K3 maybe a restoration, maybe a custom, i'm indecisive
Posted by bijna on
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Just picked up this 1973 Honda CB750K (build date 8/72) off of craigslist from a local police officer for a grand total price of $1600US. He tells me that he purchased it a year ago from the original owner for the same price as an impulse buy (he had 1 and a half 750's in the garage). The ad had it listed 'Runs OK' and that it needed a carburetor sync. It also had a nice tank and side covers, which had been painted a dark blue. I didn't care for the painted tank and side covers, so he pulled out a set from the rafters or something. They weren't in as good condition but they were original 73 flake sunrise orange and I fell hard for the flake, so I took those instead.
I've been driving it around for about 5 days now, getting the cobwebs out of it. The odometer says just shy of 11,000mi, but it has stopped operating so there is no telling. It doesn't look like it had been dogged out or anything, our guesstimate was at least less than 40,000mi. So far I have changed the oil, but not the filter because I could not find it in my area. I ran seafoam through a tank of gas and in the oil before I changed it. I'm using Rotella 3 as it was on sale at Autozone for a nice price. I changed the fork oil today and unfortunately broke the bolt to the drain for the right fork. I'm hoping it won't pop out or the like before I change it next and have to drill it out. It seems to run fairly well, but I don't have anything to base it on really since the only other bike I've had is a 2007 Sportster. It was fuel injected and a real P.O.S. in terms of reliability, but it was a fun ride! So much so that it was my only ride for over a year. I am somewhat of a tinkerer and have always had old cars and trucks that I love working on, but this will be my first bike to tinker with.
I am torn between doing a custom cafe/bobber thing, and a restoration. I really do enjoy customizing my rides and the like, but I feel this one is so close to stock that I don't want to kill it. I know for sure that the buckshot handlebars and the trumpet exhaust are going, but not sure what else is going to happen here. I am a college student and a work at school, so don't expect to see anything really fancy to come out of this build. I can't afford rechroming or professional machine work.. this will basically just be my tinker log. I plan to do most everything on my own and hopefully with the collective mind of y'all.
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Just picked up this 1973 Honda CB750K (build date 8/72) off of craigslist from a local police officer for a grand total price of $1600US. He tells me that he purchased it a year ago from the original owner for the same price as an impulse buy (he had 1 and a half 750's in the garage). The ad had it listed 'Runs OK' and that it needed a carburetor sync. It also had a nice tank and side covers, which had been painted a dark blue. I didn't care for the painted tank and side covers, so he pulled out a set from the rafters or something. They weren't in as good condition but they were original 73 flake sunrise orange and I fell hard for the flake, so I took those instead.
I've been driving it around for about 5 days now, getting the cobwebs out of it. The odometer says just shy of 11,000mi, but it has stopped operating so there is no telling. It doesn't look like it had been dogged out or anything, our guesstimate was at least less than 40,000mi. So far I have changed the oil, but not the filter because I could not find it in my area. I ran seafoam through a tank of gas and in the oil before I changed it. I'm using Rotella 3 as it was on sale at Autozone for a nice price. I changed the fork oil today and unfortunately broke the bolt to the drain for the right fork. I'm hoping it won't pop out or the like before I change it next and have to drill it out. It seems to run fairly well, but I don't have anything to base it on really since the only other bike I've had is a 2007 Sportster. It was fuel injected and a real P.O.S. in terms of reliability, but it was a fun ride! So much so that it was my only ride for over a year. I am somewhat of a tinkerer and have always had old cars and trucks that I love working on, but this will be my first bike to tinker with.
I am torn between doing a custom cafe/bobber thing, and a restoration. I really do enjoy customizing my rides and the like, but I feel this one is so close to stock that I don't want to kill it. I know for sure that the buckshot handlebars and the trumpet exhaust are going, but not sure what else is going to happen here. I am a college student and a work at school, so don't expect to see anything really fancy to come out of this build. I can't afford rechroming or professional machine work.. this will basically just be my tinker log. I plan to do most everything on my own and hopefully with the collective mind of y'all.
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