Recent content by survivor1911

The engine paint is all pretty bad and chipped, It would look horrible if I just completely left it

Ive got more pics for later when I have my laptop but I do have a good amount of the top frame paint and rust stripped so far. (only stripped paint fully on top of frame due to the amount of surface rust, planning to sand smooth and mask the rest)

Is there a "easy" way I can repaint the frame and engine/trans without a full tear down down? Ive posted other threads saying how this is my first rebuild and Id rather not tear it apart, id like to do that in the future in a controlled environment with a bike i care "less" about

http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=73364.0 my other post with pics, the pic with the wires in the bucket is what im primarly working on atm, im pretty sure everything else like coils and fuses are still together

Some possible wiring and the ignition switch, ive tapped some wires on the batter terminal so lights work, horn doesnt at the moment and stuff. Could someone maybe also toss a full wiring schematic my way? Ive got all the wiring pulled apart and separated (lights, horn, bar switch connections...

This is my first restoration and I have no idea how to do wiring and electrical, Im trying to connect everything again and I have no idea what goes where (Many colored plugs) Some of the wiring that should be colored is just black.

Just got a new battery for it, filled and charged up, hooked it up, nothing working right now so next step is to properly rewire everything. Starting to gather parts, ignition, cables and getting her in condition to run.

Re: My First Bike Restoration The engine was not seized at all and I put new oil into and then started giving it a number of kicks with the kick starter, I did that on saturday and gave it a number of kicks then, yesterday and will today, I took out the plugs and checked them and they seem good...

So this is my first bike restoration Next to my high school there is a small shop and I saw this old gal wasting away to nothing for a while so I told myself, man I gotta save her. So I did, I got the bike with whats on it, the pod air filters and the tach/spedo assembly, owners manual and...

Im a amature and this is the first motorcycle I am restoring, and my dad actually told me after I posted this so I felt kinda foolish but thanks, just put some new oil in it and now working on getting the ignition system going to try and get her to run. Didn't expect to ever get a reply from a...

What kind of trans fluids do these things take?

The guy has some stuff like the tach and spedometer, the cluch and brake levers and stuff but yah it comes with that the bike and the title, and just now I saw a gas tank out of stock but they wanted 1,037 for it.

So near my high school there is a small auto shop and the owner has a 1978 cb750F super sport he offered to sell me for $200 and its got just about everything mechanical but the gas tank, seat and head light, side covers, ect.... If I recall correctly there was only 2 years the bike was made so...