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    Refitting carbs to the engine

    Refitting carbs to the engine with the engine in the frame had me pulling my hair out, there's not much left now! Problem was the tubes were new and tight and inflexible. I just could not get behind them to push on to the cylinder head. I eventually came up with this idea of using ratchet straps...
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    Bleeding the twin piston, twin caliper front brakes. CB750 F 1983.

    Having reached the stage in my rebuild of fitting the front brakes I ran into problems bleeding the air out. Rebuilt calipers, new pads and new braided brake lines. Following the manual(s) resulted in a very soft brake lever, several attempts at bleeding produced no improvement, the lever almost...
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    Fitting exhaust cam chain

    My engine rebuild has come to an abrupt halt. The problem is fitting the exhaust cam chain and sprocket to the cam. The sprocket fits on to the shoulder on the cam, without the chain, the chain fits on the sprocket when the sprocket is NOT on the shoulder. However with the chain on the sprocket...
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    Production line sequence of assembly

    Does anybody know the sequence of assembly of a bike starting with just the frame (chassis) to pressing the start button? All major components assembled. Thanks.
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    Iridium tipped spark plugs

    Hi I have read in a magazine here in the UK of NGK BRE8E1X-S spark plugs being much better for bikes such as ours, however they turn out to be 14mm threads :( Does anybody know of a 12mm thread equivalent? Thanks.
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    Emulators

    Hi, I shall soon be looking to strip out the front forks of my 1983 CB750 F2. I have just found out about fitting emulators to the forks that will (improve?) the handling of the bike, are they as good as the hype says they are? Most of what I have read is from a company called RaceTec. Has...
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    Life expentancy of cam and primary chains

    Given reasonable care (not red lining in every gear:() how many miles can the primary and cam chains last? On the engine that I am about to start rebuilding they have done about 18000 since new. Thanks.
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    Cylinder head washers

    Can someone tell me which way the washers which go under the cylinder head nuts, copper side down or up? They were all mixed up when I took the head off. Thanks.
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    Replacement ignition system

    Does anyone know if there is a modern ignition system for the 1982 DOHC CB750? There's plenty for SOHC bikes, I can't find an update for my bike. Thanks.
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    Wanted - Primary chain guide upper

    I am looking for the primary chain guide upper for 1982 CB750 F2c UK spec. Part # 23132-425-000. Page 130 in the Honda parts list, illustration #13. Does anyone have one, mine is disintegrating?:( Good used one would be OK. Thanks. I am now looking for the lower tensioner too. I have an idea to...
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    How to remove baked on gaskets?

    Hello, I am working my way through my engine, DOHC, cleaning, checking etc. I have removed the oil pan and needing a new gasket I need to remove the old one. The question is, how? It is stuck fast to the crankcase face. I do not want to use anything that will scratch the mating surfaces, anybody...
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