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Looking great Jon! I stopped by Skips yesterday and had a look. Ed

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Very nice! I have a couple of 69 Bonneville basket cases. I really need to get going on them. Thanks for the inspiration! Ed

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Ok, I know this is not a cafe, but I spent the last year and a half restoring my 71 CB750K1. I have a build thread here http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=44833.msg490227#msg490227 in the restoration section. Before Finished...sort of Is it done? Maybe for now...

Thanks El Sammo and Drey! I appreciate the comments!

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Knowing you Swan, your 750 will be impeccable when finished. Thanks, Interceptor and Gus!

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) I have put nearly 300 miles on the bike in the last four days. It has been a blast! I am compiling a laundry list of what needs to be tweaked. 1) I still need to get the carbs dialed in as far as mixture. It seems to be running lean at from...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Thanks, I am going to ride the crap out of it. :-)

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Here is a preview shot that my buddy took on Saturday. It is still missing the side emblem here, but I will post it anyway More glamour shots to come soon :-)

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Did I mention that I may have had this bike on the road? A video of the first start....since then I have sinced the carbs and timed the ignition. It does not have as much cam chain noise as the video seems to show. Pretty darn close on the carb...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Well, I have a #### ton of updating that I should do. Let's just say that this old bird may or may not have seen a couple hundred miles of tarmac in the last three days. more about that later. I rebuilt the carbs some time ago. The slides were...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) I got my carbs all together and mounted on the bike. There was a little head scratching involved as I had taken them apart months ago. My wintergreen treated intake boots were still nice and soft from the soaking they received. I was not happy...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Thanks Drey! Here are a few more pictures with the tins on the bike. Painted the oil tank and picked up a few odds and ends so I could put a few more things together. The big things to go are to finish the carbs and find some pipes. I'm not...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Thank You!

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) I finished painting the rest of the parts today. I am satisfied with the results. There are a few very small flaws here and there due to the never ending dust problem but I will live with them. I figure I have about $400.00 in consumables in...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto (tins painted!) Thanks Swan, maybe by the end of Summer. Another thing I did this week was to try to revive my carb rubbers. Mine were in the the typical "hard as a rock condition" that is typical of a bike this age. I had to use a heat gun to remove the carbs...

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto This is going to be a loooonnnnggg picture intensive post. It has been over two months since I have updated this thread because I was waiting until I had the painting finished so that I had something of substance to post. After much gnashing of teeth, wailing...

Nice stuff Swan. I just ran across this build. You're getting pretty quick at getting them out the door. When do you want to stop by and pick up your next Brit project? :-) Ed

Re: 1971 CB750 K1 Rider Resto Thanks Drey6, I can certainly see why lead is not used very often anymore. Plastic fillers are SO much easier to work with.