Topic: CB750 K0-1, the motorcycle that ate my brain gets pipes stretched!

[Don R]

 Here's my pipe stretcher. I didn't cut the engine ends but that might have been easier.

[Stev-o]

Here's my pipe stretcher.

Hey Don...how much did you have to "stretch" it? 

The Italians are good at a lot of things but apparently not at making knockoff pipes!

[PeWe]

You had to bend the pipes to fit?
or
making sure that pipes are completely seated around head ex spigots?

[Don R]

You had to bend the pipes to fit?
or
making sure that pipes are completely seated around head ex spigots?
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 Yes, they are inserted all of the way in, I also used some anti-sieze to help them move around. One collar was welded on tilted, the gap was smaller on one side than the other. I had to open it up with an old screwdriver. Some guys cut the end of the pipe and trimmed the collar a bit but I liked the pipe stretcher idea.

 Also, my #3 didn't hit the frame as reported by some users of those pipes.

[Don R]

 Get a look at these carbs, I didn't want to overclean them and loose the sticker.
 
  I removed the bike from marketplace, the chuckleheads on there wore me out.        Everyone wants it for what the carbs and pipes cost me. I'll keep on restoring it and when it's worth something to someone I'll let it go, or my heirs can sell it at the estate auction someday.
  I'm going to find a better system of storage, I'm thinking dry out the fuel system, put them on their center stands and mesh them together on the concrete floor. It's climate-controlled year-round anyway. Someday I can get back to it or not.

[newday777]

Don
Fill the carbs with 2 stroke oil or MMO for storage.

[Don R]

Don
Fill the carbs with 2 stroke oil or MMO for storage.
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 I'm a longtime fan of the MMO, still don't know what's in it. It's a mystery! L0L!

 We used it in the old Ford flathead V8's to get and/or keep the valves unstuck.