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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1375 on: March 01, 2024, 11:40:08 AM »
If you go to the high-compression 836cc engine, I'd feel compelled to ask: do you have the HD engine studs in place?
And, did you use thicke r O-rings in the head gasket, for the oil ports? I can send you some, if not. When rebuilding these engines with modern head gaskets, 100% of them leak oil at the head joint in my experience, unless thicker O-rings are used thru the head gaskets due to their thicknesses today.
With higher-compression pistons this just gets worse.

Yes. I just bought the "Super Stud, Heavy Duty Stud Nut & Tool Combo" from CycleX. I also will be using an MSL gasket and the top-end rubber that Ken at CycleX sent me. I believe the O-ring are the thicker type (there were some clear almost tube-like rings and I am guessing go over the Dowels?) I am not near the parts at the time of writing this. I will ask him about O-rings. When I call to order the pistons and Cam. Thank you for the info, greatly appreciated.

Due to cost and time I am just going to do 836cc Weisco pistons and a cam. No headwork. I also plan on running my stock carbs.

OK, here's where you ARE leaking: those tube-like Orings at the top of the cylinders. They ALWAYS leak. These first appeared around 2002 or so as someone's wet dream of stopping the oil leaks from the oil ports, and they NEVER worked, from Day One of their intro.

PM me your address and I'll send you some thicker O-rings for the oil ports. These are 2.6mm thick. The MLS head gasket: there are several types of these out there. Some are just too thick, period. They must NOT be thicker than 1.0mm before installation, or else there is no way to stop the oil feed ports from leaking. I have seen MLS gaskets with little rivets in them for the 836cc engines: they leak 100% of the time, sometimes taking a month or two of riding before they do. This is simple physics: if the head gasket is so thick that there's no way to install a thick-enough O-ring in the oil ports to seal them, then they are going to leak. It really is that simple.

I have been using the 65mm head gaskets from Vesrah and CruisinImage for forged piston engines that come to me for oil leaks, plus milling 0.010" off the top of the cylinders, plus these 2.6x10.8mm O-rings. It works to stop the oil leaks.
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1376 on: March 13, 2024, 05:56:18 PM »
If you go to the high-compression 836cc engine, I'd feel compelled to ask: do you have the HD engine studs in place?
And, did you use thicke r O-rings in the head gasket, for the oil ports? I can send you some, if not. When rebuilding these engines with modern head gaskets, 100% of them leak oil at the head joint in my experience, unless thicker O-rings are used thru the head gaskets due to their thicknesses today.
With higher-compression pistons this just gets worse.

Yes. I just bought the "Super Stud, Heavy Duty Stud Nut & Tool Combo" from CycleX. I also will be using an MSL gasket and the top-end rubber that Ken at CycleX sent me. I believe the O-ring are the thicker type (there were some clear almost tube-like rings and I am guessing go over the Dowels?) I am not near the parts at the time of writing this. I will ask him about O-rings. When I call to order the pistons and Cam. Thank you for the info, greatly appreciated.

Due to cost and time I am just going to do 836cc Weisco pistons and a cam. No headwork. I also plan on running my stock carbs.

OK, here's where you ARE leaking: those tube-like Orings at the top of the cylinders. They ALWAYS leak. These first appeared around 2002 or so as someone's wet dream of stopping the oil leaks from the oil ports, and they NEVER worked, from Day One of their intro.

PM me your address and I'll send you some thicker O-rings for the oil ports. These are 2.6mm thick. The MLS head gasket: there are several types of these out there. Some are just too thick, period. They must NOT be thicker than 1.0mm before installation, or else there is no way to stop the oil feed ports from leaking. I have seen MLS gaskets with little rivets in them for the 836cc engines: they leak 100% of the time, sometimes taking a month or tow of riding before they do. This is simple physics: if the head gasket is so thick that there's no way to install a thick-enough O-ring in the oil ports to seal them, then they are going to leak. It really is that simple.

I have been using the 65mm head gaskets from Vesrah and CruisinImage for forged piston engines that come to me for oil leaks, plus milling 0.010" off the top of the cylinders, plus these 2.6x10.8mm O-rings. It works to stop the oil leaks.

