Nybz
New Member
Well it is frick'n cold in the garage and I don't really feel like handling cold metal pieces right now, so I thought I might as well start a build project. Yet another CB750 DOHC! Long live!
My plan was originally to have this bike as a parts bike for my '79 CB750 LTD. Found it for a few hundred bucks, not running.
I got the LTD on the road and running great, so I started to strip down the bike, and I couldn't help but to want to rebuild this bike too. It was pretty rough, but after starting to take it apart it didn't seem like it was that bad to have all broken up in a million pieces sitting on a shelf.
So onwards and forwards!
The boat tail light is pretty rare for the CB750, I believe they were only made that way for one year. There was actually less of these made then the "Limited Edition" bike that I also have. So I wanted to keep some of the 'originalness' of the bike and not do a full blown café or anything like that. I am more of function over form kinda guy.
I wanted to create some sort of zombie apocalypse style bike. I have toned down the idea a bit but still want an aggressive looking black bike with some red accents.
Some background. I am no expert and don't have super fancy tools, but I am passionate, willing to learn, and ALMOST love working on motorbikes then actually riding them. I am a farmer, and the motorbike mechanics world gives me a chance to put my mental energy somewhere else other then the million things that need doing in the field.
I have mostly been active on the two DOHC forums and have gleaned a lot of information from some amazingly knowledge group of people. (what did people do before online forums?)
So I started buying some parts.
Randakk cycle shop full carb rebuild kit....not cheap but highly suggested by the pro's...didn't want to skimp on rebuilding the carbs
New carb rubber insulators
New coils, wires, caps and plugs
Capitan over on the cb1100f forum has made better then stock cam chain tensioners for the A chain and B chain. Not cheap! Ouch, but they are suppose to outlive the bike and dramatically increase the life of the cam chains. So bought those along with new A and B cam chains.
Spokes
wheel bearings
beefy dual sport tires
fork seals
new progressive fork springs
Front caliper rebuild with new piston
After market master cylinder
found some 900 cams...direct swap, more lift and duration...suppose to be great improvement.
clutch springs and fibers. Also got a clutch dampener kits. Which replaces the stock rubber dampeners are rock hard and cause a clutch rattle at idle. (Noticeable on my LTD)
upgraded cam holder bolts
Oil seal kit
gasket set
changed out the huge 630 chain for a new X ring 530 with new sprockets. Keeping stock gear ratios.
Steering head bearings
New shocks
Pretty much my idea is to create a brand new bike, replace any old rubber, replace any parts that are past their prime, reseal the engine, repaint, clean up every nut and bolt.
That's it for now....
My plan was originally to have this bike as a parts bike for my '79 CB750 LTD. Found it for a few hundred bucks, not running.
I got the LTD on the road and running great, so I started to strip down the bike, and I couldn't help but to want to rebuild this bike too. It was pretty rough, but after starting to take it apart it didn't seem like it was that bad to have all broken up in a million pieces sitting on a shelf.
So onwards and forwards!
The boat tail light is pretty rare for the CB750, I believe they were only made that way for one year. There was actually less of these made then the "Limited Edition" bike that I also have. So I wanted to keep some of the 'originalness' of the bike and not do a full blown café or anything like that. I am more of function over form kinda guy.
I wanted to create some sort of zombie apocalypse style bike. I have toned down the idea a bit but still want an aggressive looking black bike with some red accents.
Some background. I am no expert and don't have super fancy tools, but I am passionate, willing to learn, and ALMOST love working on motorbikes then actually riding them. I am a farmer, and the motorbike mechanics world gives me a chance to put my mental energy somewhere else other then the million things that need doing in the field.
I have mostly been active on the two DOHC forums and have gleaned a lot of information from some amazingly knowledge group of people. (what did people do before online forums?)
So I started buying some parts.
Randakk cycle shop full carb rebuild kit....not cheap but highly suggested by the pro's...didn't want to skimp on rebuilding the carbs
New carb rubber insulators
New coils, wires, caps and plugs
Capitan over on the cb1100f forum has made better then stock cam chain tensioners for the A chain and B chain. Not cheap! Ouch, but they are suppose to outlive the bike and dramatically increase the life of the cam chains. So bought those along with new A and B cam chains.
Spokes
wheel bearings
beefy dual sport tires
fork seals
new progressive fork springs
Front caliper rebuild with new piston
After market master cylinder
found some 900 cams...direct swap, more lift and duration...suppose to be great improvement.
clutch springs and fibers. Also got a clutch dampener kits. Which replaces the stock rubber dampeners are rock hard and cause a clutch rattle at idle. (Noticeable on my LTD)
upgraded cam holder bolts
Oil seal kit
gasket set
changed out the huge 630 chain for a new X ring 530 with new sprockets. Keeping stock gear ratios.
Steering head bearings
New shocks
Pretty much my idea is to create a brand new bike, replace any old rubber, replace any parts that are past their prime, reseal the engine, repaint, clean up every nut and bolt.
That's it for now....