Be lurking here for a few days soaking up some of the info and also browsing Ebay for parts.
Max Headflow name is a really sort of a twisted version of Max Headroom..
I'm pretty much an old retired guy that loves working on bikes and making things. About 2 years ago I joined the San Diego Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club. Since I spent 12 years working as a wrench (1969-1981) mainly on Hondas I figured to get one sort of restore. I've owned a number of hondas, the last four cylinder being a 76 CB550F which I bought new and put 66000 miles on. I do currently own a 2002 XR400, some HDs and a couple special construction bikes.
Anyway I bought a 78 CB750K. While the bike has only 23000 miles on it, it's acquired a bit of a patina so it will be coming a part for some powdercoat, cleanup. The tanks and side covers don't look to bad as someone had painted them OK but the frame is pretty rusty, as are the wheels and pipes. Controls and instruments are weathered. Motor looks to have oil leaks from the rubber plugs under the cam towers. I not sure if the headgasket is OK but most of those when they started to leak were from the oil galleries on the ends of the cylinders (IIRC). Compression is pretty much 135-140 psi on all cylinders, Plugs look clean.
It's got the typical lean running symptoms off idle, that I need to fix but then I remember them being pretty lean when new.
I'll probably be asking a few questions on for sure but may be able pull up some good info from my worn out memories.
Bruce
PS I looks like I need to find a picture hosting site.
