dirtymike1
CB750 New member
Greetings everyone!
As the title states I am looking at picking up my first bike in a couple of weeks if all works out. I found a 75 CB750 for sale and while it seems like its in good shape, it does need a few things. The seller says that it idles, revs and shifts fine. He also cleaned the carbs recently and has them synced. The bike has made into a chopper decades ago he said, but it doesn't look like more than a new seat and the rear being lowered. Other than that it looks like the rest is stock from what I can tell. Now, for what it needs.
Tires - The seller says that it will need tires before going on the road. This is fine by me but I have no idea what type of tire to put on it. I have called around locally and looked online and it seems that there are two options for it, either Dunlop K70's or 404's. It looks like it has the factory wheels on it so I am assuming they are tubed tires and these two seem to be the most popular models. Since I am just trying to get it into riding condition which do you recommend? I do plan on turning it into a cafe racer down the road, but I just want to learn to ride this summer.
Front brake - The front brake needs to be bleed and is missing a caliper bolt. Bleeding the brakes is something I know how to do from working on cars, is bleeding on a bike any different? I figured I would just do a gravity bleed on it and call it a day. Any website you can recommend for finding brake hardware? I'm not going to order parts till I know exactly which bolt is missing but I'll start to look and price out parts now.
Fork Seals - The fork seals are leaking and need to be resealed. I found a walk through on doing it online and it seems like it will take an afternoon to do the job. It was recommended by a friend to replace the fork springs will I am in there since the factory ones are more than likely worn out. He said to look for stiffer springs or anti dive springs, any recommendations for those? Also, any recommendations on fork oil? I am pretty handy and used to work on cars for a living so I know how to turn a wrench but do you recommend taking the bike to a shop to have the seals done or is it something I can take on myself? Like I said, I found the walk through and it doesn't look to bad of a job but I just want to make sure.
That seems to be about it, I plan on getting it back into riding condition to learn on this summer. Once I pick it up I'll know if there is more I need to do to it but the seller seems to be really honest and up front about what it needs. Sorry for the wall of text but I know I will have more questions along the way!
Here is the one picture that I have for it right now, the seller is going to take some more over the weekend for me.
As the title states I am looking at picking up my first bike in a couple of weeks if all works out. I found a 75 CB750 for sale and while it seems like its in good shape, it does need a few things. The seller says that it idles, revs and shifts fine. He also cleaned the carbs recently and has them synced. The bike has made into a chopper decades ago he said, but it doesn't look like more than a new seat and the rear being lowered. Other than that it looks like the rest is stock from what I can tell. Now, for what it needs.
Tires - The seller says that it will need tires before going on the road. This is fine by me but I have no idea what type of tire to put on it. I have called around locally and looked online and it seems that there are two options for it, either Dunlop K70's or 404's. It looks like it has the factory wheels on it so I am assuming they are tubed tires and these two seem to be the most popular models. Since I am just trying to get it into riding condition which do you recommend? I do plan on turning it into a cafe racer down the road, but I just want to learn to ride this summer.
Front brake - The front brake needs to be bleed and is missing a caliper bolt. Bleeding the brakes is something I know how to do from working on cars, is bleeding on a bike any different? I figured I would just do a gravity bleed on it and call it a day. Any website you can recommend for finding brake hardware? I'm not going to order parts till I know exactly which bolt is missing but I'll start to look and price out parts now.
Fork Seals - The fork seals are leaking and need to be resealed. I found a walk through on doing it online and it seems like it will take an afternoon to do the job. It was recommended by a friend to replace the fork springs will I am in there since the factory ones are more than likely worn out. He said to look for stiffer springs or anti dive springs, any recommendations for those? Also, any recommendations on fork oil? I am pretty handy and used to work on cars for a living so I know how to turn a wrench but do you recommend taking the bike to a shop to have the seals done or is it something I can take on myself? Like I said, I found the walk through and it doesn't look to bad of a job but I just want to make sure.
That seems to be about it, I plan on getting it back into riding condition to learn on this summer. Once I pick it up I'll know if there is more I need to do to it but the seller seems to be really honest and up front about what it needs. Sorry for the wall of text but I know I will have more questions along the way!
Here is the one picture that I have for it right now, the seller is going to take some more over the weekend for me.
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