Topic: 1971 CB750 Cafe Boombox!!!

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks Roach Carver, I've got a lot to purchase before my bike is ridable again (Clubman bars, Exhaust, Controls ect), but I think that is what I will do... I did just buy another cb750 yesterday and I'm going to keep that motor. The odometer only shows 19,000 miles or so. But I know this bike has just been sitting in the PO's back yard for at least 10 years probably more than that. It is a 1976 cb750 and I am going to part it out so if any of yall are interested you can hit me up in my for sale thread, there is a link at the bottom. Here are a couple of pics of the bike...

Geez, I nearly cried when I saw that K6 mate, I can never understand why anyone could leave a nice bike like that in the weather for so long, although I suppose in Texas you don't have to worry about snow and ice? Anyway, best of luck mate, I'll be interested to watch your progress from across the pond. Cheers, Terry.

[Flick]

Lucky I agree I would love to just rebuild the motor since I will be tearing down to the frame and have the motor out anyway...

Thanks bluesmoke, I will order that kit tonight

Terry, yes it's a shame that bike was left out for so long and it only has 19,000 miles, I'm with you I just don't get it. We do get some snow and ice here in the panhandle of texas. Actually the day I picked it up it was covered with snow. Thanks and cheers...

[MCRider]

For a lot of people these bikes were just expensive toys. Motorcycling is not in their blood. Don't know if that's the case with your PO, just saying...

They were relatively inexpensive for their high profile wow factor. Anyone could buy a CB750, and it was recognizable as something special. Then once the new wears off, they got pushed into the corner. And the PO bot a jet ski or some such.

At the time they were parked they weren't even worth enough for the PO to try and sell it. And often there was just the little lingering feeling that, "someday I may want to ride it again". And some good memories.

And one by one they will be repurchased, and restored, by those who do have it in their blood.

[Flick]

Well said MCRider...

Against all the odds I managed to get back in the garage again this evening for a little while. I removed rear wheel and swing arm, then cut and ground the chain guard tabs off... Next I will get some paint stripper, then PC. I'm thinking there is probably removable bushing where the rear axel goes through the swing arm, if this is the case will I need to remove these before baking the swing arm?

On a different note something I have been pondering a great deal is the cycle x twin carb system, I really want to go with this system but I will have to do some frame mods. I called cycle x and the guy said the air filters interfere as well as the throttle cables with the backbone. I know Dyrden is going for it on his build. Has anyone tried this on a stock frame with pancake filters?