I got a fantastic deal on a garage full of 750 parts a couple of months ago:
I picked this haul up over the course of an evening in my wife's van, from a guy who clearly used his pole barn for
(a) working on cars, trucks and motorcycles, and
(b) smashing things when he was frustrated.
I picked valve shims off the floor, in between chunks of a vacuum cleaner that had given its life in some kind of frenzied attack...which near as I can figure was a loss for the gas tank on the DOHC CB750. At one point, I picked up a screen door and found the carburetor boots.
It was a lot of fun. I walked away with a titled frame, a couple of torn-apart (and FILTHY) engines, and enough wiring harnesses that I should be able to sell the copper to fund my kids' education.
So, as I had done with my CB450, I took the thing (except the engine) apart to the last nut and bolt, painted the frame, rebuilt the forks and painted them, and likewise with the wheels (bearings, not spokes).
The tank I got was, like I said, the loser in a battle with a heavy object, so I replaced it with what I think is a 750F tank (a little narrower, a little longer, and in far better shape). Using that tank meant that the original seat pan wasn't going to work; as it happens, a friend had a Hotwings fiberglass seat that matches the rear of the gas tank perfectly...and that's where we sit today:
The bike is kind of light, though, without an engine. I got about this far before it occured to me that, not having ever taken one of these engines apart, I wasn't entirely sure how to put it back together (or, in fact, whether it was worth doing so):
...so I stashed the better of the two engines - near as I can figure - and am waiting for a donor bike's worth of money to show up in my wallet.
And that's where I sit right now! I've been reading through the posts here and I am really looking forward to getting to know the people here as well as I have on the Honda Twins forum. Thanks for stopping in!
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