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Honda CB750K5 Restoration by Royhall
Moorey:
Glad it's worked out OK Roy. 20 days Liverpool to Cleavleys :)
smoothoperator:
Sigh of relief Roy. Looking forward to the build posts. :D
royhall:
Well getting it here safely was a big sigh of relief but it didn't last long. Just checking things out a bit more today and it's not looking as good as I initially thought. Just for starters the carbs are fooked, seized solid and looking like they have been kicked around a car park. But my biggest fear before buying the bike was that it may have had a chain break due to the missing chain and the engine being half removed. Well here's the gory evidence hidden behind a ton of bathroom silicone.
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Ten screws into the rebuild and already I'm looking for a good set of K5 crankcases. Although other models will fit I could do with them being K5 to keep the number range correct. This is the one thing I took a chance on, so looks like I gambled and lost. To be fair even if I had seen the bike it would not have been possible to see the break as it was buried in clear silicone covered in grease. Strangely the engine turned in all gears without any noises even though there's almost zero room behind there. Hopefully somebody out there will have a set available. I have repaired these cases before on Alan's (MCTID) engine but that was just a single chunk knocked out that welded back okay, this one is a spiders web smash.
I'm shutting the garage door for today as that's enough bad news for one go.
JamesH:
Roy - have sent you a Pm..
Graham/Julie - do any of the spares pile engine cases help Roy out?
Johnny4428:
Very gutted for you Roy. Mine was the same and been welded shut at the repair. Julie and Graham came to my rescue with a pair of cases with the correct period number. Very annoying but not the end of the world.
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