my new '81 cb750f
Posted by dukes9989 on Jul 17, 2013; 7:32am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/my-new-81-cb750f-tp4043622.html
Hey guys, new here, but I picked up a pristine 750f on craigslist a few weeks ago so I decided to join and hopefully take advantage of the vast amounts of knowledge you guys have to offer!
A little info about the bike---
The first owner babied this bike, keeping all his service and repair info for all 43k he put on the bike before suffering from dementia, loosing his license and ultimately forgetting about the bike and leaving basically the tank full. From the records he's kept I can tell the last time the bike has been professionally serviced was back in 2008. The second owner put all of 4 miles on the bike before selling it to me. He said he bought it thinking he would like size of the 750 since he had been riding a cx500 for a couple years. He basically did nothing to the bike expect attempt to clean the tank and carbs only to drop the tank and put a fat dent in it
So I got the bike back home, cleaned the tank with denatured alcohol and a couple pieces of chain. The bike only needed a battery so after a couple days of waiting for that, I put it in and it started right up, full choke, but ran a little rough. I had to play with the choke for a good while until the bike warmed up, still not idling without the choke about a third of the way out. Since I've had the bike I haven't done much except clean the tank, exterior and change the oil and filter. I've put some miles on it and it only seemsto get better but I still think it's not reaching it's full potential. I'm thinking a carb rebuild kit is my next point of attack and I'm leaning towards the Randakk's rebuild kit. Any suggestions? Comments? Ideas? Thoughts? Im all ears!!
Here's some more photos
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/my-new-81-cb750f-tp4043622.html
Hey guys, new here, but I picked up a pristine 750f on craigslist a few weeks ago so I decided to join and hopefully take advantage of the vast amounts of knowledge you guys have to offer!
A little info about the bike---
The first owner babied this bike, keeping all his service and repair info for all 43k he put on the bike before suffering from dementia, loosing his license and ultimately forgetting about the bike and leaving basically the tank full. From the records he's kept I can tell the last time the bike has been professionally serviced was back in 2008. The second owner put all of 4 miles on the bike before selling it to me. He said he bought it thinking he would like size of the 750 since he had been riding a cx500 for a couple years. He basically did nothing to the bike expect attempt to clean the tank and carbs only to drop the tank and put a fat dent in it
So I got the bike back home, cleaned the tank with denatured alcohol and a couple pieces of chain. The bike only needed a battery so after a couple days of waiting for that, I put it in and it started right up, full choke, but ran a little rough. I had to play with the choke for a good while until the bike warmed up, still not idling without the choke about a third of the way out. Since I've had the bike I haven't done much except clean the tank, exterior and change the oil and filter. I've put some miles on it and it only seemsto get better but I still think it's not reaching it's full potential. I'm thinking a carb rebuild kit is my next point of attack and I'm leaning towards the Randakk's rebuild kit. Any suggestions? Comments? Ideas? Thoughts? Im all ears!!
Here's some more photos
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