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For some reason the mail wasn't being delivered for one roommate. Very weird. Still don't know why, but title was delivered to another address so it's worked out.

A friend of mine bought a bike (kz750ltd, not CB). I rode it back for him (he's learning). The lady notorized a bill of sale, but only for ten dollars (paid $1600). I rode it back not knowing this, and not knowing the dude took the license plate off either. The guy claims he sent the title...

You might need to add octane booster on hot days if you can't get higher than 91 where you live. Even not on a hot day, you'll probably be running a little rich to keep it from pinging (may not be enough anyway). I think technically 11.5:1 is as far as you want to go for 91 octane.

The real key is to put weight on the stand with your foot. I just step on it, pull on the handle bar, and put another hand somewhere farther back and give it one good rock backwards, no problem.

I know a guy who swear his CB900 is a way bigger bike than the CB750. Every piece of information I've read on the internet doesn't claim its longer or taller at all. It appears to me all the DOHC bikes share basically everything. The key differences I could find is the cylinder size, or deck...

I didn't mean at the crank bolt, sorry, I meant applying leverage through the transmission etc, isn't abnormal force.

Snooze. Seen cooler stuff on this forum than most of what he has made. The money on the other hand...

This is an easy choice for me. Get the 79. It's clean, low miles, and has aftermarket exhaust. Plus you can add a kick starter to it (or entirely switch to one with a smaller battery) If you upgrade the carbs and ignition you probably won't ever run into a better running CB SOHC than your...

Do you ever look inside your crankcase filters for any white goo? (condensation and oil) That is one thing the stock one did nice, was goo would form up near the three way split. I wonder how the form you have works.

I'll check with the clutch but I think it still does it. It is probably normal, I think at this point. Given that I have 29k on the engine and it has been babied a lot by previous owners.

I recently had my two chain tensioners reset. The engine seemed pretty dead quiet, but a tiny bit of noise that is only audible if not in traffic, at idle, has creepd back in. Would that be normal or am I looking at pulling the engine to replace chains? The noise goes away with a tiny rev, but...

Well it is meant to have a load of upwards of 850lbs at the crankshaft (500lb bike, 200lb rider, 150lb rider, any which numbers could be higher) so you probably won't break the bike. I don't know about your breaker bar. You can always put a long pipe on the breaker bar (like 8ft). If you do this...

After pb blaster try to "push start" it, as in get it in 2nd or 3rd gear, run with clutch in, then release. Obivously for this scenerio you can leave it on the "off" position instead of "run". What'll the condition be like for the engine? I dunno. Taking it all the way apart, having it...

It sounds like fuel starvation. I get this at low speeds before I have to switch to reserve. Put some seafoam in with next tank of gas (1/3 bottle I hear). Repeat. Try draining fuel bowls on carbs to see if you have any kind of massive rust coming from the tank. It sounds like the vacuum for...

I've been told that if you swap on some Mikuni carberators then pods work great. The stock carbs hate them on DOHC. You have to re-jet but it still won't work right. Ideal... Mikuni carbs, pods. Aftermarket exhaust (4 into 2, the 4 into 1 is better for race) Polish the heads intake (to gain...