Wednesday and another rainy, dreary weather day in Germany. But a great day to spend time in the garage on my favorite project. Resto for cb750k8. This has been a great opportunity for me to reminisce the occurance when I purchased a 1973 cb750 new off the showroom in Houston, TX. One week later I purchased a Yoshimura cam and piston kit along with a kerker 4into1 exhaust. I was so happy and what fun it provided. To be honest, I cannot even remember what happened with it. did I sell it or trade it? no idea. But this project brings back the memories and excitement I had back then.
Today, I will try to get the cylinders and head installed. If all goes to plan, maybe even adjusting the valves. By this weekend, I hope to have the stand built to hold the motor on my mobile diy bench. I plan to hoist the frame from the garage joists and manuever it sideways over the motor. It should be a much easier process than others I have witessed on YouTube. The only down side is time to build the motor stand and then, what do I do with it once the project is over. Since it is built from welded 2 to 3mm square steel tubing, I will likely just cut it into pieces and be used in other projects down the road. I will take pictures of the stand along with the frame hanging before and after that step in the effort.
Currently the frame and a few other items are sitting on the mobile bike bench. These will have to be removed in preparation for the engine stand and engine to be placed. Also, at the moment the engine is being built on top of a 2nd mobile bench in my garage extension. Explaining this now helps me plan and prepare for what's coming. I hope you don't mind. We have a small 2 car garage 5meter by 7meter, then I added a 5m x 5m extension onto it. So on motor insertion day,, all cars will be out on the driveway, the cb motor will be hoisted and bolted to the motor stand, the bike bench will be rolled under it and positioned. Then the frame will be hoisted and engine bench rolled into position for the frame manipulation over the engine.
If you have read to this rumbling, I applaud you and want to thank you as well. Any suggestions before final assembly of the motor or it's frame installation, please comment. I will have time every evening to gleen your comments and suggestions.
A little info on my early life... my father was an automatic transmission builder, I learned from him. He had a few shops in the Houston TX area where I gained some experience. But later I worked for 30 yrs in other occupations. While working with my father, I also rebuilt engines and transmissions. This is the background for what got me into this project predictament.
