grepper
Old Bike Nerd
As I'm just finishing up with my 75 cb750K (just need to get it painted, will do over winter), I started looking for my next project. I'm on a couple cb750 groups on Facebook and yesterday a guy posted an ad for 3 CB750 SOHC Basket cases. He's in the the next town over so I stopped by on my way home from work.
I'm getting the whole lot for $700. Not much to see in the pictures, he's got them in a trailer in his yard. I thought I had a picture of the three rolling chassis. One is a sport model with mag wheels, engine in the frame and it's frame hacked/chopped without a title. The other two have titles, one a 79 and the other an 81. One has the the engine apart, the other intact, one has a full vetter touring set. I dug through the parts a little and I see only one carb set, but who knows. The guy also threw in a color Clymer manual too. I'm getting pretty seasoned at building/fixing bikes, so basket cases don't scare me. I'll get a closer look this weekend. Heck, a titled bike is worth at least 2-$300 in these parts, so I think I did well.
So the plan is to build up one bike for touring with the vetter set to be my new commuter bike (I have a 50 mile one way commute for work). Maybe turn the other titled bike into a cafe racer or something, Then use the sport model for parts and sell off the rest on ebay.
I'm getting the whole lot for $700. Not much to see in the pictures, he's got them in a trailer in his yard. I thought I had a picture of the three rolling chassis. One is a sport model with mag wheels, engine in the frame and it's frame hacked/chopped without a title. The other two have titles, one a 79 and the other an 81. One has the the engine apart, the other intact, one has a full vetter touring set. I dug through the parts a little and I see only one carb set, but who knows. The guy also threw in a color Clymer manual too. I'm getting pretty seasoned at building/fixing bikes, so basket cases don't scare me. I'll get a closer look this weekend. Heck, a titled bike is worth at least 2-$300 in these parts, so I think I did well.
So the plan is to build up one bike for touring with the vetter set to be my new commuter bike (I have a 50 mile one way commute for work). Maybe turn the other titled bike into a cafe racer or something, Then use the sport model for parts and sell off the rest on ebay.