Dinosaurocker
CB750 Member
I picked this bike up about 2 weeks ago. Want to take it back as close to stock as feasible without spending a fortune. First major job was to remove fairing, crash bars, and the cat carrier on the luggage rack. Also removed the car horns, and found another old seat locally until I can have this one recovered. Also ordered stock bars and grips.
Luckily everything there to re-attach signals in original place, just had to redo some wiring. Also had to order a headlight ring kit and an original horn.
So the bars turned out to be way more work than I thought. I own another old Honda I've wrenched on a bit, but I'm by no means a mechanic. Didn't realize I would have to strip the bike to get this done - including the fuel tank to remove throttle cables. That okay, gave me a chance to polish underneath and remove a bit of unneeded wire. Also didn't realize wires were originally strung through bars, and so I'd have to pull the headlight and disconnect everything. The stock wire color pattern and bullet connectors made this pretty easy - just a little scary for a newb.
The bars I found were not pre-drilled although they were listed as from a K5 ? So I did some searching and found good images, then did my best to replicate what should be there. This took the most time - calculating the size of holes from photos, and then testing and re-testing places where control pins would fit. A 3/8 inch dril bit did most of the work, and finished off wire holes with a dremel to make sure they were smooth.
With some searching online, I got great tips about pulling the wires as painlessly as possible. Not too terrible through stock bars. Lots of electrical tape on the end of each bundles, and a thin wire to pull them through . . . just a bit of dishsoap kept things moving.
When I started rebuilding, I was relieved that everything worked out fine. Was glad the pin holes for control boxes matched up well right next to new grips. Disappointed though to realize after all my work that the previous build has just cut a bit out of the sides of control boxes to string wires underneath bars. Nobody will ever notice . . . except me.
And it's ready . . .
Happy to report that the test spin went great. The stock bars feel way better to me - sporty. I'm used to those on my CB350. Sure fun to feel the power of the 750 beneath me . . . and I think this is a great looking machine.
Super chees'ed by this bike.
Luckily everything there to re-attach signals in original place, just had to redo some wiring. Also had to order a headlight ring kit and an original horn.
So the bars turned out to be way more work than I thought. I own another old Honda I've wrenched on a bit, but I'm by no means a mechanic. Didn't realize I would have to strip the bike to get this done - including the fuel tank to remove throttle cables. That okay, gave me a chance to polish underneath and remove a bit of unneeded wire. Also didn't realize wires were originally strung through bars, and so I'd have to pull the headlight and disconnect everything. The stock wire color pattern and bullet connectors made this pretty easy - just a little scary for a newb.
The bars I found were not pre-drilled although they were listed as from a K5 ? So I did some searching and found good images, then did my best to replicate what should be there. This took the most time - calculating the size of holes from photos, and then testing and re-testing places where control pins would fit. A 3/8 inch dril bit did most of the work, and finished off wire holes with a dremel to make sure they were smooth.
With some searching online, I got great tips about pulling the wires as painlessly as possible. Not too terrible through stock bars. Lots of electrical tape on the end of each bundles, and a thin wire to pull them through . . . just a bit of dishsoap kept things moving.
When I started rebuilding, I was relieved that everything worked out fine. Was glad the pin holes for control boxes matched up well right next to new grips. Disappointed though to realize after all my work that the previous build has just cut a bit out of the sides of control boxes to string wires underneath bars. Nobody will ever notice . . . except me.
And it's ready . . .
Happy to report that the test spin went great. The stock bars feel way better to me - sporty. I'm used to those on my CB350. Sure fun to feel the power of the 750 beneath me . . . and I think this is a great looking machine.
Super chees'ed by this bike.
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