Topic: newbee first post

[david451]

Nearly  finished a k series 750 1974 model and thinking about my next one a 76 k series.

I would like a cr replica but think that it's lost money and I would never recover the cost. The 76 plate needs exhausts, bars and a seat and at 1k for a set of exhausts it would set me off on a cr.

I'm a retired mechanic from lanark scotland, I ride a blackbird and a big one cb1000

Any ideas from anybody would be appreciated, perhaps somebody has gone that way and can give advice.

[78whiteorbs]

If you are building to recover cost I think it'd be a lost cause in most cases. Build for pleasure !

[bollingball]

No advice but wanted to say welcome I don't even know what a blackbird is?? other that a jet spy plane from years ago. I'm in USA North Carolina it is 9:30 AM Tue. What time is it over there? I have a 1978 750 K Black.

                             Ken   PS  Lots of good people  and help here

[david451]

No advice but wanted to say welcome I don't even know what a blackbird is?? other that a jet spy plane from years ago. I'm in USA North Carolina it is 9:30 AM Tue. What time is it over there? I have a 1978 750 K Black.

                             Ken   PS  Lots of good people  and help here

The blackbird was based on the spy plane, it's a 1100 sports tourer, it was the fastest road bike in the world at one point until the hyabusi came on the scene. Hyabusi is japanese for sparrow hawk and they catch blackbirds in japan.

A little bit of history for you.

[david451]

If you are building to recover cost I think it'd be a lost cause in most cases. Build for pleasure !

That's what I keep telling myself, a little bit of fun before I get too old.

Good advice, thanks

Dave.

[78whiteorbs]

Dave, welcome to the SOHC4 Forum-  lots of superb information here and some pretty friendly people to . Alotta bike forums you get folks "welcoming you" to the "madness" or" insanity"  . I have found this forum for the most part to be a bit more civil and classy and extremely helpful  -
 
so thumbs up to you  fellow SOHC4 members!

[david451]

Dave, welcome to the SOHC4 Forum-  lots of superb information here and some pretty friendly people to . Alotta bike forums you get folks "welcoming you" to the "madness" or" insanity"  . I have found this forum for the most part to be a bit more civil and classy and extremely helpful  -
 
so thumbs up to you  fellow SOHC4 members!

I'm on another forum for these but there is not much traffic, this one seems to be much busier. I'm doing these bikes as a hobby, I take my time and every little bit gets done to the highest standard before I move on. I look at some of the cafe racers and think they are very nice but something tells me inside that it's not the correct direction to go in and that a nice cr would just fit in nice with my ambitions. It's the thought that I might waste my money and could probably go out and buy something like a nice sp1, but a nice cr is so rare that something tells me "go for it"!!

I missed the fun of the 70s since I was an apprentice with no money, but still managed to get an old cb250.

[Rigid]

Don't let anyone convince you these bikes can't be fixed up and ridden, then a hefty profit made.  I have done it dozens and dozens of times.  I enjoy the hunt before acquiring them, I enjoy the fixing up and restoring, I enjoy the riding, then I enjoy the $1000 profit when sold.

[grcamna2]

Welcome David...this is a VERY good forum and folks here do answer each other and Help one another ALL the time.I spent some time on a different forum & it literally took months for me to get any feedback...and most of it was negative.These are very positive members here !