hi steve,
beautiful insight, many thanks. of course, i will have the frame builder make ALL cuts otherwise...
it's seen enough butchery, it's time it gets some professional help. we have a world class powder coater here in omaha, i personally think breaking the rule of "original" when it comes to powder coating is okay... it sure seems more durable, cheaper, just all around better. but frame repairs first!!
thanks for re-affirming what i thought, no SIGNIFICANT differences in the k0 line's frames. i wanted an expert opinion... thanks!
yes, the center stand has the bar.
yes, now that you mention it, the 1-4 and 2-3 exhaust holders are not symetrical... indeed! i was told that the pipes were cut from the mufflers for the chopper
so they have likely not been removed since mid-1969.
i was wondering if it was good (or correct, i should say) to have a long cable nut on speedo and short on tach?
i was happy to see the switch gear will not really need any real resto work, yay! haven't checked out the wiring yet. i like the oil lines, not bad at all. i will have to study up on brake pedals, not familiar with the differences. thanks for the tip, i will check out that place for the key, which i do need. btw i'm so happy it has a clean title!! a real one!
i was planning on having the gauges professionally restored. mint gauges really make the bike pop. will check out lecram, thanks. probably go ahead and have the guts cleaned up and checked over... of course being the "old dogg" i will not likely get the odometer reset.
i had no idea on the "8" motor mounts!! great news! i know she was fairly early in the line and all. i think 100% of the non-chopper stuff on the bike is original. i believe there have never been any other 750 parts added to her. what part is left is straight from japan in one chunk. what is so nice is the low mileage, with 8900 miles probably no major repairs have ever been done to her. never been any need to slap on k1 parts (til now haha)
i will shoot some pics of the other stuff, i spread it out at my warehouse (within reason haha) since my shop is too small (2 car garage). i have two original oil filters in the box, japanese writing and all, bet they are from 1969 too. there's a couple newer ones in brown boxes but there are two in red/white fancy printed boxes. look vintage to me. will get pics.
naw not faint of heart... man i have a collection! part of my collection is some rd350's mostly 1975 orange ones... called the "giant killer" in case you don't know... well rd stands for "race developed" and they were born on the european and asian race tracks, and yes the cb750 was the "giant" haha... on the streets no one could touch the cb750, until you threw in some turns, and a skinny little f*cker on a screaming, knee dragging, smoking, two stroke twin born on the race track... they are super neat bikes too, and i have several, in fact one is parked right next to 1767, hope she doesn't mind, haha... have a couple bikes from the charles redlin collection (his dad is the famous artist) including a mint 1983 gl650i silverwing interstate and a mint 1986 vf500 interceptor v4. have another silverwing interstate, an 82 gl500i with a friendship sidecar and every markland accessory from back in the day, she belongs in a parade... tall screen, bubble trunk, chrome airhorns/floorboards/light bars etc etc etc it's quite a fancy looking little hack, haha... have a TON of dirt bikes 2 stroke 4 stroke vintage and modern. my daily drivers are my "fleet" of vn750 vulcan's of which i have about 6 or 7. all in all i have built up a neat collection. i have a chance at a norton 850 commando "hi-rider", it is rough, but i kind of like the odd stuff. i cut my teeth on a 1968 kawasaki c2tr "road runner". my first "real" dirt bike was a 1974 kawasaki f7. i moved up to a 1973 honda cl350 "scrambler" which was stolen from me, and i miss terribly, it was absolutely mint i tell ya. just sparkled in the sun. so no, not too "faint".
yes i will be careful before i fire her up, for sure. your advice is sound, thanks.
i found her on omaha craigslist, drove to "near" burwell, nebraska. i have never been to the sandhills... holy crap
what a place!! no interstate... took the back 2 lane to fremont, once about an hour outside fremont the roads turned to total crap, some of the worst hiways i have ever driven. the u-haul trailer was apparently built to be idiot proof, meaning super-dee-duper duty, meaning a suspension that will hold 3000 bags of concrete that some moron will put on it. empty, it pulled like a pig. loaded, it pulled like a big fat pig on square wheels, with a wind sail attached. and i have a heavy half ton 4wd dodge 360 ci pulling machine, long cab, made for pulling BUT the roads were so bad that i was doing 45-50 mph for much of the drive back. it was pretty bad. had to stop a lot and check the straps after a few dozen tooth-rattling trailer-swerving bumps. man, as far as the actual sandhills... i think it was around 45 minutes before i would see a house, a car, or anything but SAND and HILLS. it is kind of pretty in a way, but NO THANKS i was born a city kid and the sandhills are kind of like montana, just miles and miles of NOTHING. it was a long long day making that drive. oh and a big shout out to kc, the guy i got the bike from. what a nice guy! i stayed as long as i could and bs'ed with him, hope i can do more business with him, one of the "salt of the earth" kind of fellows. a true pleasure to meet him. also got a hot tip about a "shed full of old old 750's" haha
gotta love finding a sand cast in the sand hills
will be moving to fall mode soon and begin some frame work etc, will do a full write up on progress with a ton of pics and a few vids, it's all in a day's work for me. i am surrounded by motorcycles all day. at night, sometimes, i still dream about them. how kool is that
regards, john