I got a cb750 with a seized motor for 2 c-notes. A phone call to a friend and an iced americano later I was lowering the property values in my neighborhood with phrankenbike!
I got it home and out of curiousity followed Oliver's (from my Local shop Motofactory here in Portland Oregon) advice and shot some marvelous mystery oil into the cylinders and heated the motor with a a blow torch for fifteen minutes to "marinate the rings". Oliver said this would take days- so imagine my surprise when it turned after the first try!
So now having compression I figured I would see if it had any spark, so I turned the key and the dash lights came on, the horn sounded so I got a gallon of gas and low and behold it fired over. it doesnt stay running because the exhaust isnt hooked up and the points are shot, but it fires on all 4 cylinders which puts it a couple points ahead of me.
Now that it is a running bike- granted with a list of issues a mile long, I am loath to part it out, and my friend Carrie wants a bike but doesnt have much cash so we are working out a deal that will allow me to get the parts I need elsewhere....
So I am still working on the frankenbike. when I bought it the exhast was disconnected from head and the bolts are missing. It is the ugliest 4-1 I have ever seen... but hell it is the ugliest 750 I have ever seen so it fits. The collares and everything are all part of the system. The thing is that I cant seem to get the exhaust to fit into motor. when I try to line them up it feels like trying to sit my size 15 foot into a size 10 shoe. Normally I would assume that it was hooked up and running but now I am not so sure. I am planning on ordering some exhaust bolts from BB and seeing if I can get the exhaust in.
