Topic: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!

[Terry in Australia]

Wow, an Ariel square 4 chop would have been cool, I had an uncle who was a 1 percenter who rode a Vincent chopper, which was pretty cool. Between him and his brother they had 3 Vincent twins, a single, a square 4, and a couple of Matchless 500 singles. I'd love to have his collection now!

[maxheadflow]

Today was the first day I actually put some miles on my 78 CB750K. About 165. Bike runs great. I've been working on it for the last 3 1/2 months. This is what I fixed so far.

78 CB750K rebuild stuff.

1. Weld busted engine case at left rear motor mount. Machine spacer. Clean motor
2. Recut left lower rear frame hole inside flat.
3. Replace cam holder pucks, cam cover gasket, cam chain adjuster, valve aduster cap O rings.
4. Replace seals on tachometer, kickstart, clutch mech, shifter.
5. Replace gaskets for shifter cover, alternator, clutch.
6. Bead blast, clean, weld up and paint front foot pegs.
7. Bead blast, clean, straighten, make new rubber spacers and paint rear foot pegs.
8. Rejet carbs, fill emulsion tube holes.
9. Clearance front carb and clamps, change carb mount screws to SS allen.
10. Replace rusted aftermarket exhaust with new Delklevic 4-1
11. Add back centerstand, buy off ebay, clean, weld, modify and paint. Make center stand pivot tube.
12. Rebuild charging system, new connectors on harness, regulator.
13. New fuse box, clean all connections.
14. Replace clutch cable. Lube Throttle
15. Make a lift handle, shock to frame, for placing bike on center stand.
16. Cover different wires with sleeving, turn signal, rear tail light, and other.
17. Rebuild airbox, new stacks and hardware.
18. Fix chain alignment issues, spacers in back, sprocket up front.
19. Replace misc worn/stripped nuts, screws and bolts with new or better used pretty much everywhere.
20. Disassemble and, bead blast, clean and paint front end, trees, lowers.
21. Rebuild fork assemblies. Add emulators to forks.
22. Replace steering bearings with new Timkens.
23. Clean headlight brackets, make new top bushings.
24. Clean dents in front fender, fix bent tach bracket.
25. Fix busted turn signal ground in left front turn signal.
26. Clean chrome, frame, touch up where possible.
27. Add new tank latch to fuel tank.
28. New fuel line.
29. Tune.
30. Add a spacer to advancer locator pin to improve fit on crank.
31. Rebuild rear swingarm, disassemble, clean, bead blast and paint. Do the Hondaman grooves, new zerk fitting.
32. Straighten rear brake rod, retap adjusters and break rod nut.
33. Straighten, build up and rethread rear motor / footpeg mount bolt.
34. Replace handlebar grips.
35. Disassemble and clean tach and speedo mounts.
36. Replace tires, tubes, clean rim rust, true front rim.
37. Replace oil pan gasket, pump O rings.
38. Add oil pressure gauge.
39. Clean head light wiring connectors. Replace damaged ones
40. Port match intake rubbers.
41. Strip, bead blast, and paint battery box and motor mounts.
42. Clean sharp edges off of frame, touchup.
43. New tank mounting and side cover rubbers.
44. Replace washer in oil filter. Bead blast oil filter housing.
45. Remove old hornets nest from taillight.
46. Do a bunch of cleaning.

BTW, Behind my bike was a  cherry Triumph 750 Bonneville

[Ace Blackwell]

Max, I got bored about a quarter way down the list and opted to skip to the pic. Nice bike!

[Terry in Australia]

Max, I got bored about a quarter way down the list and opted to skip to the pic. Nice bike!

You did better than me Ace, but yep, nice bike.

[PeWe]

You need a project thread for the bike.  More will come, thats for sure.

I should have done that for my K6, all work and changes in one long project thread. Started 2010 and still ongoing.

Most of the work spread on various threads on this forum.

