1982 CB750F...Better Devil

[Sderbyshire]

Love the Tank Colour, what paint is that ?

 

[Jimbonaut]

Thanks, it's a House Of Kolor rattle can paint, from their Shimrin 2 line. There's a company in California that will mix up any of the Shimrin paints into a rattle can - coastairbrush.com They're good guys too, very helpful if you have any questions.

 

[Jimbonaut]

Scoop's attached, steel mesh cut and in place -

One ended up taking me most of the afternoon - there are a lot of angles to get right with getting that stainless mesh to fit (including the folds to secure it). There's probably a few ways of figuring out how to do it. The Cut-out-400-ish-pieces-of-cardboard-until-I-nail-it method was the one I opted for in the end. I'll get the other side done, then paint.

 

[Maritime]

Those look great Jim.

 

[Jimbonaut]

Finished both side covers -

- I'll get them primed and painted and job's a good'un. Oil and air filters finally showed up along with some cables I needed - time to install the carbs/airbox, hook a few things up, fill the engine with oil and fire up the bugger.

 

[Maritime]

Nice. Always a great spot in a build. The first fire.

 

[Jimbonaut]

You're not wrong mate - one way or another it's gonna be a moment.

 

[chickenStripCharlie]

did you end up welding them at all? doesn't look like it. Is it all epoxy?

Looks fantastic.

 

[Jimbonaut]

I ended up going the epoxy route, these things were so finicky to make - all the joins are internal so it looks pretty clean from the outside. The mesh was a fairly complicated shape and the epoxy gave me more flexibility in getting it to fit. I'll hone my welding skills on something a little less complicated.

 

[Maritime]

Ha. I advise a shot of whisky first. I also agree on the epoxy being the better route. We r not all Levi's and Brad J

 

[Jimbonaut]

Big day. Spent the day yesterday installing the carbs, removing them, reinstalling them - about 4 times. First I messed up the cables, and then realized the choke butterflies weren't fully actuating when I pulled the choke cable. For a horrible minute I thought I'd screwed up the linkage, but found out that one of the butterflies had a tiny amount of rust on one edge that was jamming it up against the throat of the carb. Removed the plate, cleaned it up, all good.

Carbs bench synched and installed, exhaust on (minus gaskets - the ones that came with the Athena kit don't fit so that sucks balls) and no airbox. Hooked up some gas, turned the key...

...and I'm in business. Bike has a name now too. This is the second CB750 I've worked on, and as I wanted to do a real number on this build figured better the devil I kinda know.

So, Better Devil.

 

[Maritime]

Woot

 

[pidjones]

Amazingly good first fire! Yep, probably why I've stuck with GL1000s so much. You get to know your adversary.

 

[Jimbonaut]

Amazingly good first fire! Yep, probably why I've stuck with GL1000s so much. You get to know your adversary.

Ok, it may have been the second. Or maybe even the third...

 

[Maritime]

first on the video screen LOL.

 

[Jimbonaut]

first on the video screen LOL.

Aye - I spared you all the version where the throttle cable was too tight and the revs went through the roof

 

[irk miller]

Funny. I ran mine lean for the world to see. A lesson in stupidity. HAHA

 

[Jimbonaut]

I doubt you still have many of those lessons Irk...if I documented all mine here however this (already lengthy) thread would be three times as long.

I’m often handicapped by my lack of professionalism, but saved by my editing skills.


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[Jimbonaut]

It's Mother's Day here in N. America. Happy Mother's Day, mums in N. America...

 

[Jimbonaut]

Speaking of fails. The steel epoxy on the scoops did not hold up - the slight twisting of the panel while I was mounting it into the frame did not bode well for the joint. So much for that. Weld it is. And that feels much more right anyway. Here goes nothing.