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New Member Introductions / Hello from Pittsburgh, PA, USA
« on: May 24, 2009, 10:31:32 PM »
Hi...
I bought a maroon CB750k4 on February 23rd, 1974, . Rode it for 11 years, had 3 wrecks, (two were quite spectacular!) but on May 30th,1986, my home was flooded, and my garage was washed away. I found my bike in a downstream neighbors yard, caught up in a pine tree. The tank, seat, carbs & handle bars were torn off, and the front forks were bent at an odd angle and the bike was completely scoured by sand. I dragged the bike back to my yard and since then it has sat and rusted away till there is almost nothing left but the frame & engine.
I'm starting to work on my bike after 25 years of being stored outside, behind a shed. I'm very suspect of the frame, because of the tremendous forces exerted on it by the flood, and of course the engine is solidly locked up as well as all the screws and nuts & bolts are rusted. Fortunately, there was no damage to any of the fins or mounts.
I have removed the engine from the frame and have started to disassemble it. Everything seems to be welded together. I'm using a lot of WD 40 to soak the joints and an impact wrench to remove the fasteners. I'll have some pic's to go with my next installment.
I'd like to build a medium cafe bike using the engine as a starting point.
I bought a maroon CB750k4 on February 23rd, 1974, . Rode it for 11 years, had 3 wrecks, (two were quite spectacular!) but on May 30th,1986, my home was flooded, and my garage was washed away. I found my bike in a downstream neighbors yard, caught up in a pine tree. The tank, seat, carbs & handle bars were torn off, and the front forks were bent at an odd angle and the bike was completely scoured by sand. I dragged the bike back to my yard and since then it has sat and rusted away till there is almost nothing left but the frame & engine.
I'm starting to work on my bike after 25 years of being stored outside, behind a shed. I'm very suspect of the frame, because of the tremendous forces exerted on it by the flood, and of course the engine is solidly locked up as well as all the screws and nuts & bolts are rusted. Fortunately, there was no damage to any of the fins or mounts.
I have removed the engine from the frame and have started to disassemble it. Everything seems to be welded together. I'm using a lot of WD 40 to soak the joints and an impact wrench to remove the fasteners. I'll have some pic's to go with my next installment.
I'd like to build a medium cafe bike using the engine as a starting point.