Recent content by Jim Reagan

I bought the yellow one at Harbor Freight for $60 using a coupon from Cycle World (it's in there all the time) - only problem is, I lifted the bike without the pipes and will need to take it back down in order to put them on.

The previous owner of the 72 750Four had it re-wired in a very slipshod manner (example a stripped ground from the battery braided around a frame bolt, a toggle switch jury-rigged to an attached plate on the handlebars) and he had also dismantled much of it throwing it all in the boxes...

I hadn't even considered the flame factor...good thing i just bought a new fire extinguisher for the shop for just such a contingency. Seems that putting the half pipes on is a good idea and that's not too much trouble. Thank you all for your advice - if i'd known that CB750.com was out there...

what about trying to start it without the aircleaner / intake on and without the exhaust on? Like I said, i bought the bike in boxes and the previous owner told me that it had been blowing oil (confirmed by the inch of gunk behind the engine) but was running before he took it apart, but i have...

Hi, new to the site and hoping for some help with this many year project. Bought this '72 750 a few years back and have been fooling around with it for a bit having bought in 8 boxes with the engine torn down. Put that back together and now I am trying to determine if I have a "runner" or not...