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CB750 K0 vs K7
« on: March 22, 2008, 04:46:43 AM »
Hey
I'm thinking of buying a CB750 K7 but actually i like the tank and seat of the earlier 750's more than the ones on the K7 version.
Is it possible to change this without modifications?
Are there other major differences between those bikes?

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2008, 05:37:45 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2008, 06:48:00 AM »
Ive done this myself on my K7. The early tanks mount in the same location. I used a 75-76 K tank so the petcock was on the correct side of the carb rack. I painted  it to look like a 71. The early tanks are an inch shorter in body length, but the mounting is the same.  So there is going to be a seat gap if the pan is not modified. I used the stock 77 pan and relocated the hinges. I then "cafed" the seat. It works slick. The early seat pans are too narrow for the hinge\lock locations on the later frames.

Looks like an older one to me, other than the side covers of coarse.

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2008, 07:28:59 AM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.  For my 78K project I wanted to clean up the stock bike, give it a more muscular look, but still keep good level of comfort and long distance rideability.  For me, these bikes are defined by their four pipes,  and with the cannons on the back, the large stock seat and tank balance it out.   The early tanks and the F tanks look a bit narrow with my stock seat (which I am happy with) so the late tank suits me fine.  I am going to seal up the flap and install a flush mount pop up cap on the tank before the professional paint job happens.  I am also going to fill in the badge area and create an round indent for an old school small round Honda wing emblem (superhawk I think)  Here's an older pic of the bike before I went to smaller grips and bar end mirrors . . .

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2008, 08:44:51 AM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.   The early tanks and the F tanks look a bit narrow with my stock seat (which I am happy with) so the late tank suits me fine.   I am also going to fill in the badge area and create an round indent for an old school small round Honda wing emblem (superhawk I think)  Here's an older pic of the bike before I went to smaller grips and bar end mirrors . . .


You make a good point about originality. It seems like there are a lot of different ways to get a new/different look with the original pieces. Paint/No paint, trim, decals, striping, etc if done well and thought-out can, it seems to me, achieve a lot...
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2008, 10:32:19 AM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched. 

+1

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IMHO


Besides Carpy, has anyone actually increased the sales value of these old bikes with a cafe conversion?  Compared to a stock restoration, that is.

Speaking, of tanks.  I need one for my 750 F2 restore!  Why waste it on a K model? ;D

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2008, 12:24:12 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched. 

+1

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IMHO


Besides Carpy, has anyone actually increased the sales value of these old bikes with a cafe conversion?  Compared to a stock restoration, that is.

Speaking, of tanks.  I need one for my 750 F2 restore!  Why waste it on a K model? ;D

Cheers,

Most of these guys on this board aren't concerned about resale. It seems that what looks good to them is what counts. If using some "cafe" style is what they like, then cool. Some like bobbers, choppers, stock, ect. And thats cool too. I myself like stock, mild cafe, some bobbers, not too into the choppers, but thats me.

If I remember Freggy was just asking to see if the older stuff will fit on the newer frames. Nothing mentioned about cafes. I hope I could help him with that.

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« Last Edit: March 22, 2008, 12:41:18 PM by pddpimp »
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2008, 12:26:36 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.  For my 78K project I wanted to clean up the stock bike, give it a more muscular look, but still keep good level of comfort and long distance rideability.  For me, these bikes are defined by their four pipes,  and with the cannons on the back, the large stock seat and tank balance it out.   The early tanks and the F tanks look a bit narrow with my stock seat (which I am happy with) so the late tank suits me fine.  I am going to seal up the flap and install a flush mount pop up cap on the tank before the professional paint job happens.  I am also going to fill in the badge area and create an round indent for an old school small round Honda wing emblem (superhawk I think)  Here's an older pic of the bike before I went to smaller grips and bar end mirrors . . .



I like that look alot!  Kinda what I'm after w/ my 2up dunstall seat and longer f tank on a 75 cb750 K.


sorry for the hijack but I am curious are those cannons emgo dunstall replicas, some other repo, or custom?  How hard was it to fit? 

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2008, 12:28:00 PM »
That red bike looks really good .. JMO..
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2008, 12:31:54 PM »
Those cannons are stock 750 k8 4-4 pipes, heavy and currently made of unobtanium (although I think DSS has reproductions now available.). . . . I would guess that most of those here modding their bikes (whether it is as a cafe, chopper or otherwise) are not doing it to increase the value of their machine. Performance, aesthetics and the joys of building / working on your own creation would be much more likely reasons IMHO. . . .

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2008, 08:32:20 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.  For my 78K project I wanted to clean up the stock bike, give it a more muscular look, but still keep good level of comfort and long distance rideability.  For me, these bikes are defined by their four pipes,  and with the cannons on the back, the large stock seat and tank balance it out.   

That was the idea behind my '73K. After I fell off of a corner and bashed my stock orange tank...(I cried a river over that), I decided that I wanted to mildly cafe' it and use stock Honda parts to tidy up the appearance of the bike. The biggest PITA was finding the early rear turn signal mounts....
« Last Edit: March 22, 2008, 08:35:19 PM by cafe750 »
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2008, 08:43:38 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up. 

Why would anyone want to ride a bike "TWO UP" ? <GRIN> That's what cars are for.
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2008, 08:54:40 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.

