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« on: August 25, 2011, 10:03:07 PM »
Try using this product or something similar http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycle-Petrol-Tank-Sealer-Bsa-Ajs-Vellocete-/370537327167?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item5645beea3fI've messed about welding and brazing tanks before using oxy/acetylene but I used to fill the tank with water first. The water displaces the petrol fumes which as you probably know are really difficult to remove, and just a slight amount of fume igniting is enough to scare the shit out of you! oh and anybody else that's there too!. I would use a chemical sealer like the one in the above link which puts a skin inside the tank that I believe lasts around 10 years if done properly.
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« on: August 11, 2011, 07:38:49 PM »
Hello mate welcome to the site and good luck with your bike.
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« on: August 06, 2011, 11:09:22 AM »
Well done! you'll enjoy it a bit more now 
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« on: August 05, 2011, 10:33:07 PM »
Just been out tonight and put another 50 miles on the old 750/4, such a nice night and a not too posh weather forcast for tomorrow afternoon, (my time out time usually and I really have been wet more than once to often to go out when it's raining!) Anyhow I slipped out on the bike on wor lasses blind side (she has a habit of winging as I'm getting ready if she sees me, wot a pain in the arse), and thoroughly enjoyed my ride out! I was stopped in a favourite spot looking over the bike and contemplating what to do next in the way of restoring the bike, (my bikes a rolling project), when I was hit by the concern that if I make it too nice I probably won't ride it so much. Why, well I'm not knocking anyone that has a beautiful classic bike that doesn't use it a lot for various reasons like "it'll get dirty and I'll loose the concourse look kind of thing" but there is a danger that that could happen to me if I made mine that way, and for the same reasons as others, I might not use mine as much, and what a shame if it didn't. The beauty of my bike at the moment is that it's mechanically sound and is running well, and is still tatty enough to use all of the time without me worrying about loosing the look or overtaxing it type of thing, also it's still desirable enough to draw a crowd at any bikers meet which let's face it is a part of what it's all about anyway. Restoring it further is not about me not wanting to put the money into the bike, it's more about me not wanting to take the 34 years of soul out of the bike that is defined by the tatty way she looks. I bet I can't get to sleep tonight for thinking about this one. I'm not sure why this bike has got to me in this way. I've had some fabulous superbikes over the years but when you're like I was tonight, mid corner on a 34 year old bike thinking wow I can see how this bike was the superbike of it's day all that time ago and it's still doing it for ya now well, that's defo special and I don't want to loose any of that. Giz your ideas on this one fellas.
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« on: July 26, 2011, 09:54:28 PM »
Hi Mick, I the 750/4 is a total pleasure to own and ride, it's just a nice strong bike with a proper look and feel about it.
It sounds like we must use some of the same brilliant roads, I'm usually up the cafe a couple of times a month at least. Lets know if you fancy meeting up there for a brew sometime, cheers Ritchie.
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« on: July 26, 2011, 08:34:06 PM »
Thanks for the interest in the thread fellas. Yeah i felt a bit lucky not to have broken anything.
A few spanners under the seat i suppose is a must especially on an old bike that's been round the block a few times. I'll be seeking some advice on gaskets, sealants and stuff when I get round to doing the engine some time hopefully in the not to distant future. Cheers.
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« on: July 26, 2011, 09:34:47 AM »
Hi just thought I'd share my bike and a ride out i had at the weekend. I have a 750k6 which is a rolling project. I've owned the bike for 2 years now which I bought from my brother who after 27 years of ownership had declared that he wouldn't be riding it again. The bike had sat in his garage for around 8 years and had been well used before being laid up, living most of it's life under a tar pauling and being ridden all year round when in use. Since owning it I've chipped away at bringing it back to life putting various new parts onto it and fettling this and that, I've covered 2500 very pleasurable miles since I bought it. The engine is badly in need of a gasket set at the very least and it puts oil out of a few places (rebuilt a few years back by my short of funds, on the dole bro who i suspect reused old gaskets and silicone sealer to get the job done!) the frame has been badly painted with brushed smoothrite paint and the bike is generally very tatty. To my ride, I was out for my usual 120 mile round trip up to my favourite bikers cafe having fun and riding in my usual manner of decking out the lowly slung motad 4-1 around right handers, and changing up at 6 thousand rpm in the interest of the ailing motor when i missed a gear sending the revs skyward. Conscious of this and just a few miles up the road i did it again! except this time the revs went through the roof resulting in an immediate rattle from the motor. I stopped the engine and considered my position, 40 miles from home, no phone, on the edge of Alston Moor, which is quite desolate and lowly populated with a sick 750/4. I decided after restarting the engine that i would attempt to ride home slowly at low revs. after about 3 miles i lost a cylinder and stopped again, i was beginning to feel stuck. After letting the motor cool i decided to see if i could see anything obviously wrong using my limited tool kit. I got out my trusty adjustable spanner from under the seat and removed a tappet cover from no.4 exhaust to find that the tappet had completely unwound and was being held in place on the rocker by hitting the tappet cover!. I put it back in, roughly set a gap, started it up and sweet as a nut purring again!, i was well chuffed. Being a bit cocky i decided to return to my original plan of taking in the cafe before riding home which i did. I've since reset all of the valve clearances for peace of mind around the tightness of the other tappet locknuts. On reflection it was nice to be able to be able to actually fettle the bike at the roadside with basic tools and limited mechanical knowledge, well done Honda for what you built me 34 years ago!
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« on: July 23, 2011, 09:13:26 AM »
Welcome Boggieman
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« on: July 19, 2011, 11:54:52 PM »
No but you could try increasing the volume of your music
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« on: July 19, 2011, 08:16:29 AM »
Wow! I love it, nice one mate
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« on: July 15, 2011, 08:34:15 PM »
Bike looks good. Fairing sets it off nicely
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« on: October 20, 2010, 10:47:23 PM »
I'd be looking at the front tyre, balance, seating, etc
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« on: September 04, 2010, 07:56:23 PM »
Not sure that you'll be spoilt for choice with performance pads but I could be wrong? I thought about using a boat anchor on mine but it's not a very practical solution. I ran right over the top of a big lamb a couple of months back at around 70mph with both brakes full on and seriously failing to slow the bike down  . Past it's mot test though
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« on: September 04, 2010, 07:46:48 PM »
Hi Legin, Sounds like my K6 was after 10 years laid up, no brakes and a slipping clutch. Sorted out a badly worn out clutch with a clutch kit from Dave Silvers, re-placed all of the seals and front pads at the front end but the brake still isn't inspiring despite a good front tyre running the right pressure and dot 4 fluid with goodridge lines. My back brake isn't good either as the drums is out of round and is on my to do list. Enjoy the bike matey.
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