Recent content by Mac3687

Well I took her out tonight and it runs 10X better. I noticed some stumbling here and there and higher speeds and under hard acceleration, I'm thinking when I set my floats (26mm) that I made them too high and I'm starving it of fuel. I wanted to do the 'boil in lemon juice' trick to my carbs...

Thanks guys! If it wasn't 10pm and I didn't have neighbors so close, I'd go test it out right now. Looks like I'll have to wait until after work tomorrow. Or I could just call in sick...

Like the title says, I just bought two standard coils, these ones to be precise: http://www.cb750supply.com/parts/480/17-6823.jpg My bike is a '76 750K, completely stock, only 8K original miles, cleaned up inside and out from top to bottom. I was having issues that pointed to bad coils, and...

I promise I've searched for this, but have hit a rut...I'm trying to adjust my valves, but not sure which which marks need to be lining up. For some reason I thought I needed to get the stationary notch between the two lines I marked in red, but when I started the engine, it didn't sound right...

Well I was hoping that I could get away with a fairly simple top end rebuild, but after getting home from Indy this weekend and taking a look, I noticed that 3 of the spark plugs are missing, and one is broken off at the nut. Who knows how long it sat outside like that, but it looks like a full...

The guy I bought it from didn't have the title, but had the name of the previous owner that gave him the bike in the mid 90's. Thanks to Google I was able to track him down and I mailed him a letter telling him I was looking to buy the bike, and two days later the title showed up in the mail. I...

Long time reader, first time poster here. I've been riding an '88 Shadow VLX that started as a bucket of parts since 2008, but always had the itch for a 70's CB750. After getting serious on Craigslist these last few weeks I came across a '74 for $200 outside of Nashville, and I couldn't pass it...