Great tips on the o-rings and MLS gaskets, HondaMan!
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1377 on: March 25, 2024, 03:02:43 PM »
The cylinders are bored. The pistons are in. Currently waiting for the Honda Man O-rings and new/refurbished rocker arms. Getting closer...
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1378 on: April 03, 2024, 01:56:52 PM »



HD Studs and Nuts from Cycle-X. Refurbished Rocker-arms will be going on. Honda Man's O-rings (Thank you Honda Man!)

CX-1 Cam. Weisco 836cc Pistons.

What will be my jetting?
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1379 on: April 03, 2024, 07:37:23 PM »
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1380 on: April 07, 2024, 08:57:35 PM »
Looks great, Chris. Let's see some photos of the buttoned up motor!
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1381 on: April 08, 2024, 09:11:30 AM »
The motor is in.

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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1382 on: April 08, 2024, 07:00:32 PM »
The lighting in that picture reminds me of the Bat Cave... ;)
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1383 on: April 08, 2024, 07:48:39 PM »
The pipes are also on the bike :)

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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1384 on: April 08, 2024, 11:43:32 PM »
Damnit!   


           ...was really hoping you didn't want that wacky looking pipe and you were gonna sell it to me cheap...
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1385 on: April 09, 2024, 05:55:06 PM »


Oil and ZDDP acquired
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1386 on: April 15, 2024, 07:54:51 PM »
Rode the bike today!
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1387 on: April 15, 2024, 08:00:45 PM »
Those pipes look like the elusive "all lengths equal" solution has arrived!
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1388 on: April 16, 2024, 01:55:38 AM »
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Re: 1978 CB750K — 836cc break-in time!
« Reply #1389 on: April 16, 2024, 09:20:37 AM »
So I am now in BREAK-IN

The bike has new 836cc Wiesco Pistons/rings and a new Web cam. (HD studs & nuts. refurbished rocker arms)

Currently using that Bel Ray oil with ZDDP added.

The bike was initially ran at around 2000ish RPMs for 15 minutes (with a fan on it)

I have ridden it up and down the street a few times, keeping the RPMs below 5000 and shifting into different gears (1-4) to varry the load...

SO NEXT??? I need to ride 500 miles easy, change the oil and ride like a regular person?

First impressions: It definitely wants to go. It sounds the same at idle and low RMP but over 2000, you can hear (and feel that something is different (in a good way))

The bike sounds better than it ever has in terms of no noises, smoothness. I think I am going to be very happy. This is the 5th try. Praying for no leaks. Thank you for all of your help and comments...especially HONDAMAN!

Oh yeah...the oil cooler will go on at the 500mile oil changes...figuring out mounting and lines now.
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1390 on: April 16, 2024, 09:29:09 AM »
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1391 on: April 16, 2024, 12:15:11 PM »
Do not run engine too slow.
There is a small window when bore surface is rough and can grind rings to seal.

Start and ride it carefully up to max 4000 rpm until engine is warm.
Throttle off from 4000 rpm a few times.
After a ca 30 minute ride continue to 6000 rpm bursts followed by  throttle offs, engine braking which is said to cause harder ring pressure to bores.

A 50 km ride like that ready to give 6000-7000 rpm burst ;)

This is fun. I could not stop the throttle before 8000rpm after 30-40 minutes! ;D

I have noticed that a modified CB750 always need to be fully warm until full throttle for max acceleration. Clutch need to be warm.
Also double check clutch levers for play, not too tense.
Good idea to handle a stock buke öike that too.

I checked the lever inside clutch cover too at first run after clutch assembly to ensure play.
I have got clutch slips when too tight.

I have old  Action Fours 65mm pistons to look at that got an easy break in. Not over 5000rpm the first 1000km. Brown residues under rings.

They do not seal as good as a set of RC 65 mm pistons with harder break in. Bores were not tight for the RC pistons either.

I remember I passed a friends car when getting a wheelie surprise when passing him in 70-120 kmh on a narrow bumpy country road at my first ride.

My first ride on that bike since almost 24 years felt good and happy I had the wheelie reflex to slowly release throttle to get front wheel down followed by full throttle! What a nice kick!!
The 4-1 was the screamier type. ;)
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1392 on: April 19, 2024, 06:21:59 PM »
Honda's original break-in advice was to run them below 5000 RPM for the first 100 miles, then stay below 7000 RPM until 1000 miles. The latter urging was likely due to waiting for the crank bearings to be happy, as the pistons and rings were well seated by then.

