New to this forum - CB750L

Posted by Maz on Sep 16, 2014; 9:11am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/New-to-this-forum-CB750L-tp4053741.html

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum but have been riding bikes here in the UK for 36 years. I've had many but now, in my 50's and having calmed down a bit, I've settled on vintage Japanese machines. I am a member of the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club (VJMC) and, at present own a '76 CB500T, '75 GL1000, '79 CB750L and a '90 Yamaha FJ1200 (not sure how that one crept in!).
The CB750L is pretty rare on these shores - I've owned it for 7 years and haven't seen another on the road here (although there is currently one for sale on ebay which looks pretty damn good). Mine was imported in 1990 and when I purchased it in 2007, it was a bit of a dog. I paid £430 for it and it was fitted with a huge Vetter Windjammer fairing with matching luggage box and side cases. I removed all of that cr*p and sold them separately on ebay for £500!!
I've included a picture of the bike as it is now (except in the picture it doesn't have the correct chrome chainguard fitted) and a small picture of how it looked when I bought it.
I couldn't find (or afford!) the correct 4-4 exhaust system for it so I fitted a 4-4 from a CB900 custom which I think looks ok.
I hope you find it interesting and I look forward to checking out the rest of the info on here.

Ride safe.
Maz