Here's my 750F. It's a '77 I got on Ebay, has an 836 kit and MAC 4/1. Head and base gaskets were leaking, so I pulled the Head and cylinder, and found a standard 736 head gasket in place! Got a new gasket set for an 836, put the base and cylinder on, then, for reasons I will not go into, it sat for ten years. Now, I have to remove the cylinders again as I have some rust issues, and they need a re-hone. The previous owner had almost everything but the engine cases, cylinders, and head chromed, obviously by a shop that did not know what they were doing, as there is no copper nor nickel substrates, just chromium right on aluminum. Needless to say, it is peeling and corroding. Everything chrome is going black powder coat. I am re-doing my '78K right now, and as soon as that is done, I will start on this beast. My plan is to make a sort-of endurance racer that never existed. It will have a CR750 fairing and tail, but with twin headlights off of a Yamahaha FZ600 I used to have. I want to do a CR750 tank as well, and make it myself, but after seeing some of the other bikes on this thread, I may stick with the stock tank. I want that stretched out look a CR750 tank gives, but I am liking the way the stocker looks with a rounded tailsection. I'm going to ditch the stock peg plates and such, and go with rearsets and clip-ons. Here's some pics;
With the K rear rim on so I can move it around.I'll be ditching that Corbin Gunfighter seat, most likely.
Cylinder rust! And crappy chrome and stupid looking finned cover on the alternator housing.Engine guards to be binned as well.
Crappy Chrome!
From the front.
