I'm back. I just can't stay away from these old Honda CB750 choppers. It's an addiction.
A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to trade my wifes XS400 for this gem. A 1970-ish CB750 Santee Rigid Arm Chopper (as Santee called the frame back in the day).
I traded this:
For this:
Looking at all the sweet parts on this Santee and the fact that I didn't have to pay the other party of this deal a single penny makes it all so much sweeter.
It's a non runner as of now. The PO mentioned that it ran on 3 cylinders in May this year, but it didn't start when I found him. I had my brother in law to perform a compression test on it (since it was located some 520 miles from me) and that gave 150 psi across the board. Done deal.
When I got it home I found out that all 4 carb intake rubbers were cracked from over tightening and all 4 plug cap wires were taped to keep them together. Also the battery was dead.
New coils, wires, caps and spark plugs are done as well as a new battery is done and as soon as my new intake rubbers arrive I'll fire this bad boy up.
The things I'll do to this Santee is giving it a Ness digger-style rear fender, 18" rear wheel, new grips, new pipes, loose the speedo and tach, new narrow six bends stainless handlebar, maybe another thinner seat, some 1970's turn signal indicators and some fresh golden flake and candy red paint. I'll clean up those cluttered handlebars as well and get som 1970's switches instead of the junk that's on it now. Oh - and I have to redo the whole wiring harness 'cause that shit's a mess as it is now.
Not as big of an overhaul as when I built my Amen from the ground up.
So when I'm not changing diapers or heating baby bottles, I'll be out in my shop wrenching. This means updates here might be scarce. Good times!
Stabler - out.
A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to trade my wifes XS400 for this gem. A 1970-ish CB750 Santee Rigid Arm Chopper (as Santee called the frame back in the day).
I traded this:
For this:
Looking at all the sweet parts on this Santee and the fact that I didn't have to pay the other party of this deal a single penny makes it all so much sweeter.
It's a non runner as of now. The PO mentioned that it ran on 3 cylinders in May this year, but it didn't start when I found him. I had my brother in law to perform a compression test on it (since it was located some 520 miles from me) and that gave 150 psi across the board. Done deal.
When I got it home I found out that all 4 carb intake rubbers were cracked from over tightening and all 4 plug cap wires were taped to keep them together. Also the battery was dead.
New coils, wires, caps and spark plugs are done as well as a new battery is done and as soon as my new intake rubbers arrive I'll fire this bad boy up.
The things I'll do to this Santee is giving it a Ness digger-style rear fender, 18" rear wheel, new grips, new pipes, loose the speedo and tach, new narrow six bends stainless handlebar, maybe another thinner seat, some 1970's turn signal indicators and some fresh golden flake and candy red paint. I'll clean up those cluttered handlebars as well and get som 1970's switches instead of the junk that's on it now. Oh - and I have to redo the whole wiring harness 'cause that shit's a mess as it is now.
Not as big of an overhaul as when I built my Amen from the ground up.
So when I'm not changing diapers or heating baby bottles, I'll be out in my shop wrenching. This means updates here might be scarce. Good times!
Stabler - out.
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