Vortices
CB750 Member
Finally got around to posting a video of the bike actually running!
This was taken last Fall, just before I went on vacation for a couple weeks and the gas got some water in it
I limped the bike to my girlfriends place and it is sitting in her underground storage out of the BC coastal wet winter weather.
Upon arrival I did a quick check of the header temp and sure enough one of them was cooler that the others.
I removed the carbs and opened them up for a cleaning and found quite a few pockets of congealed water/fuel boogers in all the corners.
I hosed em out and scrubbed em clean, followed by a general misting and wipe down with some ACF-50. I will be putting some fresh gas with fuel additive in the bike and following the additive instructions of letting the bike run for a bit then leaving it till the spring. On a precaution I might drain the fuel from the bowls and tank.
I also am coming to the realization that I don't have the space for two bikes and having one bike that sometimes runs isn't ideal.
As much as I enjoy tinkering with this thing, I enjoy actually riding bikes more.
If I had the space to store this bike and work on it while riding a different bike as a commuter I would, but my living situation isn't that luxurious at the moment.
On the bright side, I did take this bike from a mouldy, non-running, regular CB750 and turn it into my interpretation of a living, breathing cafe racer. I believe that the pride and satisfaction I have in completing such an endeavour is far more valid than the sadness of letting it go.
I am considering selling it in the Spring time and looking at buying a Husqvarna Svart/vit-pilen 401. I really enjoyed the size of my 1981 Honda CM400T and I've always been very drawn to the design of the Husqvarna. I also have a cool idea involving a Husqvarna chainsaw livery.
This was taken last Fall, just before I went on vacation for a couple weeks and the gas got some water in it
I limped the bike to my girlfriends place and it is sitting in her underground storage out of the BC coastal wet winter weather.
Upon arrival I did a quick check of the header temp and sure enough one of them was cooler that the others.
I removed the carbs and opened them up for a cleaning and found quite a few pockets of congealed water/fuel boogers in all the corners.
I hosed em out and scrubbed em clean, followed by a general misting and wipe down with some ACF-50. I will be putting some fresh gas with fuel additive in the bike and following the additive instructions of letting the bike run for a bit then leaving it till the spring. On a precaution I might drain the fuel from the bowls and tank.
I also am coming to the realization that I don't have the space for two bikes and having one bike that sometimes runs isn't ideal.
As much as I enjoy tinkering with this thing, I enjoy actually riding bikes more.
If I had the space to store this bike and work on it while riding a different bike as a commuter I would, but my living situation isn't that luxurious at the moment.
On the bright side, I did take this bike from a mouldy, non-running, regular CB750 and turn it into my interpretation of a living, breathing cafe racer. I believe that the pride and satisfaction I have in completing such an endeavour is far more valid than the sadness of letting it go.
I am considering selling it in the Spring time and looking at buying a Husqvarna Svart/vit-pilen 401. I really enjoyed the size of my 1981 Honda CM400T and I've always been very drawn to the design of the Husqvarna. I also have a cool idea involving a Husqvarna chainsaw livery.