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Sorry for not posting in a while! I injured a ligament in my shoulder in early October and have been off bikes and tools since. This has however given me time to think about the project and what to do next with it. I'm torn between the extra power and less weight of a modern water-cooled...

Nahh that's not a hole, but there might be one in the crankcase soon! Flaming barrels! Anyway, the bolt to remove the rotor came. After a couple of grunts and cracks she popped off nicely. Undid the upper crankcase bolts then span the engine over and whipped the sump off. Bit minging, and I...

Hole in the crankcase! I think/hope the light is playing tricks as I haven't noticed any hole. I'm sure the rotor will put up a fight though. The engine is pretty minging externally, hopefully the internals are within limits. The engine will probably be getting powdercoated, at minimum...

So I've been having trouble getting the barrels off... Managed to get out 6 of the studs, the rest won't budge and neither will the barrels. So I turned my attention to stripping the rest of the engine. I'm storing all parts bagged and sealed in a few of these boxes as the engine won't be...

The rocker arm is held in place by a spring, push it to one side and you uncover the shim. Simply fish out with a good magnet on a stick and have fun getting back in without dropping it!

VFR400 NC30 is shim under bucket, you don't need to remove the cams though. I have heard plenty of stories of dealers charging for shim changes not done, it is a big job. Piece of cake when you've done it a few times before however. Looks is going to be a big focus of this build, so I'll...

Thanks for that. To be honest I've been toying with the idea of a digital speedo/tacho set-up, which wouldn't need the camshaft take off. But I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I don't think the engine will be going back together any time soon!

Personally I've sheared far more by hand than with my impact driver (it's not that strong), but we'll put that down to me still learning really *I'm 24*. A new can of plusgas (penentrant) seems to be the way with the barrels then. Sanding away at a cam cap sounds fairly rough. Do you mean...

Thanks for that, new cam cap bolts all round it is. I used the rattle gun as I didn't want to simply force the bolts and shear them. Any tips on levering up the barrels without damaging anything? The rev cap, you say buy a few and try to find a match? Would that be checking clearance using...

So I got a compression test done finally, and got 175psi (+ - 5) on each cylinder which was good. However I couldn't be bothered to sort the carbs properly, so I gave them a quick scrub, put them back together and whacked them on the bike. Managed a couple of seconds of very lumpy...

Thanks for that, I'll get a compression tester once the battery has turned up. I'm not new to shim type valve clearances, my VFR's have seen to that! The 84 is probably just a late registered 83, however there is a few differences between the two bikes. Mainly the headstocks appear different...

Picked up two CB750F's as I stated in my first post in the Lounge section, and the plan is to get one running and sell it to try and recoup some of the cost of buying them. The other will be a restomod into a muscle style bike with modern running gear like the picture below. This is how...

New member from Oxfordshire in the UK, just picked up two CB750f's. One's a 1981 and the other a 1984. Already started ripping into them and will post up a build thread with more details and pictures soon. No doubt I'll have some questions too!