (no relation to the cam people in the US) told me that Supertrapp mufflers were sh1t, were heavy and didn't make any more power than a stock pipe, but for someone less technical and more hillbilly like me, it was fun adding/removing plates to make the note that suited me the most. Even my "Seat of the pants dynamometer" could tell that there was no big power increase by installing one, but they are a cool piece of kit, regardless.

How they've stayed in business for the best part of 50 years that I know of, is beyond me, but marketing is what makes the world go around, so I'm sure Supertrapp will still be selling their "special" mufflers for time immemorial. I might put one on one of my next builds, just for fun. ;D   
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #91 on: March 13, 2020, 02:27:17 AM »
That's interesting terry.  I have a supertrapp exhaust on my gs1100.  And while i like the unique sound it has and overall i rhink ir is a pretty high quality piece...guess what part has fallen off, making it look like a cheap, busted up pos...yup, the damn name plate
     The supertrapp company must stay viable by building products for the whole realm of the vehicle world.  They make stuff for cars, trucks, and heavy equipment.  I work for a company that builds custom underground mining equipment, and I was quite surprised when a work order to assemble a supertrapp end can showed up on my work bench.  Of course, our extremely knowledgeable engineers (lol) had precisely specified the exact number of discs required.
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #92 on: March 13, 2020, 03:18:03 AM »
That's interesting terry.  I have a supertrapp exhaust on my gs1100.  And while i like the unique sound it has and overall i rhink ir is a pretty high quality piece...guess what part has fallen off, making it look like a cheap, busted up pos...yup, the damn name plate
     The supertrapp company must stay viable by building products for the whole realm of the vehicle world.  They make stuff for cars, trucks, and heavy equipment.  I work for a company that builds custom underground mining equipment, and I was quite surprised when a work order to assemble a supertrapp end can showed up on my work bench.  Of course, our extremely knowledgeable engineers (lol) had precisely specified the exact number of discs required.

Yeah mate, the exhaust pressure on my home made 3 into 1 system (765cc per cylinder) on my Triumph Rocket III was so great I couldn't clamp that mother on, and keep it in place no matter how thick I made the mounting bracket. Take the end cap off and it's a different story, but I can make silencers for hand guns and rifles that are quieter........... ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #93 on: March 13, 2020, 06:50:20 AM »
Off topic from Sean's great bike build, but well there you go, I didn't know Kerker were owned by Supertrapp...

 

Yes, Kerker is manufactured by SuperTrapp, the brand was added in 1990.

And SuperTrapp aquired Jardine about 8 years ago...

https://www.cleveland.com/business/2012/08/supertrapp_industries_acquires.html
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« Reply #94 on: March 13, 2020, 02:43:19 PM »
Off topic from Sean's great bike build, but well there you go, I didn't know Kerker were owned by Supertrapp...

 

Yes, Kerker is manufactured by SuperTrapp, the brand was added in 1990.

And SuperTrapp aquired Jardine about 8 years ago...

https://www.cleveland.com/business/2012/08/supertrapp_industries_acquires.html

Well there you go mate, I bought the Jardine system in 2009 or 2010, so while I'm not 100% happy with it either, at least it's an "original", not that it really matters, the best pipe I put on it had the fishtail Ebay muffler, that I might clean up and put back on....... :D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #95 on: April 28, 2020, 06:23:10 PM »
Did not realize how photo "poor" this thread had becpme.  Here are some images
« Last Edit: April 28, 2020, 06:26:12 PM by seanbarney41 »
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« Reply #96 on: April 28, 2020, 06:33:06 PM »
God, these suck
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« Reply #97 on: April 28, 2020, 06:39:55 PM »
Well, at least those were right side up.  Just going back a ways here, but the overall look of the bike has not changed much since I first put it on the road.
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« Reply #98 on: April 28, 2020, 06:44:03 PM »
See what else I can find...
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Re: seanbarney41's 1975 CB750F!
« Reply #99 on: April 29, 2020, 06:47:59 AM »
Looks good Sean...
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