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Here is my Lazarus project. 1981 CB750C About 21/2 moths in and still have a lot of work to do. 20170316_074434.jpg
 
I've had this bike 3 years, and it's been a blast to work on, and ride!

This was taken 5 minutes from my house.

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The new toy I had a buddy pick up for me last week... Already doing renders to see which direction I want to go in.. Old school chop or a bobber.. undecided yet but can't wait to get wrenching!
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This is my 81 CB750K. I rescued it from Craigslist for $1200 with 18,000 miles. It sat for a good number of years, and I just finished going through it all. I've done all the maintenance it never got over the last 36 years. Valves adjusted, timing chains, carbs rebuilt, new clutch, new control cables, new wheel bearings, new spokes, new tires, new chain and sprockets, lost the home-made sissy bar, and took off the stock bars and replaced them with something a little more comfortable for my 6'2" frame. I needed a little more stretch, so it got some superbike bars and bar end mirrors. I want to keep it as original as I can, with just a few minor tweaks to fit my tastes. The only other change is a Mac 4 into 1 that sounds fair.

I've also got a basket case 1983 Goldwing Aspencade that I'm currently resurrecting from decades of neglect. Why do I do this to myself?
 
This is a European model I picked up several months ago. Built in 75 for the 76 market in Norway.
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I'm in love. I've had a few bikes over the years. My first was an '86 Shadow 500. I enjoyed that bike a lot, rode it for 10 years and never needed anything except oil and tires. Sold it for twice what I paid for it too. BMW R80 airhead was my next bike, more torquey and fun, but my Mrs didn't like it on the comfort scale. For the past few years I've been riding a 1200cc Goldwing. We have had some nice rides, through the lovely areas in the white mountains of NH and home here in Maine, but I've been not riding it as much just because it's so big and difficult to move around in our gravel driveway by myself. A few years ago I bought a project '71 175cc Honda Scrambler and restored it pretty nicely. It was a real barn-find, something to teach my kids how to ride with and maybe grand-kids some day. But now I've got the bike that I will ride until I'm done riding. Perfect balance of comfort for the Mrs., torque and power for me, and geared just right for the kind of terrain where I live, windy two lane roads around coastal Maine. This 1981 CB750C is in really great original condition with 16k miles and cared for throughout. When I purchased it, the owner was frustrated because he had just bought a new battery for it, but it wouldn't start. He told me he had replaced the choke cable which gave me a clue as to why it would crank but not fire. I told him to get a can of starting fluid. One quick mist in the general direction of the air filter and she fired right up and purred like a kitten. Got it home and sorted out the choke issue in a couple of hours, careful with my new baby. He had hooked the cable in but not tightened the cable cable clamp down. So, anyway, I'm home with my new baby and happy as can be.

I've gone through it pretty carefully and everything seems right except for one thing which I can't figure out. The clutch side grip has about an inch and a half of empty grip at the end of the bar. I tried loosening the clamp and sliding it in, but the bars bend so that it doesn't seem like it can slide and clamp easily if I pushed it an inch and a half forward. The throttle side is fine, so I'm not sure what the deal is with that. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Glad to be here in this forum!
 
Here's my recently completed 1974 CB750. I did all the work myself except for the head and cylinder work. Took me 2-1/2 years. I started with a total basket case. The highly modified gas tank is off of a Suzuki GT750. The rear seat section is made out of walnut and basswood.

I just purchased the CB750 chopper this week. It will be my next project.

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