Topic: A newbie Hello- Now with Pictures!!!

[scunny]

kick start, slowly put weight on lever till you find pressure, lift leg back to top of travel, jump up while holding handle bars and give a good push down on said kickstart with foot, 4's don't bite.

[crazypj]

You wanna talk about kickers....hell,get ahold of an old beezer 441.That sucker would launch you if you were'nt careful.The Honda SOHC 4...hell a 5 year old could probably kick it with no prob!!!

Dont know if you ever heard of Panther? 650 single, half lift cam ( exhaust stays open until piston is more than half way up cylinder) Almost managed to kickstart it when I was 14. still have dodgy knee where it tried to remove my kneecap
Could kickstart my Maico 490 left foot though(left side kicker, knee not so screwed up)
PJ

[golden_child]

WoooHoooo!!!!

I changed the oil and got her started I kicked twice and she growled and started up. she seems to be running strong. Everything seems to be working fine But the horn isn't working. Any Ideas on why or to trace it? Also I forgot to replace the spring seat ring when I put the oil filter back on. I didn't notice till I was cleaning up and it got stuck in the funnel. Was I pissed when I saw that. Do you think it'll cause a problem? Oh and I also noticed that the right rear blinker has a single filament light instead of a dual. Would that cause it to be blinking slow?

Thanks for all your help I apreciate it.

[golden_child]

Re post from another thread. Just making sure I'm thanking everyone that has helped so far.

Well, I pushed the front tubes through the triple trees this weekend. It helped lower the front end a good bit. I also lowered the rear end with short shocks.  It's feeling a whole lot better now.

Thanks for all the help and info.

Now does anyone know where I can get a kickstand that'll let my bike lean more? Right now it almost stands straight up. I have thought about bending it but would rather try to source a new one.

[Cowboy48]

My story is almost the same as yours.  I bought a 75 750 on Ebay about a month ago on a whim and then proceded directly to this forum to learn what I had gotten myself into.  These guys have been incredibly helpfull in wrenching on my bike.  The only downside is that my bike was running great before I started taking it apart   Once I got started I couldn't stop.  It's all stuff that needed to be done (shocks, oil, chain, air filter, simple wiring etc..) but the weather has been in the 70's everday since it has been apart.  One bit of advice is to pick up a factory manual (or a copy like I did) on Ebay for about $50 including shipping.  It is much better than the Clymer or Haynes IMO, although I do own all 3 manuals myself.  Check out auction #4635041126.  I'll keep track of your progress just for some comparison to my own.

BTW do you go by any other name besides golden_child?  That could get a bit awkward 

Dan  AKA cowboy48

[mrbreeze]

Hey Golden Child,like I said earlier,you just need to cut off a bit of that side stand and it will lean over more.I don't know about bending it though,it might weaken it.The rear flashers are only one filament.The fronts are double cause they have a running light plus flasher.If they are slow,try cleaning all sockets and bulbs and you can replace the flasher unit itself with a regular automotive one from an auto part store for less than $5.It is located behind the left side cover.Hurry and get your repair manuals and you can probably fix your other misc. stuff....horn,elect.start,etc.......Enjoy man & ride safe.

[golden_child]

Thanks again guys. I did pick up a Clymers manual and I may have to pick up a hayes as well. It has helped a good amount But input and help from you guys/gals is the most important in my book. There are some things that a book just can't tell you especially when it comes to modifications. I'm trying to learn all this as I go along.

This is my first bike and I am already hooked. In all honesty before buying this bike I have had 1 motorcycle class (2 days worth of training) and that was last summer. I knew this was the year I was going to jump and get a bike. There is no point in having a licence without a bike right?

So I found this bike searching ebay. This was the second on I bid on the first one a 74 CB550 sold for more than I could pay, close to 3500 . Then I saw this 72 CB750 the guy said It ran great. what did I know, right? Well, I won.

I picked it up early April, found out how big it really was and realized My 30" inseam, on a good day was still a tad short. That is when I found you guys and all the new ideas to get my bike were I want it, shorter.

I finally got a licence plate for it last week, after 3 weeks of ownership and 1 drive around the block.

This weekend I put a lower seat on as well as shorty shocks and pushing the tubes through the trees. Man, not to sound all emo, but if hadn't of found help on how to lower it I would be sitting at my window pissed that my bike was to big and that I would never feel comfortable riding it.

So now the bike is lower and as far as I know the bike runs well. Well, at least I hope so after leaving the petcock open to let gas run into the oil (I think that's what happened, I'm still new at this) and then doing another oil change. Well, thanks again. Now I have 30 days to Figure out my horn problem and get it inspected before my 30 day tags run out.

Here are some pictures: Sorry if they a big or small. I'm still trying to figure out the Gallery too.

Original


Short Shocks


Triple Tree






Whoops!! I left the lock on.




Proteal, you pretty muchalready now what this bike looks like

[byidesign]

Nice looking Ride..........
       Enjoy
            Bruce

[siter81]

Damn that bike looks just like my k5.Check out my aviator picture.

[ProTeal55]

Bike looks good, keep up the good work....
Start strippin that thing, change the seat, get some lower bars, etc...
Remember , Low Gloss black spraypaint makes ALMOST anything cool.....