Hi All,
I picked up a 73 CB750 about 3-4 weeks ago and I just joined the forum. Lot's of cool info here.
So, here is my project thread. I poked around to see if there was any sort of etiquette here for new project posts, but didn't really find any.
The bike I picked up was a fairly heavily modified bike that a guy who ran a shop in Thousand Oaks California (Near LA) had build for his wife once upon a time in the mid 80's. He had made it a chopper (I know, that's just offensive), but anyway.
I gotta say, the bike was f-ing ugly! with that cheesy lavender paint and those hideous pipes.
But for $600 and an assurance that the bike would pretty much start right up once I put a battery in it, I figured what the heck.
The guy had put a GS750E front end and a Suzuki swing arm that was longer to lower the bike. I might have to fiddle with the geometry, as I don't think it's right.
Fortunately, the guy was honest and it did fire straight up once I got a battery and put the carbs back on. They were nice, clean (inside and out), and the linkage was smooth and free.
I got a battery, mounted the carbs, changed the oil and got fresh gas and stared it up. It ran...badly. But seemed like it just needed a tune.
Once I it fired it up, I then started acquiring some parts. First was pods, clubman bars and an exhaust system.
I now have all those parts on and did a on the bike "bench sync" of the carbs and it actually runs pretty good. Here is a pic from the this morning when I started it.
You can see the water vapor out the exhaust.
Next is a real synch and some tuning and install the Dyna S pointless ignition.
Next parts are a Cafe Seat and some reasonable mirrors.