[Drew_ATL]

in only 3 1/2 months? impressive! and inspiring!

Today was the first day I actually put some miles on my 78 CB750K. About 165. Bike runs great. I've been working on it for the last 3 1/2 months. This is what I fixed so far.

78 CB750K rebuild stuff.

1. Weld busted engine case at left rear motor mount. Machine spacer. Clean motor
2. Recut left lower rear frame hole inside flat.
3. Replace cam holder pucks, cam cover gasket, cam chain adjuster, valve aduster cap O rings.
4. Replace seals on tachometer, kickstart, clutch mech, shifter.
5. Replace gaskets for shifter cover, alternator, clutch.
6. Bead blast, clean, weld up and paint front foot pegs.
7. Bead blast, clean, straighten, make new rubber spacers and paint rear foot pegs.
8. Rejet carbs, fill emulsion tube holes.
9. Clearance front carb and clamps, change carb mount screws to SS allen.
10. Replace rusted aftermarket exhaust with new Delklevic 4-1
11. Add back centerstand, buy off ebay, clean, weld, modify and paint. Make center stand pivot tube.
12. Rebuild charging system, new connectors on harness, regulator.
13. New fuse box, clean all connections.
14. Replace clutch cable. Lube Throttle
15. Make a lift handle, shock to frame, for placing bike on center stand.
16. Cover different wires with sleeving, turn signal, rear tail light, and other.
17. Rebuild airbox, new stacks and hardware.
18. Fix chain alignment issues, spacers in back, sprocket up front.
19. Replace misc worn/stripped nuts, screws and bolts with new or better used pretty much everywhere.
20. Disassemble and, bead blast, clean and paint front end, trees, lowers.
21. Rebuild fork assemblies. Add emulators to forks.
22. Replace steering bearings with new Timkens.
23. Clean headlight brackets, make new top bushings.
24. Clean dents in front fender, fix bent tach bracket.
25. Fix busted turn signal ground in left front turn signal.
26. Clean chrome, frame, touch up where possible.
27. Add new tank latch to fuel tank.
28. New fuel line.
29. Tune.
30. Add a spacer to advancer locator pin to improve fit on crank.
31. Rebuild rear swingarm, disassemble, clean, bead blast and paint. Do the Hondaman grooves, new zerk fitting.
32. Straighten rear brake rod, retap adjusters and break rod nut.
33. Straighten, build up and rethread rear motor / footpeg mount bolt.
34. Replace handlebar grips.
35. Disassemble and clean tach and speedo mounts.
36. Replace tires, tubes, clean rim rust, true front rim.
37. Replace oil pan gasket, pump O rings.
38. Add oil pressure gauge.
39. Clean head light wiring connectors. Replace damaged ones
40. Port match intake rubbers.
41. Strip, bead blast, and paint battery box and motor mounts.
42. Clean sharp edges off of frame, touchup.
43. New tank mounting and side cover rubbers.
44. Replace washer in oil filter. Bead blast oil filter housing.
45. Remove old hornets nest from taillight.
46. Do a bunch of cleaning.

BTW, Behind my bike was a  cherry Triumph 750 Bonneville

[Spanner 1]

Us greasy fingered bikers ride to Red Door East , Nashville TN every Sunday at about 4 pm for beers and bike talk. It's a tradition with 3 to 15 folks showing up on any Sunday. We can be outside on the deck drooling over our bikes for at least 40 of the 52 weeks in the year ! Shameless pic repeat !

[754]

Frost on the Pumpkin for Frrrosty Friday..
 Wendover Will has gotten the Chill....
 Minus 6 C when I went to town today, colder coming back..

[dave500]

still got one week left of a month holidays!mate sold his fatboy and bought an Africa twin,went for a run down to tumblegum,other mate has a tdm,pretty smokey from the fires.

