Hippie459MN
CB750 Addict
Sad sad day about 2 weeks ago. I was out riding and the bike (1979 CB750) was running fantastic and about an hour and a half into my ride, that consisted of all back roads, I hopped on the highway and got going then after about a mile it felt like the bike was starting to slow down and loose power so I rolled off the throttle just a little and pulled the clutch in and BAM! Motor locked up tight with no hesitation what so ever. So I got it home and 3 hours later, the exhaust was cold too the touch but the valve cover and upper portion of the cylinders were still very hot to the touch. I tried turning it over by hand at the crank/Alt rotor the next morning and I couldn't even get it to budge what so ever. I have been wanting to rebuild it anyways cause I didn't really know the history of the motor and its been showing signs of some blow by that's been slowly getting worse but I didn't want it to be like this. 832 big bore kit, here I come I think. LoL Looks like my riding season is officially over with. This sucks! And to think I had just topped of the gas tank too. Later on after a closer inspection, it looks the I started loosing oil at the bottom of the oil filter housing while I was riding and didn't know it. Sadly this bike, due to it being very bare bones, has no low oil light or oil pressure gauge (It will be getting a gauge for sure) so I didn't know at all and it ran out of oil.
I was looking at maybe getting some performance cams and they look to cost as much as a motorcycle. Cheapest I could find was like $600 for a set of cams so im looking at putting a set of stock CB900 cams in it. I havent pulled the motor yet to see what all has happened just yet, im just hoping the damage isnt too bad. As long as the case is good I can rebuild. Thankfully I know some damn good machinist that will be able to get me taken care of.
It will be a month or two before I get started on this but I will be sure to take lots of pictures and post my progress.
I was looking at maybe getting some performance cams and they look to cost as much as a motorcycle. Cheapest I could find was like $600 for a set of cams so im looking at putting a set of stock CB900 cams in it. I havent pulled the motor yet to see what all has happened just yet, im just hoping the damage isnt too bad. As long as the case is good I can rebuild. Thankfully I know some damn good machinist that will be able to get me taken care of.
It will be a month or two before I get started on this but I will be sure to take lots of pictures and post my progress.