Finally getting around to a thread for the bike I've been tinkering on for the past few months. I think this is my favorite section on this forum.
I really love seeing what everybody it doing, so I figured someone might like this as well....
Anyway I started with this:
Pics look much better than it does in person....
It's a 1972 CB750K that I had been keeping an eye on for some time. The owner had found it at an estate sale and bought it with the intention of restoring it.
So, it sat in his garage amongst the other projects (57 t-bird, late 60's Harley and a 67 corvette) for several years. He had never seen or heard it run, so we
agreed on $450
I spent few weeks getting it to start and run - with many questions to the forum... but the only thing I really had to do was buy a new battery, and clean the carbs.
The carbs took 3 cleanings to get them "really clean" You guys - when two-tired tells you that carbs must be clean for the bike to run correctly, he's really right.
I rode it most of the summer like that, trying to figure out what I wanted to do with it. I tried different colors (spray paint) and that didn't help much, so spent a weekend
polishing the side covers on my trusty buffer
Finally I stumble upon these cats in Japan - "brat style" and figured I wanted something similar
So, off to photoshop.... I want to end up with something like this: Not too far from the original....
God bless simple green....
