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[DaveL]

Hey there.

my name is Dave, from Canada eh!

long time honda lover , currently rebuilding my fathers old lawn ornament . 77 cb750k. I grew up on the back and watched it go from gem to rust. he got it back in '80 from a guy who lived near his job site. i had sat outside and hardly driven since new. i grew up helping him clean/ fix it up. He used to have the white vetter fairing(yuk) , saddles and the trunk. back in 1999 i had changed it back to the headlight etc. .
shortly after that he had some heart problems and parked the bike. I watched it slowly sink into the grass in the yard until i was able to tear it from his hands in 2011. (he didnt want to see it go) .

i have been working on it for about a year now. Im not as far as i would like to be but hey life is busy and supplies are expensive.plus i am doing all this in my basement laundry room.

So far i have completely redone the motor, glass beaded the casings, polished the covers, wheels, carbs, etc. and started chopping the frame.

Thought i would share some history to introduce myself.

 

[Travis]

Welcome to the site eh!

Sounds like quite the project. Have any pictures? I'd like to see one of it sunk in the yard and one now.

 

[cyclebuster]

I saw a GT750 leaning against a fence once, and stopped in. They were broke as a joke in January, and I was a long way from home. The bike was sunk up to the rims and frozen solid. It took 3 of us several hours of chopping and melting the dirt with hot water to free the wheels and stands from the dirt. The got some cash, and I got a real cool suzy.

 

[DaveL]

somewhat a before and after,. i was almost done then i backtracked. didnt like the rear end. i wanted a true rigid, not just struts. . . then i got a deal on a new tank and rear fender. so now it is back in the basement cut to pieces! the recent pic was just a quick put together to test the motor after the build. it had sat for soo long and it was parked dry and with a blown head gasket.

 

[cyclebuster]

I would be interested in any of the stock parts you want to sell

 

[DaveL]

. unfortunately there was not that much usable in original parts. the gas tank was rotten through the bottom, rust about 8" thick in the bottom, the 4 pipes were rotten and fell apart when i took them off. i was left with a pretty solid frame, a dried out motor, rusty wheels. out here the parts are next to impossible to find. never even complete bikes come up for sale . to go custom pretty much was my only option.

 

[cyclebuster]

I can totally relate to that. you never know. I am looking for good wheels all the time.