Need Help With Diagnosis

Posted by Dareduc on Aug 26, 2012; 5:50am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Need-Help-With-Diagnosis-tp4028004.html

Hello all... long time reader of the forum, first time poster. I have been having some issues with my 74' CB 750 and I wanted to get a crowd sourced thought cluster of what might be wrong. I had two diagnosis... and I am looking to see what everyone thinks.

My gears were always a littler hard to get into neutral... not a big deal, just felt like it wasn't fully disengaging. Got worse @ the end of long rides. Then the bike started hiccuping @ 4000 RPM in second (short lag, then burst) Now second is gone... falls right out. Then 1st started hiccuping and now has a hard time catching.

Some people tell me it can be as simple as the clutch plates... others tell me, it can be the shift fork and drum... I want to do the repair myself, but I am a little intimidated by the idea of cracking the case and fixing the shift fork and drum... but also intimidated by a mechanic bill!

-MD