Topic: Behind the barn find- A 750 Christmas Surprise!

[dave500]

dig the old am cb 10:04,is it 18 channel, ssb?if it is it has one odd channel not used by the 23 and 40 channel ones,a rare bird these days,i had a pearce simpson super panther 18ssb souped up to 40 with its output tweaked back in the day complete with echo mike just to annoy those without one!it had two mikes,one a straight power and the echo mike via a flip switch,in a truck off course,who would think off a cb on a bike?has it got an eight track stashed in the luggage?

[Terry in Australia]

CAUTION, CAUTION, CB RADIO NERD DAVE IS IN THE HOUSE! PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR PANTS BORED OFF! ;d

[dave500]

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[Terry in Australia]

I'll just betcha there is some Cun1ry and Western in that old 8-track and maybe a dead hound dog in the trunk!

rt

And the PO is probably buried under the barn............

[dhall57]

Bandit #1 and Bandit #2. Just need a black 1977 Trans Am to go along with it

Keith, so this 750 had been stored away in one of the barns many years ago and than roll outside several years and forgot about. To bad during one of your walks around the property over the years you didn't find it earlier while still in the barn or right after they threw it outside in the elements.

[Stev-o]

What's your 10-20 Keith? You should head back there on the double. But watch out for Smokey hiding in the woods!

[K5 Keith]

Sent a message to my cousin who lives in Kansas and still waiting for a reply... It's only been outside the barn since summer 2011 I believe. Otherwise I would have seen it sooner. I'm too young to know anything about CB radios but I imagine it would be very useful in the 70s traveling across the states. I'll certainly ask about any other parts that might be stashed in the barn and hope to get lucky. One of my younger cousins said there's another bike out there somewhere. Also, to turn 180 degrees from the bike is a 1956 4-door Bel Air in a state similar to the bike. A much more expensive project for sure. Over

[dhall57]

What's the latest with your CB750 Christmas barn find Keith? Just curious

dhall

[K5 Keith]

Well, I'm facing the decision of parting it out or building it... Without a motor that turns over OR title, it makes building it less attractive to me now. If only I had one of the two it would make the decision easy. I sent a message to the registered owner a few weeks ago just asking him to send me the title if he still has it and does not object to me having the bike. No response yet. To make it worse, the motor does not turn even after putting some acetone and ATF in the spark plug holes and letting it soak. One of the inside cylinders has a spark plug that broke off at the hex leaving just the threads in the head. So now the head needs to come off I think. I pulled the motor and tried an easy out without success. It seems there may not be much value in this bike unfortunately...

[MCRider]

dig the old am cb 10:04,is it 18 channel, ssb?if it is it has one odd channel not used by the 23 and 40 channel ones,a rare bird these days,i had a pearce simpson super panther 18ssb souped up to 40 with its output tweaked back in the day complete with echo mike just to annoy those without one!it had two mikes,one a straight power and the echo mike via a flip switch,in a truck off course,who would think off a cb on a bike?has it got an eight track stashed in the luggage?

AS recently as 1998, my wife and I had CBs in our respective tank bags (she rode her own) helmet munted speakers, voice to talk mics. Pretty popular stuff.

[Mo]

Well, I'm facing the decision of parting it out or building it... Without a motor that turns over OR title, it makes building it less attractive to me now. If only I had one of the two it would make the decision easy. I sent a message to the registered owner a few weeks ago just asking him to send me the title if he still has it and does not object to me having the bike. No response yet. To make it worse, the motor does not turn even after putting some acetone and ATF in the spark plug holes and letting it soak. One of the inside cylinders has a spark plug that broke off at the hex leaving just the threads in the head. So now the head needs to come off I think. I pulled the motor and tried an easy out without success. It seems there may not be much value in this bike unfortunately...

My motor had the same issue. The PO broke the plugs, and threads were stuck and no easy out would work. I just bought a replacement head off ebay for $50 shipped and installed over a weekend.  Don't give up! Work on getting the title!