restoration

I just traded my 1978 750 K rolling chassis and many new parts straight across for this bike, an unmolested 1980 750 F SS that's been indoors all it's life, 21k miles and untouched for the last 27 years! Look alt the condition of the chrome! BTW, happy to be here!

I've been looking to track down a fuel tank latch for my 1980 CB750K (pictured here). According to Partzilla, the part number is 17530-443-305 or 17530-443-612. The original latch was missing when I purchased, and I have plans to repaint and restore the tank. Open to new/used. Any leads?

So I'm currently working on a top end rebuild for a 1972 CB750. When I got the bike, the engine turned over easily, but as it hadn't been run in a while and I had no idea on the internal condition of the engine, I decided to do a top end rebuild just to be safe. I tore it down with minimal...

Seeing as I've made a few posts now, I felt a quick hello was in order! I'm Andy, based in the UK but I've travelled and lived all over the place. Bought an 82 CB750 as my first bike. What I thought would be a couple of quick weekends in the shed getting it sorted for the summer is slowly...

Hey Everyone, I just rebuilt the carbs on my 1978 K8. I had an issue with a vacuum leak before so while changing the boots I used the opportunity to buy rebuild kits for the carburetors. -replaced all the jets apart from the slow jet (as a new one wasn't included in the kit), Gaskets...

Just sharing.... Awhile back I read a comment about fixing cracked side covers with JB Weld. Well, it works great. I actually used some industrial lock weld but I think they are all about the same, just different brand names. 2 part compounds that are meant to get hard enough to drill and tap...

Hi I'm Tommy. I live in the Lehigh Valley in PA. I recently acquired a 1978 CB750F with 30K miles on the engine. The bike hasn't been registered since 1984 and the engine turns over with the kick start without a problem. My friend was saying "just do a compression test and if it's good then go...

Hi there fellow CB750 enthousiasts I did full restauration on a 1983 CB750SC Nighthawk See pictures. I did everything and went throught everything except removing the cylinder head from the engine. Everything else is brand new or rebuilt, including the carbs (rebuild) I have been driving for...

Hey Everyone, Just started a CB750 project and this is my first day on the forum. I have a 1978 K8 I plan on rebuilding the carbs, But after a bit of research I've noticed that finding parts for the 77-78 carbs is much harder/more expensive compared to the K0-K6 Is it feasible to put the...

The seat on my 82 has been replaced or recovered. It's smooth with no grab handle. I know the stock seat had stitching and a grab handle. I'd like to see a picture of what the original, factory seat looked like. My Google feng shui just isn't working ...

Hello. New to the forum, so i'll start there. I've had this bike since 2010. Belonged to a good friend of mine who sold it to me, and a couple months later, was involved in an accident and lost his life. I have developed this bike as a tribute bike, but after spending 7 years with this bike in...

Anyone tried EBC Clutch friction plates and springs? Did you like them? Any thoughts? Looking into rebuilding my clutch and considering this brand. Any info is greatly appreciated.

I'm redoing the forks and there are three part numbers available. Which one is correct? OIL SEAL (35X48X11) 91255-MA6-013 OIL SEAL (35X48X11) 91255-KBH-003 OIL SEAL (35X48X11) 91255-434-013 item 26 in the diagram https://cdn.partzilla.com/diagram/hom/655b123718712b16757a6b33c2d800e6c78ec8d2.png

So I'm fairly new to working on Motorcycles. I bought an 81 from a buddy of mine a few months ago and have been slowly working on restoring it. I took the front caliper off because I was getting a squeaking noise from it when I was just rolling, When i engaged the brake it was fine. Well, I then...

I've recently broken my engine (1981 CB750K) completely down and started scraping the years of dirt, grime, etc. off. I began with Super Clean degreaser, a toothbrush, long thin screwdriver and a ton of paper towels. This weekend I started using LA's Awesome Cleaner from Dollar General and a...

hi guys first post here. so my friend has a 1979 canadian police model which was used by the local police here. we bought this model and are restoring it the police models were K type and we really like the look of the F type supersport and are going ahead to source body parts to make the...

Bike came to me with a lot missing parts. I've got a 76 headlight bucket and I can't get it to line up with ears on the forks. It hits the front brake splitter on the frame and brake line to the grip is distorted. Man, what a mess of wires in that area. Any help would be appreciated. I just got...

Hello everyone! Finally I have decided to show the evolution of my project. It's taking shape these last days, and I'm happy with how it's going. First of all, I introduce myself: I am spanish and an industrial designer. It's my first "big" bike and my first project. And I always had the...

Hi Folks, I'm a newbie here and am about to start the restoration of a "sandcast" CB750 that I was fortunate enough to find. I spend much of my retirement restoring 50s/60s/70s British and Italian bikes but this is my first experience with a Japanese machine. I do believe that when I finish...

New member here from central Florida looking for information from the gurus on this forum. Like many of you I am sure, I had a old cb750 as one of my first motorcycles. For me it was a 1971 that I bought in 76 when I was a senior in HS. Recently I found out that the father of an old friend...

Just thought I'd share my success. I'm building a bike from basket cases. The engine, carbs, everything completely rebuilt. She fired right up. I have some tuning to do and a lot more work to finish her off, but I'm way ahead of schedule for being able to ride it next summer.

So my awesome uncle gave this to me. His son, my cousin, had it for a while. The plate tags on it now are from 2010. I got a set of keys made for it and hooked up one of my other bikes to it. The motor turned over but didn't start. I've ordered a battery for it. Here are some pictures. This is...

Hello, My awesome uncle gave me a 79 750 SS. It's in pretty rough shape. I'm not sure if I'm going to do a full restoration or not. That can run into some money. First off I need to clean it up (my hillbilly cousin had it for a while) and get it running. I'm waiting on the keys (cousin still...

Hmmm... Do you think something got into this airbox? Just thought I'd share part of my adventure in building a bike from a couple of basket cases.

I am rebuilding the engine of a 1992 CB750 and came across an odd lock nut when I got to the clutch. It's not a hex nut, it's round with four slots (see photo below). You can only remove it with a special 4-pin socket (OEM part number: 07716-0020203) that Honda is happy to sell you for $60 ...

I found a nice 1977 CB750F "Emblem, Horn", Honda part number 38111-410-000, on eBay. About 50% of the original paint finish has flaked off the chrome under-layer but the emblem itself is good. Because of a change in plans I'm not going to use the horn emblem so I'd like to restore it and put it...

Hello again everyone, I'm moving onto the next phase of restoring this motorcycle. When I bought it it was completely dead. Don't think it's been started since 1991. Well, I've fixed up some electric problems, cleaned out the carbs and I oiled up the cylinders before starting. It has the...

Hi yawl ! Did Honda use a clear finish on their polished aluminium ? If so what ?

Hello, good morning to every rider!! I open this thread to gather some information, for me, as for others who surely can look for this type of information. More and more people want to change to this type of batteries, I think it is important to make a site to collect all the info. In this...

Hello people! I need your help. I've seen this O-ring between the engine body, and when I took it out, it broke by itself (30 years old). The problem is that I can not find the part, to be able to change it. It doesn't appear in the diagrams of the web pages of purchase. For example...