Topic: "Holly" CB750K 1978 --Project: Toecutter Zen Mistress

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the begining

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this is my bike before I start in on her

the wiring is a nightmare

all the electrical is a nightmare,I dont want those glass fuses any more, time to get up to speed with blade style fuse box




I cant believe it's gone on like this this long

me freaking out on the mess


the stock stuff I'll save. the seat is fuct just saving it cause of so many cold wet nights in Seattle



now that is what i call rode hard and put away wet

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bumble'n around


here she is after I got the wiring harness all unplugged and the rear fender and lights


will be getting everything together so that I can attack it again with everything I need handy and at the ready

[fastbroshi]

   Don't worry, it's not as bad as you think it is.  Clean that dust and rust off there and it'll look 200% better. Same thing for the wires, clean them up and straigten them out and they'll probably be okay, unless maybe you were visited by the Magical Ass Rape Wire Mouse Fairy.

[Ogri]

What make is the exhaust ?  Any plans for it ?

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I think that fairy might have had a visit

the exhaust is a "mac" I'm gonna wrap it with header tape and put it back on it sounds good i love it.

[bucky katt]

are those coils Accel coils by any chance? theyre that "Acell yellow"

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are those coils Accel coils by any chance? theyre that "Acell yellow"

yes,yes they are.got those when I did the digital advance unit, and they work great too.

[Do0ki3 PWNS]

toecutter ey.. lol nice keep us posted.

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everyone needs heros

Bubba

nightrider

Toecutter

[Retro Rocket]

everyone needs heros

Bubba

nightrider

Toecutter

And beer.....

Mick

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got some 29mm Keihin CR Special carburetors from cyclexchange today!!! they're on sale till 9/15/09!!! post pics when they arrive...

[GoatBaSS]

Good Get! 

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the CR specials have arrived I am now waiting for the Carpy swing arm and seat, I think I need to get hondaman to help me with the bushing thing and I need to order bearings for the hubs and triple tree stem. moving bike to a better spot for working on it (storage space people don't like me wrenching in the storage unit) my buddy George (who I met up with here) says he's got something... we'll go check it out this weekend or Thursday maybe !!!!they been working me 12 to 15 hours mon-sun so time is tight to do anything!!! shower.eat.sleep.work. George has a bad ass '78 CB750K that he races, it will be nice to have someone else around I think I am gonna need it. Cant beat experience, he's supercool






I wonder if this bike had CR carbs


I want a gun sling too!!!

at the very least a tomahawk holster!

[fasturd]

Going to be cool!
If you don't mind how much were the CRs?

Thanks and good luck!

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I paid 715$ to my door step, cyclexchange ..pretty good deal i think

[bgfootball67]

Are you going to use the mad max fairings?

http://www.toecutterz.com/

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I am thinking very strongly about it, I might even get them just to have them, they are very cool.

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sunday i
went and got the bike with George and his truck and trailer. now I have it right here to work on and clean. after dropping the bike we went to George's house; he got his bike out and got on it and let me ride around the block... all I got to say is that, that is the fastest bike I have ever rode, super-scaryfast. that thing could probably do 200mph with the right sprocket. I rode on the back for a little, he scared the hell out of me. I thought I might die. after that I went home. His girl I could tell was super pissed, but was trying not to show it. He might have the fastest 1978 CB750K in Houston maybe even Texas. I would be glad to make my bike half that fast. It is sick.

Lucky supervises in the foreground



pulled old carbs, they don't look to bad inside.





that thing is outta here



cleaned a bit, think I am going to lose the key
start just have a secret switch and push the
button
got a new old harness and it looks differant from
mine I think i am going to make my own wiring
this is the thing that gets me nervous I hate
wiring, pretty sure I am going to go with the toecutter front fairing

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I am getting so pissed off, I must find my zen, I must chill out I will find a solution to my electrical ignorance.
need advice:
1. what kind of electrical components are best ie... reg rec fuseboxs???
2. is it really this hard to get the CR carbs in the boots any tips??? lube??
3. when I got 1 broke spoke should I change them all???

[Ogri]

CB900F/750F dohc reg/recs seem to be good judging by other posts. There's a diagram somewhere on here showing how to hook them up to the CB750 sohc loom.

Use a hairdryer on the intake rubbers to get them soft and then hose them down with WD40 (I use light grease as it doesn't run off like WD) Doing it dry is like.....doing something else dry..not ideal. Have you measured the diameter of the intake stubs of the new carbs, and are they the same as the ones you took off? I assume they come as part of the deal and you screw them in to the forward facing apertures of the carbs (?) If they're the same size then it's just a question of sufficiently soft rubbers and enough slippy stuff. Make sure the hose clips are completely loose, the clip #3 inlet rubber in the pic looks pretty closed to me (assuming you haven't opened them all up already).

It is possible to replace one spoke and not remove any others, but you may well have to bend it a fair bit to get it in. I've never done just one spoke but I'm guessing you could take out the surrounding spokes to get the clearance. Whether you replace all of them or not is dependant on how much money you have, what kind of finished bike you want and what condition the other spokes are in. If you can afford to have the wheel rebuilt with nice, clean spokes then I'd recommend it. Wheel-building and truing is not always as easy as some people make it out to be.

[george]

Hey Tom,
Thanks for the kind words about my scoot , but did you really need to mention that we rode 2 up ? People around here are still pretty upset about that Brokeback movie , so lets clear the air ! We just did a couple burnouts b-fore my ol lady called the cops !!
I guess if you really want to test them we can tune the CR's on my bike , I'll show you how I think they go . Damn, they sure  are pretty !, dont sweat the electrical , we'll draw something out , and keyless aint a bad idea for real.
Also as I said , just buy mine , one to ride , one to work on !!
Look for Hondamans post about the rec/reg combo, dont remember exactly , but he made some real good sense, it should be there if you check out my post asking for help about the relays.
later, george

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I think I am getting a calm spirit about the electrical, have been trying to get the carbs on but I needed a brake anyway the battery box is painted and I ordered a nice fusebox,regulator/rectifier , rear disc conversion and master, allen head bolts for the whole motor, all the bearings, looking for a set of rear wheel spokes, next week I'll get progressive shocks and front springs maybe an oil cooler kit and shorter throttle and clutchy cables from motion pro.
I clean to build my gumption .....
I will take the pipes off and clean them and paint VHT black keeping can chrome
I think that there is a way to get my RPM's off the dyna-s or something need to research how that works. the goddanm screw for the speedo cable striped. the harness (or loom) I like that word "loom" that I got from a member here looks ok it looks like it hasn't been f*#ked with as much as the one I have has. goddanm that Vetter fairing !!!going to have to figure out where to put a horn the tab was broke or cut off .




my supervisors

[george]

I see progress , looks 100% better than my first viewing , gonna be sweet ! Them dogs helpin or watchin ?

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they give moral support the black one "Lucky" he tells me what to do he tells me what I need to clean and what to jump on next ... he told me I need to take the pipes off and clean the rust and put VHT paint on the headers but leave the can(muffler) chrome just clean it. Sometimes he give me hints with the electrical, not all the time though, he says I need to figure stuff out for myself.