cb750 road trip: Can it make it?

MrStalePretzel

MrStalePretzel

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Sorry for being "that guy" who posts only when he needs advice. I've just been so busy with landscaping in this heat, and trying to make bank. You wouldn't believe. lol. A few weeks ago I posted a thread regarding a road trip i planned on making in my Gl1000. Since then i have taken it to the shop, and from what they tell me, half my roadtrip budget would go into making it roadworthy, and even then...

So I decided i wanted to take my 81' cb750c. It seems to run just fine, but before i take it to the shop i'd like to run the question by all of you. Can i take a cb750c with 36,000 miles from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. A 1,094 mile trip. This bike has been well maintained, that's obvious. I change the fuses and oil regularly. I've been researching, and some sites claim that any sort of trip is risky once a bike reaches 35,000 miles or so.
 
Change the fuses on a regular basis? Why? I have never heard of this, is this motorcycle specific? I can't see how it would be risky if the bike was in good shape,regularly maintained, not a Yamaha.....
 
rays650cafe said:
Change the fuses on a regular basis? Why? I have never heard of this, is this motorcycle specific? I can't see how it would be risky if the bike was in good shape,regularly maintained, not a Yamaha.....
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Alot of bikes that sit for a while (3 months in the winter, but i run her often). I replace the fuses every year i bring her out.
 
Honda engineered the 750 do well, that if not totally abused, they should last 100,000 miles...
 
Last year i rode a 78 bonnie 800 miles in one day. While my buddy jim rode his 71beemer. Also rode my 77 gs750 from pgh to deals gap and back and then later that summer from pgh to barbers and back. So if your bike is maintained then yes it will make it easily.
 
Pack a good tool kit with xtra fuses, wire connectors, possibly extra throttle cable, wrenches, screwdrivers. sockets, oil and pray to street jesus.
 
Excellent guys! Thanks for the replies. Seem to be alot of yes's. Good to hear. I will schedule to have everything checked next week. :) Just had some huge saddle bags come in the mail today. Siked.
 
+1 on the extra throttle cable. The 750 has a fairly extreme angle where the cable come into the throttle housing that likes to wear down the cable.
 
How do you figure that works?

Sure enough things corrode and seals weather, but if its taken care of and all parts as such are maintained, inspected and replaced before anything happens no problem.

Hondas aren't Triumphs or BSA's ;)
 
You just said it, things corrode and seals weather.
Rubber components crack, like the manifolds. just plain things break.
sure hondas dont have the rep that brit bikes have but its naive to think that a honda is some how exempt from breaking

Sure if things are kept up with then its not an issue but often things go unchecked to to ignorance or people wait till something fails to keep costs down.

But in reality there is no inspection that can tell you 100% that a bike will last for XXX miles. Yes and inspection can help give you an idea of what will happen. fact is things work fine....right up until they fail. I never understand why people put so much stock in miles of an old bike. I would rather a bike with higher miles that has been used often then something with no miles that has been sitting. My 6k mile CBX needed more basic things then my 16k cb450 when I got them. most was due to cbx sitting for 15 years and the 450 only 2-3

at the end of the day you need to be comfortable with a certain number of "side of the road" fixes to keep going. Its par for the coarse with owning an old bike.
 
^^^^^^

But, empirically, I just put together a little 78 GS550 with an engine of unknown mileage, and had no qualms about immediately putting 1k on her over a weekend road trip. Only hiccup was the license plate fell off once. I think a good inspection, a well thought-out tool kit, and hit the road!
 
Go for man. I've racked over 2k miles on a 75 cb750 after only basic restore. Not a single hiccup. Now watch my throttle snap in my way to work tomorrow ::)
 
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