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evoskuil

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1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« on: April 28, 2020, 10:35:43 PM »
This is my first ride, a CB750K5 that I got as junk in 1984, just after graduating high school. It was my only vehicle in college. I put 30,000 miles on it back then, in all weather, and it never failed me. Bringing it back to life now. I've kept a detailed blog over the last 12 months. I'd like to repost each here, but it's a lot.

https://hondacb750k5.wordpress.com/
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Re: 1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 02:23:15 PM »
Damn! That was a LONG blog. Thanks for documenting your build.  I'm looking forward to where you go from here.  I think you're one of the first to detail installation of a Sump Thing on the Project board.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: 1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2020, 02:58:38 PM »
Wow, did you actually read it all? Thanks, nice to find some SOHC/4 enthusiasts. I document every step, which is presently almost daily.

All that’s left on the Sump Thing is paint and final assembly. I couldn’t find anyone who had documented it anywhere. Hopefully this helps. Waiting on a fresh set of CNC rotors, in the mail.
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Re: 1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2020, 12:21:42 AM »
Fraudulent Part Letter

https://hondacb750k5.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/fraudulent-part-letter/

Latest blog post. Got a refurbished swingarm pivot bolt sold as NOS. I guess they didn’t think a buyer would notice the bearing surface was entirely worn away on one end of the bolt.
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Re: 1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 01:59:18 AM »
Case Bolt Replacement

https://hondacb750k5.wordpress.com/2020/04/26/case-bolts-replacement/

Latest blog post. Replaced all case bolts using a kit from Alloy Boltz.
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Re: 1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2020, 02:24:21 AM »
Engine Bolt Replacement

https://hondacb750k5.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/engine-bolt-replacement/

Latest blog post. Replacing all cover bolts using a kit from Alloy Boltz. Found a few issues with this kit.
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Re: 1975 CB750 - Cafe Build
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2020, 03:26:56 PM »
Quote from: evoskuil on April 30, 2020, 12:21:42 AM
Fraudulent Part Letter

https://hondacb750k5.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/fraudulent-part-letter/

Latest blog post. Got a refurbished swingarm pivot bolt sold as NOS. I guess they didn’t think a buyer would notice the bearing surface was entirely worn away on one end of the bolt.

Supplier agreed to refund part and pay return shipping, no questions asked.
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