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Offline Don R

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excited, I found a 750 from my youth
« on: February 16, 2010, 11:34:06 PM »
My brother ran into a guy that owned a 750 since the early 70's. One of those bikes that was a local street legend when I was a teenager. It had longer forks and a custom tank with indents down the sides near the top. A local 750 mechanic built the 836 in it. It  was fast and always looked perfect, if not my favorite style. Anyway we are going to have a look, he broke a leg on it and is willing to sell. (I hope it's not hurt worse than he was.) I'll report what we find. He kept it running up to a year ago but rarely rode it. Harleys now. The guy that built the engine wants it too but he doesn't know where it is.
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Re: excited, I found a 750 from my youth
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2010, 11:36:35 PM »
Nice find, how much?
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Re: excited, I found a 750 from my youth
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 11:57:55 PM »
He wants us to see it before we talk turkey. Maybe no longer in it's prime, If the only the engine is left I would still like to have it. I've got 3.5 parts bikes.
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Re: excited, I found a 750 from my youth
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 07:07:15 AM »
I know a lot of the guys like to build their own engines from scratch- $$$$- but I love finding them already done if reasonable and seeing what they got. Good luck on it.
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Re: excited, I found a 750 from my youth
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 08:41:38 AM »
Quote from: Don R on February 16, 2010, 11:34:06 PM
a custom tank with indents down the sides near the top.


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Re: excited, I found a 750 from my youth
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 04:28:22 PM »
Yes, thats it, tanks. They were popular for a while, there used to be a few riding around here. ;D
If he ends up with it and it's still as good as expected, big brother is thinking about sliping it into his bought new, K4. Maybe with the RC cam.
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