Hello everyone!
I picked up my first motorcycle about a month and a half ago, and found myself browsing this forum a lot so I figured I would make an account and get involved.
A little background on myself, I live in Lexington KY, I'm 24, spent 6 years in the National Guard as a vehicle mechanic, just graduated college with a degree in Electrical Engineering and got my first big boy job as a Production Engineer. I'm also real big into music, played guitar in bands and gigged all around central KY throughout high school and college. I've always had an itch for bikes but never got a chance to get one for myself. I've always been more of a car guy, specifically 80s/90s Japanese cars, but I finally got my first bike!
Its a 1977 CB750K. Snagged it from a guy off craigslist in Cincinnati OH. I initially bought it with the intentions of chopping it up and building a brat/cafe style bike, but I fell in love with the OEM look and all the chrome so we'll see what happens. She's weathered, but she's solid
It still needs a few things to get it in good running condition. When I got it, it had a seized caliper so I immediately replaced that. The next big thing to do is rebuild the forks. The fork seals leak REALLY bad.
I also noticed when riding around the front brake seizes up. When I open the bleeder valve some brake fluid squirts out and the caliper frees up, which that leads me to believe something is up with the Master Cylinder, like its not retracting. This doesn't surprise me because unfortunately the previous owner kept this thing outside
The brake fluid looked like chocolate milk when I did the caliper job. No big deal though!
Anyways, looking forward to chatting with everyone!
