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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: Dono113 on July 25, 2013, 10:28:12 am
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The old man rang me up on Sunday and ask me if I wanted his old CB750K2 which he's had for 25yrs. I hadn't seen the bike for 15yrs, anyway go and get it last night, spare bottom end, spare carb set, spare intakes, spare front and rear wheels and a complete bike. I thought for sure the old girl is seized for strip down etc, jumped on the kick and low and behold she cranks over, check the tank still has old fuel in her, by this stage the wife told me to finish stuffing around and come inside.. ;D
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/Jodeyrae/CB750_zpsc9b7d476.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Jodeyrae/media/CB750_zpsc9b7d476.jpg.html)
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Nice .. good score. So what's the plan .. fit some knobbies and away you go ;D
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Well I was thinking the caferacer route seen some nice example it my time, but then there are the purist's who like them back to how they rolled of showroom floor. Hot rodding is in the blood and thats hard to go past ;)
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Nice .. good score. So what's the plan .. fit some knobbies and away you go ;D
This bloke did ::)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/tom850_sm_zps36d78595.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/tom850_sm_zps36d78595.jpg.html)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/850jump_zps100d4f35.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/850jump_zps100d4f35.jpg.html)
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The old man rang me up on Sunday and ask me if I wanted his old CB750K2 which he's had for 25yrs. I hadn't seen the bike for 15yrs, anyway go and get it last night, spare bottom end, spare carb set, spare intakes, spare front and rear wheels and a complete bike. I thought for sure the old girl is seized for strip down etc, jumped on the kick and low and behold she cranks over, check the tank still has old fuel in her, by this stage the wife told me to finish stuffing around and come inside.. ;D
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/Jodeyrae/CB750_zpsc9b7d476.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Jodeyrae/media/CB750_zpsc9b7d476.jpg.html)
Jesus H Christ Dono, YOUR DAD'S BIKE? Mate if you do nothing else KEEP IT, even if you dont ride it, your grand kids will love you for it. A K2 is a good thing, just give it a tidy up and have a ride now and then, ring me and we'll go you on the K2 and me on my Z9. Cafe racers are exactly that, people who frequent cafe's to show them, your a rider!!!
Kt
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Bugger the kids Donno, resistance is futile, you know you want to :D
(http://racebikemart.com/uploads/images/gnh2q1294622483.jpg)
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Nice .. good score. So what's the plan .. fit some knobbies and away you go ;D
This bloke did ::)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/tom850_sm_zps36d78595.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/tom850_sm_zps36d78595.jpg.html)
Nukin Futz!
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/850jump_zps100d4f35.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/850jump_zps100d4f35.jpg.html)
Pony tail'n all!
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Hey KB is that the Same Crazy who used to do the Blue light enduro on a 750/4? is that in Oz if so what track, do you know his name?
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/tom850_sm_zps36d78595.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/tom850_sm_zps36d78595.jpg.html)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/850jump_zps100d4f35.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/850jump_zps100d4f35.jpg.html)
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Hey KB is that the Same Crazy who used to do the Blue light enduro on a 750/4? is that in Oz if so what track, do you know his name?
Nah I found it on the US website that had that contraversial 1974 CR 480 on it .
750 /4's weren't bad for hang'n the arse out, but launching em off a jump takes some gonads
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(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/Jodeyrae/image_zps08a7f15a.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Jodeyrae/media/image_zps08a7f15a.jpg.html)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/Jodeyrae/image_zps30a36f1a.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Jodeyrae/media/image_zps30a36f1a.jpg.html)
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(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/Jodeyrae/image_zps08a7f15a.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Jodeyrae/media/image_zps08a7f15a.jpg.html)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc208/Jodeyrae/image_zps30a36f1a.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Jodeyrae/media/image_zps30a36f1a.jpg.html)
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder but those really are not to my liking at all .. in fact YUK. Your bike so you can do what you like with it however I much prefer the original classic lines ... but each to their own.
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Or you could build a flat tracker like the two below....the top one using a modded stock frame, the bottom using a Trackmaster.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/750hondaflattracker_zpscf64b143.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/750hondaflattracker_zpscf64b143.jpg.html)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/honda750flattracker2_zps182c2f4c.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/honda750flattracker2_zps182c2f4c.jpg.html)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Honda750flattracker_zpsd9d729cc.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/Honda750flattracker_zpsd9d729cc.jpg.html)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Honda750trackmaster_zps19650e70.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/Honda750trackmaster_zps19650e70.jpg.html)
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Now they are things of beauty 8)
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Hey KB is that the Same Crazy who used to do the Blue light enduro on a 750/4? is that in Oz if so what track, do you know his name?
Hoony, the idiot motocrossing the 750 Hondas name is Tom France. He's the president and local hero of a club in some hillbilly USA location.http://www.acrmx.com/index1.html (http://www.acrmx.com/index1.html) that literally have no rules and allow bikes like this CR480 powered Elsinore monstrosity to race in Pre 75 ::)......
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Elsinore480_zpsfd387f08.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/Elsinore480_zpsfd387f08.jpg.html)
But on Dono's ex Dad Honda Four, I'd just tidy it up and keep it as he had it.......please try and avoid restoring it, they're only original once.
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The old fella painted the tank and side panels black back in the day Mark, found out the ridgy colour was a copper looking paint scheme and as he corrected me last night he has owned it since 1975 hadnt riden it in 20 odd yrs( sorry Dad should listen more when you talk) first choice was to bring it back to how it was when he first got it and let him go for a ride.
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33yr old pics of KB's K2 750, Twin side pipes had a decent bark, but would scrape when cranked over to far,
painted it black,blue then red which are the colours I ended up after disembarking off it unceremoniously,
good for carrying a slab on the back of the seat too.
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/12_zpsc1ae7d5b.jpeg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/12_zpsc1ae7d5b.jpeg.html)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/13_zpsdbc14189.jpeg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/13_zpsdbc14189.jpeg.html)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/1jpeg3_zps7b962d5a.jpeg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/1jpeg3_zps7b962d5a.jpeg.html)
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Bet ya can't guess my imput!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Tim754
(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad360/tdee754/scc.jpg) (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/tdee754/media/scc.jpg.html)
(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad360/tdee754/scc1.jpg) (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/tdee754/media/scc1.jpg.html)
Well no just resto it ,far to original to chop up. ;)
I have only ever used bent, broken ,burnt or irretrievably buggered 754's for parts. Anything original and restorable always moved on.
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The old fella painted the tank and side panels black back in the day Mark, found out the ridgy colour was a copper looking paint scheme and as he corrected me last night he has oxed it since 1975 hadnt riden it in 20 odd yrs( sorry Dad should listen more when you talk) first choice was to bring it back to how it was when he first got it and let him go for a ride.
Thats THE plan.
cheers pancho.
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should at least ask him what he would like....show him some of those pics and let him do some dreaming. He may have wanted it to be anyone of those genres but never had the time/money/space. Now is a good time for him to make it real.