Topic: 1974 cb750

[BenelliSEI]

Frank….. Did you find an alternate “safety” location, locally?

[Schnell]

I have a couple of leads, one in Uxbridge, another in Stouffville. Will inquire tomorrow. Rick suggested Rosietoes but that's too far, near 401 and 400 highways.

[tctreppin]

I see that you have an eyelid on your head light too!

I do , I’ll private message u


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[Schnell]

Safety booked for tomorrow morning!

Loaded up and ready to go.

[BenelliSEI]

Looks good! Nice trailer too.

[Schnell]

glamour shot

[Schnell]

Safety check: No bueno! Fork seals newly replaced, are weeping fork oil.

Luckily have a parts bike with good forks, so just going to swap them out.

[70CB750]

Safety check: No bueno! Fork seals newly replaced weeping fork oil.

Luckily have a parts bike with good forks, so just going to swap them out.

Bummer 

[BenelliSEI]

Crap.

[MauiK3]

I wonder why they leaked.
Maui is not so concerned about forks in a Safety Check, lucky I guess.

[Schnell]

MauiK3, the mechanic explained that leaky fork seals may compromise front bake pads with oil resulting in not being able to stop quickly enough. I can understand that.

So I figured that I could just swap out the front forks with my parts bike, also a 1974 cb750. However, it had been modified during its time into a cafe racer style and a previous owner installed shorter forks. Darn!

The rusty tube is original to my bike, the shorter tube is from the parts bike.

[MauiK3]

Yamiya and others have fork tubes. I used Yamiya, mine were very rusty.

[BenelliSEI]

US$125 for a new pair at Vintagecb750.com…….

[Schnell]

US$125 for a new pair at Vintagecb750.com…….

Yep, and wouldn't you know, it's the weekend again.

[BenelliSEI]

Funny how that works!

[70CB750]

How often do you need the safety check done?  Just curious.   It is once a year in Virginia, once in the lifetime of the vehicle in Maryland and some states dont have safety inspections at all.

In the Czech republic the so called technical inspection is awful from what I heard. 

[RAFster122s]

Cannot imagine the grief you would have from corrupt inspectors in a place like Mexico.

My brother had a truck stolen there, he lives in the state of Zacatecas, runs a medical clinic. Bought a replacement truck here in states several months later and couldn’t get it past the border as his old truck wasn’t showing as stolen in the database. My brother has residency there but apparently it has lots of hoops on what is allowed or not…
My brother won’t pay bribes and often border guards try to shake you down for bribes. This wasn’t an attempt for a bribe.

So far my VStrom motorcycle has not had to be emissions tested in AZ…not sure at what point they are going to want to test it.

[Schnell]

How often do you need the safety check done?  Just curious.   It is once a year in Virginia, once in the lifetime of the vehicle in Maryland and some states dont have safety inspections at all.

In the Czech republic the so called technical inspection is awful from what I heard.

Here in Canada, a safety is required when ownership changes. This bike is new to me.

[MauiK3]

Once a year here on Maui

[70CB750]

Well in Czech you have to present first aid kit and you can fail for bandage with expired date 

Also tires on motorcycle must be the size and type the factory used.  Sidecar either on or off - and you can't just ride a bike solo with sidecar papers.  There is not much corruption but loads of red tape.

[Schnell]

New fork tubes and seals ordered from vintagecb750.

[BenelliSEI]

New fork tubes and seals ordered from vintagecb750.

The fix is in! I have a set of their’s in the shop shelves. I’m pretty sure they are K0/1 tubes, but if there is a problem, let me know. I’ll check.

[Schnell]

Thank you friend!

Question: Typically one places the seal on the tube, insert tube into stanchion, then jam the seal into the stanchion. Can one install the seal into the stanchion and then insert the tube?

[grcamna2]

There's less chance of damaging the seals by installing the tube into the lower first,then using a fork seal driver(a correct width of squared cut-end PVC pipe will work as a fork seal driver also..)and lightly tapping the oiled seal down into position. The repairs to road-readiness/forward progress are moving forward fast with this bike  A few small set-backs,no problem.

[seanbarney41]

For sure either way works fine.  Be sure you clean up the surface of the spot in the stanchion where the seal will sit...smooth out any damage from former prying of old seals.  Then grease it up nice and it should press in most of the way wiith just your thumbs.  Light taps with a hammer and a round driver should move it the rest of the way.  I usually use the old seal as a driver...just far enough that the snap ring  (and washer on some forks) can be re-installed.  Grease up the tube and make sure not to damage the seal with any sharp edges when you slide the tube back in.