Look what I found at the car wash!

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Skyeye

Life 1/4 mile at at time!
Sometimes you just have to keep your eyes open. A few months ago I was visiting a local car wash, shooting the breeze with the owner, talking about motorcycles. He mentioned that he had two 1975 Honda CB750F bikes. I took a look and one was pristine the other a parts bike, both with 13,000 miles.

Fast forward to two days ago.....I heard a rumor that the bikes were for sale so I stopped by to take a look. The car wash was being sold and the owner wanted to get rid of a lot of stuff and was going to post the bikes on eBay. So I made him an offer and got them both.......

Here they are:

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I'll have some more pictures later of some of the cool features like the cafe seat and tail light. Stay tuned, I have to wait until it stops snowing so I can pull them out of the garage.
 
OK gents, here is what I know so far. They're both CB750 F0 bikes from 1975, I've gone over the black one and it was built in Feb. of 1975. She has been very well taken care of, in fact the frame paint and wiring look like new. Mods are drag bars with the wiring properly installed in the tubes, custom cafe seat but I got the original seat too, interesting tail light, and painted fenders and a few other details. The seat looks like it's handmade and I'll be posting pictures on the seat and tank thread later. And......it looks like it has a stock rust free exhaust, 4 into 1. I just needed a new battery so I'm hoping to start her up tomorrow.

The orange one, it's a little rough, I'll go over it later this weekend. Thanks for all the favorable comments! Stay tuned.

Scott
 
so what... you can never have to many rides... besides the CB750 is my all time favorite bike ever made... without it we woudl not have the sport bikes we ahve today.... my buddies all give me SHI*... they laugh that i could be given a choice of any bike i wanted for free and i woudl choose a 1974 CB750... ha haha what can i say... i just LOVE EM!
 
Hey Joe, I agree completely, you can never have too many bikes! There's somethin' about those old CBs that's just too cool. I think what I like most is how many different ways you can take the bike from stock restoration to cafe, to who knows what. We know what's cool. When your friends give you SH*T just ignore 'em and come back and hang with us.
 
i have not built a cafe for myself since college... so now that i have the build going at home i get a few calls a week to go check out bikes they are finding... ha ha ha looks like we will have a vintage day once a week where we can pull out the old'y but goody's... i laugh cause they dont see the build actually going (excpt for my brother and best friend) the rest just see the progress and are like... man this is SO EASY... they think you can knock out a full cafe build in like a month... two of them started on 650 suzuki's this weekend... ha ha ha we will see how "easy" it is on monday!

the CB750 motor is also my favorite motor to use on my chop and cafe builds... but the demand for the Vtwin just takes over sometimes... someday i hope a majority of the HD riders pull their heads out of their tail ends and realize that there are other bikes out there... and that bolt on skulls and jack daniels derby covers does not mean your bike is "custom" makes me laugh when a guy will dog on me when i am on a metric... i just laugh and ask him how much he paid for his last OIL CHANGE!!!
 
Well said on the 750's. I wanted one from the time I layed eyes on that broad, beautiful engine. The legacy of the bike is also a large draw. But riding one... I can't believe my bike is almost 40 years old. The only bike I had before this that ran was a 96 Katana 750, and my 72 cb750 is a far better sorted and all around better bike than the Suzuki was. Easier to work on too. I can't wait to see more on that seat man!
 
WOW.. how much did you get them for??...

There is actually a proven mathematical equation that determines how many bikes you should have...

(sum N) + (2-1) = bikes you should have in the garage at all times.

n= total number of bikes currently in the garage

This mathematical formula is a truely objective reasoning that any woman, (wife/girlfriend/mom), should be able to relate to...
 
Here's some close-ups of the seat, some pretty clever fabrication!

Here's the look from the rear, you can see that the stock fender is in place and the tail of the seat kicks up over the tail light:
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From the side:
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Close-up:
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The seat pad, the view from my A**:
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Here's the uhderside of the seat:
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Sometime today before and after the Eagles/Redskins game I'll remove the seat and take the cover off so we can all see how it was put together. That part of the "investigation" I'll move off to the Seat and Tank thread.

Scott
 
What a great find! That fender + cafe seat is exactly the look I am going for in my bike. Best of luck in your builds and I expect to see more progression pictures soon!
 
Well it's taken a while, but I finally got the first of my Car Wash finds in the road. The black CB750F was the easiest project to tackle so that one came back to life first. Not much cosmetic work but mostly mechanical. Here's what my son Matt and I did so far:

Clubman bars and grips - Thanks Carpy. New bars with the wires hidden inside, looks uncluttered but I don't know if I would try that again! Those old school grips are great on the hands, highly recommended.

Complete carb rebuild - Took them completely apart, boiled them clean with lemon juice (really works!!), new gaskets and jets and reassembled them with all new stainless fittings. Pod filter and re-jetting too. Carbs balanced.

Cleaning and polishing including stainless hardware kit for the engine and stainless screws on the controls. Repaired wiring. Finally a complete periodic maintenance....God knows when that was last done!

On the road for the first time this past Friday. The verdict: Wow! This thing is great, has that 70's muscle car feel to it, plenty of power, handles good and just puts a smile on my face!!!!

She needs a new clutch and I'll probably finish up the stainless brake lines. The best thing is I have something to ride while I start on the next bike, a 1976 CB750K.

Here she is:

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Thanks for all the inspiration guys and gals!
 
Thanks for the compliments! I hadn't ridden a vintage 750 in years and was surprised by how strong it really was. Needed re-jetting after adding the pod filters. Went from a 110 to 115 main jet and I think it could use a little more, still has a small mid range bog.

I also added a Dyna CD ignition and new 3ohm coils and silicone plug wires. That probably helped a little too ;D

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Scott
 
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