Why would anyone want to ride a bike "TWO UP" ? <GRIN> That's what cars are for.

depends on who the second person is  ;) ;D

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2008, 09:01:33 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.  For my 78K project I wanted to clean up the stock bike, give it a more muscular look, but still keep good level of comfort and long distance rideability.  For me, these bikes are defined by their four pipes,  and with the cannons on the back, the large stock seat and tank balance it out.   

That was the idea behind my '73K. After I fell off of a corner and bashed my stock orange tank...(I cried a river over that), I decided that I wanted to mildly cafe' it and use stock Honda parts to tidy up the appearance of the bike. The biggest PITA was finding the early rear turn signal mounts....

That's a nice looking bike.  I like the headlight visor.  What makes the early turn signal mounts different?  Both your front and rear signals look closer to the bike centerline than others I've seen.

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« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2008, 09:07:11 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.  For my 78K project I wanted to clean up the stock bike, give it a more muscular look, but still keep good level of comfort and long distance rideability.  For me, these bikes are defined by their four pipes,  and with the cannons on the back, the large stock seat and tank balance it out.   

That was the idea behind my '73K. After I fell off of a corner and bashed my stock orange tank...(I cried a river over that), I decided that I wanted to mildly cafe' it and use stock Honda parts to tidy up the appearance of the bike. The biggest PITA was finding the early rear turn signal mounts....

That's a nice looking bike.  I like the headlight visor.  What makes the early turn signal mounts different?  Both your front and rear signals look closer to the bike centerline than others I've seen.

The stem lengths on the turn signals are shorter on the earlier 70s bikes.

I also like the bike, I've been wanting an early exhaust system, but haven't been able to afford one.
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2008, 09:21:25 PM »
Hey, how come no one asks about putting a 77/78 tank on an earlier CB model??   ???
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2008, 09:28:51 PM »
Thanks! Up through 72, the rear turn signals were mounted to short rubber mounted stalks bolted to the holes at the very end of the frame, with a small grab bar on the left side. My 73 had them mounted to the grab bar that went completely around the back of the seat. So, I basically found all of the stuff off of an earlier 750, and cleaned up the tail. The fronts are mounted to some short stalks that are just a splined stud on the signal end, with the mounting bolt on the other.
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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2008, 09:41:42 PM »
Hey, how come no one asks about putting a 77/78 tank on an earlier CB model??   ???

Well now...Hmm... ::)

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2008, 09:59:39 PM »
IMHO the cafe look is getting stale and cliched.  It is also difficult to achieve and yet keep the possibility of riding riding two up.  For my 78K project I wanted to clean up the stock bike, give it a more muscular look, but still keep good level of comfort and long distance rideability.  For me, these bikes are defined by their four pipes,  and with the cannons on the back, the large stock seat and tank balance it out.   The early tanks and the F tanks look a bit narrow with my stock seat (which I am happy with) so the late tank suits me fine.  I am going to seal up the flap and install a flush mount pop up cap on the tank before the professional paint job happens.  I am also going to fill in the badge area and create an round indent for an old school small round Honda wing emblem (superhawk I think)  Here's an older pic of the bike before I went to smaller grips and bar end mirrors . . .



Do you have any photos of the cap you'll be using?  It sounds like a cool idea.

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2008, 06:37:24 AM »
Guess this thread is pretty well hijacked?  I actually took some pics of the gas cap to show prospective welders what they would need to work with.  The bung is steel and pop up cap is aluminum.  Push down and turn and the knurled puck pops up so you can grab it and turn out the cap . . .



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« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2008, 09:04:20 AM »
Is that a Hotch cap?

 That will be a lot of work to put in, and I suspect the tank will look bigger with it.JMO

 If you could do a pushbutton for the lock hole & paint same color as the bike, that would look fairly clean..without giving up the never getting gas on the tank feature..

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« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2008, 07:06:24 PM »
Not sure I know what a Hotch Cap is. Is that Matt? Hotch of Biker Build Off fame?  I purchased the cap from an online Harley Chopper type supplier but I don't remember exactly where. . .  I am not 100 percent sold on my plan to loose the flap system and put in a weld in bung but I will probably go ahead with and see how it turns out.  I certainly won't pay for the professional paint job on the tank unless I like it.  At one point I had imagined a monochromatic (black and two tones of silver) rising sun paint job with the cap as the center of the sun but keeping things simpler with less flash might be more consistent with the bike's direction so far.  Good thing about the late bikes is that parts like tanks don't go for huge $. 

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2008, 07:47:28 PM »
Nice bike ppdpimp! I like the new style - like a 70`s muscle bike.

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2008, 08:23:12 PM »
BTDT  This is a k8 tank on my 73.  Just dropped the tank on, ran a fuel line, moved the seat back a half position on the hinges, and mounted the seat lock rearward with only 1 stud.  It made the bike look complete and works fine.  It was a temporaty fix about 8 years ago.  Funny how things I do "temporarily" often become permanent.



Hey, how come no one asks about putting a 77/78 tank on an earlier CB model??   ???

Well now...Hmm... ::)

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Re: CB750 K0 vs K7
« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2008, 05:45:03 AM »
It was mentioned that the later tanks are longer and/or larger.  Is there a difference in capacity and if so, how much?