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Offline ckzdaj6

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1970 custom cb750k
« on: March 09, 2018, 07:54:10 PM »
Been wanting to do this project for about 5 years and finally got around to it. It started out as a ratty old 70 the my uncle had gotten back in the 70s. He passed away in 1980 on a bike and so the cb went to my other uncle who let it sit. In the early 2000s he gave it to me to tinker with. I was saving up parts to make it into a cafe racer, well life got in the way and she just sat in the corner until last year. 3 of the 4 kids have gone off to school and many other projects later i figured now would be a good time to start.

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Re: 1970 custom cb750k
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2018, 08:07:35 PM »
the engine was trashed. I ended up putttin in 1977 SS an engine in, rebuilt the engine, installed an 836 kit, a race cam from cycle x. Ported the head and put bigger valves and springs in. Replaced the valve guides and seals. I had a bunch of parts built up over the years from other builds and I had a set of CR specials 29mm sitting around so i threw those on it. I also had a MSDmc1 sitting in the parts bin and decided why not. I designed and built the seat pan. I took an r6 taillight that i had and fiberglassed it in. the tail swivels up to gain access to the battery. I replaced the front end with a front end off of a 2005 r6 and running 2002 gsxr disks. I also had some orange paint sitting around that i picked up for free for a local paintshop that was throwing it out. 1991 chevy orange i think. well this is where im at with it and its far from complete. I have already done one complete restore of a 72k so dont hate because of the hacking I have done on this.
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Re: 1970 custom cb750k
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2018, 08:37:04 PM »
Wow...what a transformation, nice work!  Subscribed...
'74 "Big Bang" Honda 750K [836].....'76 Honda 550F.....K3 Park Racer!......and a Bomber!............plus plus plus.........

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Re: 1970 custom cb750k
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2018, 02:10:49 PM »
This will be a fun bike that you won't feel like you have to "baby" like your restoration.  Ride the bejeezus out of it.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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