[Terry in Australia]

still got one week left of a month holidays!mate sold his fatboy and bought an Africa twin,went for a run down to tumblegum,other mate has a tdm,pretty smokey from the fires.

Beautiful pics Dave, pity about the smoke, we haven't had any fires worth talking about yet, but the nuts will be out soon enough, like that little turd from the RFS in NSW who lit the fires around Bega. I'll have to be careful when riding my favourite roads, there's lots of fuel on the ground.

[dave500]

yeah its hell dry and so hot Terry right now,we ventured out 7:30 home by 11:15,wife had the aircon running already yay!popped a beer open!it truly is dangerously hot!you gotta give those volunteers a pat on the back,not the turds who light em!

[Terry in Australia]

yeah its hell dry and so hot Terry right now,we ventured out 7:30 home by 11:15,wife had the aircon running already yay!popped a beer open!it truly is dangerously hot!you gotta give those volunteers a pat on the back,not the turds who light em!

Yep, dead right mate, but they need to weed those pr1cks out, the CFA and DSE here in Victoria have more than their fair share of fire bugs, you only have to google "CFA Fire Bug" and you get way too many hits. Good work by the fair dinkum fire fighters though.

[dave500]

do they have a screening process?id hope so.

[Terry in Australia]

I don't know, but I've met a lot of CFA guys here as many were also in the Army Reserve, and I have a feeling that the desire to put bums on seats might outweigh the need to look too closely at them.

[dave500]

id be putting boot in bums!

[Shtonecb500]

That's a nice old chop mate, I'd like to build one, one day, I've got a couple of engines, I just need a frame.

Thank you, I would like to build one with a custom frame, low and long with a more rider friendly front end. I love this bike though.

[Terry in Australia]

Well the old Swamp Rat is no longer mine. I rode it to work this morning and shortly afterwards the keys were handed over in return for 30 pieces of silver, or so I felt as I walked past it on my way to get into an Uber for my ride home. I did take it for a great ride on Sunday though, and it performed almost faultlessly.

I'm going to do some upgrades to the K2 Bitsa bike that I built 2 years ago, so at least I won't be CB750-less over the holidays.

Sunday Swamp Rat ride 8 Dec 2019 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[ofreen]

in return for 30 pieces of silver, or so I felt as I walked past it on my way to get into an Uber for my ride home

There are people who think it is silly to have an emotional attachment to a machine, no matter how faithful. Too bad for them, they are missing out. 

[PeWe]

Good looking bike, Terry!
You transformed a swamp monster to a good looking classical bike people will admire and get flashbacks of forgotten times decades ago.

You have got taste for a pure stock looking bike, right?

The CB750 dressed in stock 4-4 is difficult to beat.

[Kevin D]

Well the old Swamp Rat is no longer mine. I rode it to work this morning and shortly afterwards the keys were handed over in return for 30 pieces of silver, or so I felt as I walked past it on my way to get into an Uber for my ride home. I did take it for a great ride on Sunday though, and it performed almost faultlessly.

I'm going to do some upgrades to the K2 Bitsa bike that I built 2 years ago, so at least I won't be CB750-less over the holidays.

Sunday Swamp Rat ride 8 Dec 2019 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

There's a fine looking bike showing her curves nicely before she says goodbye...
and the railroad is saying a most emphatic no don't leave.

[10tenmen]

Took the bike for a 60 mile ride in awful weather lol took me longer to clean it than the ride lasted to Seaways cafe. This is in the UK lol

[evinrude7]

Wife carried the food, gifts and kids in the Camaro to the in laws so there was no room for me. Had to take the bike. Should reach almost 70 this Christmas.

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[754]

 It's right around freezing, going for a short ride.,

[Medyo Bastos]

Me too, it’s right around 70


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[754]

 Yet another Christmas Day ride, had many over the years. Just above  freezing rode around the hills here,, only 5 miles, did 10 yesterday.  Roads were bare, wet in spots, gravelly on some turns..... Last day insured.