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1666
« on: August 18, 2007, 02:46:42 PM »
Breakdown service  ?
1667
« on: August 18, 2007, 02:45:42 PM »
Your on !
1668
« on: August 18, 2007, 12:39:43 PM »
If I have the bike and gear sorted and it's not raining you could see me there, I managed to find Elite Engineering which is around there somewhere so there is every chance. These days I tend to rely a lot on my sat nav to get places, have to fit a mount on the bars or something. Just chasing down electrical problems at the moment and am determined to fix my neutral switch, it went U/S in 1978, replaced it but it was still no good, so I taped over the light. Thought I had it cracked when I found a chaffed wire under the motor and it worked great right up to the point when I started up the bike, now it's on all the time. The other snag is a dragging clutch, had to use the back brake to free it off, it works but there is a decided clunk when I put it into first and finding neutral is near impossible, time will tell, but it's not exactly brain surgery to replace the plates.
Cheers
Den
1669
« on: August 17, 2007, 02:27:22 PM »
OK guys,
The last stage of the rebuild went faster than I thought, the bike is nearly ready but I'm not, who do you recommend insurance wise, this will save me a lot of phone calls ! I'm 55 and the bike is 1976.
I haven't even got a helmet yet, my 15 year old lid in the loft is probably past its sell by date now, so I'll have to start looking, and strangely enough all my biking gear has shrunk, especially around the waist, can't see how that happened !
Cheers
Den
1670
« on: August 16, 2007, 10:43:27 AM »
Don't worry Dave, the photos hide all the dodgy bits ! Plus it's more important how they go rather than how they look.
Cheers
Den
1671
« on: August 15, 2007, 08:05:55 PM »
Well I got the new battery yesterday, I had to go to the dentist this morning so I was going to spend an afternoon checking out everything electrical then fire her up tomorrow, however our 12 year old grandson (Dean) arrived and he got very excited about starting her up, as he helped me put the frame on the engine I went along. Took a long time to get the oil pressure light off, I put one litre of oil in the tank and one litre in the cam cover, it took a long time for the oil light to go out, so long that I started to suspect the oil pressure switch, but a look into the cam cover showed no sign of oil spraying around so I carried on. The oil light eventually went out, then I waited a few more minutes turning her over until I could see oil spraying about in the cam cover. Plugs in and she fired up on the second push of the button. I was amazed, Dean was over the moon, he's seen the bike progress from a bare frame to the finished article. The only real snag was the ignition switch, it gave up the ghost while we were getting the oil pressure up, rather than disappoint Dean I put a jumper wire in the cable block and carried on. I later changed out the switch for the one on my F2 which works great. Got to fit the tacho and speedo cables, change out some bulbs, fit the new registration plate, check out the horn as it isn't working and she should be ready for the road. YIPPEE Den    
1672
« on: August 14, 2007, 04:46:21 PM »
Nope all done the hard way, paint stripper, drill with a wire brush, and lots of rattle cans from Halfords, we had just switched shifts at work from 8 hour to 12 hours so I was working 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off so I needed something to stop me getting bored.
1673
« on: August 13, 2007, 07:17:55 PM »
It's a 1977 CB750F2, I spotted it in the back garden next door to where my mate lived, it had sat out there for a couple of years uncovered with the plugs out. It also had a blue brush painted Hammerite frame, the tank was (still is) the original black, I kept that as a spare for the F1 and bought a tatty F1 tank to use instead.
The engine was fun to strip as you can image, once I'd manage to prise the barrels off it was a case of new pistons, rings, valves etc, though I'll probably take another look at it before I try to fire it up. I'll probably refinish it in stock colours this time, though I won't be as fussy with it as I was with the F1.
Cheers
Den
1674
« on: August 13, 2007, 01:57:18 PM »
It does look pink in the photo but sorry to disappoint it's actually a Ford Red, I bought the bike as a project in 1992 as I was a bit bored, the idea was to paint it completely red and finish it as a cafe, but in 1994 when I had just rebuilt the motor and was ready to lift it into the frame I got an job overseas and so it has sat there all these years. Once the F1 is finished it's next on the list. See photo of the rolling chassis when I had just completed the paint. Cheers Den 
1675
« on: August 11, 2007, 08:01:06 PM »
Well with the sunny weather we have been busy dashing around with the family but the Honda is still progressing, I finally could wheel the bike out of the garage and work in the sunshine, I'm sure this speeded up things. Should get a battery on Monday and hopefully my slip on silencer will arrive from DSS before next Friday then I can see what I have here. Cheers Den    
1676
« on: August 03, 2007, 08:05:03 PM »
Just found this in my CB750F supplement. 
1677
« on: August 03, 2007, 08:03:56 PM »
First of all I am dead jealous, I owned a KO and it was the best bike I ever had, wish I still had it, as to your front wheel I have never heard of a 36 spoke front wheel, I have just had the wheels on my CB750F1 rebuilt and they are both 40 spoke.
Looking through my original CB750 manual (model CB750) there is a photo of the front wheel hub and it is a 40 holer as well, I counted them !
Do you have a photo of the hub ?
Cheers
Den
1678
« on: August 03, 2007, 07:39:55 PM »
Hi Dave, See attached diagram from my F2 manual, and a photo of the installation on my F1. Cheers Den  
1679
« on: August 01, 2007, 01:19:22 PM »
Hi Dave,
Are you sure that it is a K2 (approx 1972), on the K2 if my memory serves me right the breather tube from the cam cover is routed to the ground over the air filter box, on the oil tank the top connection is routed to the ground and the bottom connection is connected to the transmission.
Later bikes had a small pot on the breather line from the cam cover, the connection on the top of the pot was directed to the top of the air filter and the bottom connection to the ground, inside the pot was a spring and a filter, so that all the nasty emmission were burnt by the engine and not released to atmosphere.
Cheers
Den
1680
« on: July 26, 2007, 10:30:06 AM »
Put together the attached chart while looking for brake parts for my 1976 CB750F1, as there are some parts that are interchangable with the K series bikes. Cheers 
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