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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2008, 08:08:33 PM »
Post some pics Mark, post some pics! ;D
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2008, 08:24:22 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 24, 2008, 08:08:33 PM
Post some pics Mark, post some pics! ;D

          Like Terry said, Mark, post some pictures. ;)

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2008, 10:03:14 PM »
YES YES YES please ;D ;D ;D
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #28 on: October 10, 2019, 08:27:10 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 24, 2008, 08:08:33 PM
Post some pics Mark, post some pics! ;D

My ugly bike for ya  :-[ :-[ :-[



With my moll Mitzi  :-*



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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #29 on: October 11, 2019, 03:51:27 AM »
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Vik.
Taken it for a spin yet?
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #30 on: October 11, 2019, 04:17:03 AM »
Not yet, had a caby leak on the day we were gunna take it for inspection, bugger, so took off the carbs and bowls , cleaned them up...

Sure enough , bit a crap holding a seat open, but every bowl had what looked like Murray River mud in em, so it needed that...

Next inspection day is wednesday, so shoot up there then and hand over the cash...  ::)

My arse is burning a hole in everything I sit on at the mo cos I wanna ride her sooo bad...!!!

Prolly woulda 40 years ago with no rego, BUT a stable law abiding citizen these days FFS  :-[ :-[

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #31 on: October 11, 2019, 03:43:51 PM »
Tuned, they go quite well, I'm not sure if you will see this video but here goes.

https://www.facebook.com/579151338763550/videos/695993873745962/UzpfSTIwNTY2OTM4NjI2NjA0Nzo4NDMxNjQ0NTU4NDk4Njc/
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #32 on: October 11, 2019, 04:33:00 PM »
they may be slow out of the hole. they may be ugly(beauty is in the of the beholder) but when you are riding one and get caught in a long traffic jam you will really learn fast to love that automatic.(go ahead ask my how I know)ps I own 3 of the .2 77s and one 78 with 2000 miles on it
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #33 on: October 11, 2019, 04:45:01 PM »
Dave, I only rode mine on the road for a 300 mile trip when I first bought it and found it a great ride.
After that, it was all on the drag strip and boy, was that fun beating Hayabusas and ZX14s in Street ET, not bad for a 76 bike. haha.
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #34 on: October 11, 2019, 08:40:20 PM »
I feel better now... ;D

Funny though aint it ...???

Terry from OZ is selling me a set of carbs ,836 slugs ,pots and head with a cam to wake her up  :-*

Once his mutton gun is back in order it's off to the post office cos I'm in South Australia.

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #35 on: October 11, 2019, 08:51:38 PM »
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on October 11, 2019, 03:43:51 PM
Tuned, they go quite well, I'm not sure if you will see this video but here goes.

https://www.facebook.com/579151338763550/videos/695993873745962/UzpfSTIwNTY2OTM4NjI2NjA0Nzo4NDMxNjQ0NTU4NDk4Njc/

Yep, that worked, didnt quite catch what the bloke said, was that a 13...??? not to shabby for a slusher  I woulda thought ...

Cant wait till next week to finally get to ride her... !!!

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #36 on: October 12, 2019, 05:18:05 AM »
He said twelve thirty Vic, 12.30 seconds.
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #37 on: October 12, 2019, 06:21:14 AM »
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on October 12, 2019, 05:18:05 AM
He said twelve thirty Vic, 12.30 seconds.

bloody hell  :o thats moving ... ya gotsto be happy with that ...

it’s been 40 odd years since my K2 when I was a lad, so my need for speed wont be such a shock once I get to ride her, A whole new bag, even in the drive way I was lookin for the clutch lever, old habits die hard I spose

will do the carbys first , seems what one must do... thanks ...

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #38 on: October 12, 2019, 06:52:57 AM »
A few months later, it twice ran 12.05 with early shut offs Vic, low 11.9s would have been possible had I not shut down early.
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #39 on: October 12, 2019, 06:02:36 PM »
Quote from: Sam Green Racing on October 12, 2019, 06:52:57 AM
A few months later, it twice ran 12.05 with early shut offs Vic, low 11.9s would have been possible had I not shut down early.

Well thats sayin something... three runs in a row and still happy as a pig in siht ...!!!I think my bomb will do me fine then ...!!!

I know there would be a trick or two done to it, but these old girls are hard to beat, used to take my 1971 XY 351 Clevo Falcon to a track(circuit) and run all day , had the FMX box then, no problem

 

Then I took my 2002 BA Ford Falcon Turbo to the same track and had to go home after 5 laps cos it melted, the fkn stupid computers etc shut it down ,blew the diff breather off too and oil all over the joint...

So give me old school every day of the week...!!!

