Re: Notes and updates on my 1980 CB750 Dohc restoration

Posted by Ghost-Flame on Jul 01, 2012; 5:11pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Notes-and-updates-on-my-1980-CB750-Dohc-restoration-tp4024061p4024067.html

I am doing my version of a tribute bike. I grew up on a farm with Minneappolis Moline tractors (no longer in existence). We had a 58 or 59 jetstar 445 that was my favorite and the machine that I learned to drive at 8 years old. The dealer’s son that we used to deal with is a friend. He just retired and I thought it would be fun to replicate the color scheme and the decals from the 445. I have it worked out in my head what I want it to look like.

 I’m going to do the tins and engine in the closest yellow/orange I can get and the wheels and covers in the orange brown you see here. The seat as you can see in the picture was black with a kidney busting back rest. I want to do the main part of the seat black with a hint of the orange brown of the wheels in an upsweep on the original Honda seat pan. And then inlay the MM 445 into the back seat in the orange brown. The carbs will stay in the condition that you sent them (too nice to cover with paint). It will look cool I think. I don’t want to depart to much from stock this being my first retro build/renovation. If someone ever wanted to take it back to bone stock color scheme someday they could.

Also the only thing that wasn’t yellow or orange on the 445 was the gas cap and muffler. I am toying with the idea of using 4 into one exhaust and sweeping the muffler up with tractor like muffler and floating lid on the exhaust out-let/tip. Behind the rider position.