Hi all - stumbled on the American arm of this forum and was directed over to the UK one so having registered just a brief note of me etc if anyone is interested.
I bought a CB750 K4 engine and gearbox in a 1978-ish Tony Foale monoshock frame a few weeks ago, hence the interest in this site. It is the second CB I've owned, had a 500/4 about 30 years ago which I sold to buy a Norton Commando, which I sold 26years later because I gave up trying to get it started. No actually it was to buy a horse for my dear daughter. How sad is that! Also have a Laverda Jota, a Guzzi Le Mans 1 and a Ducati ST3, and have previously had Ducati 900SS and ST4, Suzuki Hayabusa and a Laverda Mirage.
The CB has a pair of wheels by a bloke called Henry Abe, and apparently an 810 conversion by the same bloke. Presumably as a K4 all this would mosty likely be done in America before it came over here because until last week I'd never heard of Henry Abe.
Engine is now top-end stripped and the rest of the bike in pieces of varying size. This will take less than a year if I get the money together, longer if I don't, and the idea is to have a cafe racer of some sort at the end of it.
Photos of the mess so far are at
http://s1179.photobucket.com/albums/x397/rupert2147/
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