I still remember the day my K2 showed the 1500 mile roll-over: I was on the then-brand-new I-90, when they had just taken down the construction barriers to it as we turned left (West) on our way to the Black Hills, 1972. At 1505 miles we were outside town and the next 25 miles were all at triple-digit+ speeds (no cops on duty yet!). Then I realized my friend on his CB500 was nowhere to be seen (only my brother in his Mach I was anywhere close) and my [first] wife, riding with me, asked if she could ride in the Mustang for a while... :/

I have a picture of the speedo that I took as she got off to go to the 'Stang, waiting for the 500 to catch up.
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1393 on: April 22, 2024, 11:13:06 AM »


115 miles in...kept it around 4-5000 constantly changing rpms and gears...I am going to try riding more normally (yet still conservatively very soon)

So far so good...
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1394 on: April 23, 2024, 07:04:00 AM »



So far so good...

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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1395 on: April 23, 2024, 12:56:20 PM »
So I definitely have a bit of a stagger when I really open it up...and there is more smoke/condensation coming from vent-tube on the top of the valve cover than I remember

I currently have: #125 main jets - #35 Idle jets - Shims under needles 0.019" - stock airbox

I pulls hard once I get past the stumble, but I will definitely need to figure that out.

Is $600 for dyno tuning a standard-ish quote?

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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1396 on: April 23, 2024, 02:53:08 PM »
So I definitely have a bit of a stagger when I really open it up...and there is more smoke/condensation coming from vent-tube on the top of the valve cover than I remember

I currently have: #125 main jets - #35 Idle jets - Shims under needles 0.019" - stock airbox

I pulls hard once I get past the stumble, but I will definitely need to figure that out.

Is $600 for dyno tuning a standard-ish quote?
That's pretty high.
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1397 on: April 23, 2024, 09:14:48 PM »
So I definitely have a bit of a stagger when I really open it up...and there is more smoke/condensation coming from vent-tube on the top of the valve cover than I remember

I currently have: #125 main jets - #35 Idle jets - Shims under needles 0.019" - stock airbox

I pulls hard once I get past the stumble, but I will definitely need to figure that out.

Is $600 for dyno tuning a standard-ish quote?
That's pretty high.
Ca $150US
That includes no tuning of jets. I do that.
Very important to have correct needle taper. When needles are correct, easy to get the other right.

I let the dyno guy run from idle to full.
First slowly in small steps, reducing a little at each step.
This to measure AFR from idle to full.
See AFR for pilot circuit,  needle, main and the transitions between.

Then 3-4 WAT up to 9500rpm to measure power and AFR.
I get the result printed on a paper + sent to my mail. DIN is my choice.

3 graphs as pdf files.
DIN, SAE and STD correction factors. To compare with others. It can differ 1-2% between them. Different days, different weather make difference too.

Less numbers with SAE, then DIN and finally STD.

Interesting details:
Dyno hp corr factors
https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/sae-or-std-when-using-a-dyno.76757/#post-907101

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AFR, air/fuel ratio to validate the jets and settings the main reason.

See  better power when corrected is fun too ;)
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CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967

Offline SKTP

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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1398 on: April 24, 2024, 08:32:52 AM »
Thank you for the reply PeWe but all of that is way over my head...I want to just drive the bike somewhere and have them tune it....

Apparently this guy is good: https://cohenmotorsports.com/dyno-tune/ (he's the $600 guy)

But Southern California people, who do you recommend?
1978k rebuild thread http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=68423.0
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Re: 1978 CB750K — Tell me about your 836cc experience
« Reply #1399 on: April 24, 2024, 09:28:39 AM »
Thank you for the reply PeWe but all of that is way over my head...I want to just drive the bike somewhere and have them tune it....

Apparently this guy is good: https://cohenmotorsports.com/dyno-tune/ (he's the $600 guy)

But Southern California people, who do you recommend?
Mickey gets that ($$$$)as he is a very talented tech and mostly because the HD guys that go to him have bulging pride and deep pockets to bolster their pride.
Mickey used to handle all of the Triumph media fleet and was Triumph's go to guy to get answers to their problem bikes.(until he pissed off a new guy above him in corporate that didn't know him and what he knew.)
A great guy to be sure. Talk to him before you commit.
Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A