Re: My first bike, a 1979 CB750L

Posted by seestheday on May 21, 2012; 2:01am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/My-first-bike-a-1979-CB750L-tp4003780p4004152.html

Welcome to the forum.  Great looking bike.  Very clean.

Do you mean the pink stuff by the cam chain tensioner (in between the headers)?
Looks like gasket sealer or something similar.   It might have been leaking oil from there and the PO put it there to stop it.  Not sure if that indicates a problem or not.  I would just pay attention to the cam chain tensioner.  That year in particular had issues.  If you are getting cam chain slap deal with it immediately.

Not sure about the red tube.  Does your bike still have an autopetcock?  If it has been removed, then at least one tube is no longer needed (and a nipple on the carbs needs to be capped).