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #40 on: October 12, 2019, 08:18:09 PM »
 A K or f tank won't go right on an A frame. Too wide. I even tried a 400F tank, no joy.  I considered relocating frame rails much like an A but where they would fit in a common tank. 
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #41 on: October 12, 2019, 08:48:21 PM »
Quote from: Don R on October 12, 2019, 08:18:09 PM
A K or f tank won't go right on an A frame. Too wide. I even tried a 400F tank, no joy.  I considered relocating frame rails much like an A but where they would fit in a common tank.

Dont ya like the shape ...??? must say I dont mind it...



After an old dickhead did a U turn in front of me and I cleaned him up and my K2 , I chopped it ( cos the triple tree copped it) and after that soon sold it cos I reckon I just stuffed up a good bike and that was it for 40 odd years for bikes...

Now I wont mod the looks, donk yea, thats about it...

vik...if it's too loud I'm too old ...  :-[ 

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2019, 04:25:02 AM »
I managed to get a CB350F tank on mine. Much lighter.



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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2019, 04:32:01 AM »
Jeez, what did I press to make that last pic so bloody big that it dont even fit on the page...???

Not real up to date with all this pewter stuff...???

Oh, so now I get it, ya want light weight for the drags ...

Well mine will just be a street bomb, those days are over for me...

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #44 on: October 28, 2019, 12:49:01 PM »
I have a 400A and if the 750A is anything like it then it's pretty reliable.  I have a buddy who owned a 750A back in its heyday and he said they were pretty slow off the line, and you had to be a pretty beefy dude to ride it because it was so heavy but he said he had a lot of fun with it for many years.

I like the look the 750A as well.  But yes, I could see people not being impressed with it... marketing as a beginners bike but is big and heavy and kind of slow off the line.  It doesn't even look like the 400A-450A's did all that well either.  Then of course it all became the Rebel later...
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #45 on: October 28, 2019, 04:27:57 PM »
Quote from: Maraakate on October 28, 2019, 12:49:01 PM
I have a 400A and if the 750A is anything like it then it's pretty reliable.  I have a buddy who owned a 750A back in its heyday and he said they were pretty slow off the line, and you had to be a pretty beefy dude to ride it because it was so heavy but he said he had a lot of fun with it for many years.

I like the look the 750A as well.  But yes, I could see people not being impressed with it... marketing as a beginners bike but is big and heavy and kind of slow off the line.  It doesn't even look like the 400A-450A's did all that well either.  Then of course it all became the Rebel later...

Ha Ha, prolly why I got two,I'm pretty beefy and they are bloody heavy...!!!

Thats why I'm chasin a grab rail , to get the prick of a thing on the centre stand with out one is a PITA...back and knees ...!!!

Might put a K7 836 top end on it for a bit of awake up...  8)

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #46 on: October 28, 2019, 04:36:52 PM »
Quote from: bear on October 11, 2019, 03:51:27 AM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Vik.
Taken it for a spin yet?

Went through all the BS import rego crap and it is now on the road...  ;D

I sure didnt have to handcuff me mitts to the handle bars to stay on her, but I wasnt expecting a rocket either...

Good old Terrence is gunna flog me some go fast bits for the top, so that will do , short of putting cherries in the slusher instead of bananas...!!!

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #47 on: October 28, 2019, 04:43:41 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 19, 2008, 04:25:04 PM
Quote from: eurban on January 19, 2008, 07:31:41 AM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 18, 2008, 11:31:44 PM
Yeah, no doubt the stocker was a tad slow, but what about a worked CB750A engine in a F2 frame? Will it fit? That might be fun! Cheers, Terry. ;D

Why would you want the F2 frame? 

'Cos the 750A is an ugly fuucker, ha ha! I can live with the pain of frame out rebuilds, but I'm not sure I could live with the "A"s looks!

But seriously, who actually does "in frame" rebuilds anyway, it's a pain in the arse trying to torque down a head when you can't get to half the studs with your torque wrench, I can do "in frame" top end work on my GS Suzuki's, but it's a lot easier and more comfortable to pull 'em and do 'em on the bench. ;D

Aint "they" sayin the same about your latest purr chase...???

LOL...water off a ducks back...!!!

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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #48 on: October 28, 2019, 04:55:17 PM »
...but in the end, the "A" still makes a great commuter!
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Re: CB750A...a dog or what?
« Reply #49 on: October 28, 2019, 05:10:54 PM »
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...but in the end, the "A" still makes a great commuter!

Yep... took me all of 1/2 an hour to stop searchin for the clutch with my left hand...!!!

Bloody hell, 40 odd years since I rode my K2 and my hand was still lookin for the clutch... old habits die hard as they say... well the do down here...!!!

I get a tune up on Thursday, wonder what a diff that will be...??? bit of a brrrr splot splot in the mid range now, seemed better on a cold morning ...???

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