Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[gorskatron]

Rode mine to a buddy's house to help him rebuild the carbs on his new project, a '80 KZ750 Twin!

[PeWe]

Today a crusing day with my CB750K2!
This time not carb testing, nor ignition  testing in legal speeds 3500-4000 rpm on 5:th gear. Charging adjustment and test. The last days cruising had almost drained battery totally after around 300 km.

Adjusted regulator, turned the adj screw in 1/4 turn which most likely fixed it. The charging supervision LED is now green from 4000rpm, allow reducing throttle to 3500rpm and still happy. It must be the relay that switch over and keep staying "high" down to 3500rpm with headlight on. LED H4 consuming 30W.
No overvoltage either with and without headlight on, LED should then flash green-red.

[Bankerdanny]

So far I got me front brake lines installed and painted up the brackets for the splitter and also the tail light I installed a couple months ago. I'm on my way back from the hardware store with stainless hardware to extend the center stand stop.

I have also been working on smoothing out the tank dents to get ready for paint next weekend and making sure the tail piece is also smooth and ready for paint.

[irish44395]

I got a new to speedo and tac from ebay . the speedo bounced to much for me so I took it out the housing and put my original speedo in. the original work good but the housing was broken .
Pete

[BobR]

 Wiped it down, checked it over and took it for its first decent ride this season. Bob

[Tews19]

I picked up this '72 the other day for $30 bucks, $25 of the $30 went to replacing the lost title slip.  The The PO spray bombed the bike. Luckily for me Flitz is removing the spray bomb paint and she is coming around. I should mention I slapped a battery in and everything functions.

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[MD]

I picked up this '72 the other day for $30 bucks, $25 of the $30 went to replacing the lost title slip.  The The PO spray bombed the bike. Luckily for me Flitz is removing the spray bomb paint and she is coming around. I should mention I slapped a battery in and everything functions.

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   What a great find.   

-MD

[Bankerdanny]

75% of tank prep done

[PeWe]

I picked up this '72 the other day for $30 bucks, $25 of the $30 went to replacing the lost title slip.  The The PO spray bombed the bike. Luckily for me Flitz is removing the spray bomb paint and she is coming around. I should mention I slapped a battery in and everything functions.

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Speedo, tacho faces look rather good. These are usually flaking inside by sun and age, especially these old K2.

[Terry in Australia]

I picked up this '72 the other day for $30 bucks, $25 of the $30 went to replacing the lost title slip.  The The PO spray bombed the bike. Luckily for me Flitz is removing the spray bomb paint and she is coming around. I should mention I slapped a battery in and everything functions.

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Wow! Bargain! That's the difference between the US and every other 1st world country, stuff in the US is cheap! This is what you get in Oz for more than 10 times what you paid for your K2!

Terry's Swamp Rat CB750 28 Apr 2019 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[ekpent]

 Nick paid way too much    Is the tach face a different color,maybe a later model ?   Fun find for sure.

[Tews19]

Nick paid way too much    Is the tach face a different color,maybe a later model ?   Fun find for sure.

The tach does look as if it's from a different model, I really do not know. The speedo did have over spray. Luckily it cleaned up with acetone.  Flitz for everything else. I may give this one to the 19 and 15 year old to work on and learn how to wrench. As of now she is sitting in the shed

[PeWe]

Nick paid way too much    Is the tach face a different color,maybe a later model ?   Fun find for sure.

The tach does look as if it's from a different model, I really do not know. The speedo did have over spray. Luckily it cleaned up with acetone.  Flitz for everything else. I may give this one to the 19 and 15 year old to work on and learn how to wrench. As of now she is sitting in the shed

Time to open the wallet and order parts from Yamiya for around $8000 US !!!
Make the bike great again!

[WhyNot2]

Got the engine ready to go back into the frame.

[70CB750]

Got the engine ready to go back into the frame.

What is it?

[WhyNot2]

Got the engine ready to go back into the frame.

Got the engine ready to go back into the frame.

What is it?

It's my other SOHC, just single, not 4.  CB100

[70CB750]

Got the engine ready to go back into the frame.

Got the engine ready to go back into the frame.

What is it?

thanks!
It's my other SOHC, just single, not 4.  CB100

[Scott]

I took the cam out.

Is this how you do it?

[MoMo]

I took the cam out.

Is this how you do it?

that is one way,  sure it isn't the by the book method

[Scott]

I bought an engine from the wreckers years ago and forgot about it.

I decided to pull it apart to rob some bits for a 1000cc build and discovered the “parts engine “ seized. It has a hole in the crankcase from chain failure and cam gear bolt was unreachable.

[Scott]

Oh dear

[jgger]

A little marvel mystery oil and it should be good to go!

A friend of mine once said "that's easy to fix...........all you have to do is start rubbing it with 100 dollar bills!"

[MoMo]

Oh dear

never seen anything worse  ….Larry

[Scott]

The barrels where persuaded off, but I don’t think they are reusable.

Here’s the tools I used.

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, you guys give up too easy! Here's my "Swamp Rat" when I first bought it. It sat leaning against a shed outside with no carbs attached, for 10 years.

Terry's Swamp Rat CB750 28 Apr 2019 9 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

This is what's left of the back wheel.

Terry's Swamp Rat CB750 rear wheel 1 May 2019 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Just like that one, a couple of cylinders were rusted shut.

Friday K2 fiddling 3 May 2019 9d by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

So I popped the sleeves out, found a couple of better ones, used a couple of better pistons Mike Beltrami (another member here many moons ago) sent me, and I put it back together.

Swamprat replacement sleeves 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Sunday Swamp Rat fixing 5 May 2019 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Swamp Rat Sunday 12 May 2019 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Of course, it was a bit sludgey down below too:

Swamp Rat Sunday 12 May 2019 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Swamp Rat Sunday 12 May 2019 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

So I gave it a bit of a cleanup, changed the oil filter, found an oil tank and some carbs, coils and leads and gave it a kick in the guts.

All going well, I'll be riding it by the end of June!