Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Today I sold the bike on Craiglist to a great guy in South Dallas for $1800, after weeks of work, she is now in someones hands to ride.

See ya later 73.

Signing off
Pete

On the Road again

Today I decided with no leaking fuel, and everything running minus the front brake, I would start it up and cruise around the block. The bike clunked into first gear, and pulled away.

Things I noticed

• Rear brake way too soft, needs adjusting
• Front springs might need more oil, they are bouncy right now, not looking forward to doing this, the caps were a beach to get back on last time.
• Chain noise was high, used to the quiet shat drive of a BMW
• Valve noise was loud, probably needs valve adjustment
• The bike stalled about 3/4 through the ride, I forgot to turn the petcock back on (user error)

Overall, not a bad first ride, got the bike into third, without a working front brake I did not want to get crazy yet. Need to fix front brake/pads, and adjust rear brake

Fixed leaky petcock

I have had an annoying leaking petcock brass outlet tube. They came off when I pulled the hardened fuel lines off, the brass outlet plugs came right out of the petcock. When I reinstalled, even with new tygon fuel line the one that points toward the back was leaking.

I decided that a C-clamp might be able to screw in the tube then banging on them with a hammer. I put a c-clamp on the right tube, and slowley tighten, and it worked, the tube moved probably 1-2 mm. I repeated on the forward tube, and it moved a little. I then pressed both together to get then even.

Put the petcock back on and leak was gone for now.

From Pete Schuyler's Honda CB750's

Seafoam

Today I hard a hard time getting the bike to idle and come off throttle.

I have noticed all along that the fuel lines were leaking, so I will fill up the carb bowls, then do a start test with the petcock off. It was running hard, so I decided to do a seafoam treatment. I dropped the carb float bowls, cleaned out some minor gunk and filled them with seafoam. Reinstalled, and ran it through some rough starting and throttle sequences.

At the end, it helped right away. I now can get the bike to idle, and come off throttle.

Re-assembley close

I worked on the wiring, handlebars, grab rail, and controls today. I re-assembled as much as I could. It started up, but the fuel line is still leaking, so I need to work on that as soon as the fuel kit gets here.

The bike is running very rough, but might be getting close to selling.

I need to install front/rear turn signals, and wire them up, put new tires on, and then the bike will need to be tuned.

Low beam light needs to be wired, horn, high beam, start button, and kill switch work.

From 1973 Honda 750K From 1973 Honda 750K Original Look From Pete Schuyler's Honda CB750's

Rear End Swap

Today I removed the new chain in the red, one o-ring lost. I bagged this up for now. I moved the original 18 inch rim, axle, and tire from the Red bike to the Green one. The harley 16 inch rim, axle, and tire are now on the Red bike, sans chain for now.

Front End Swap

I started to swap front ends between the red bike and the green one. The Red one has a decent headlight with mounting ears (rusty), and fork gators. I put these on the green bike to make the original look complete. I also swapped Speedo's and Front brake assembley since the cable were the right length. I also swapped speedo cables.

New Front End

• Mounting Ears
• Headlight and Bucket
• Speedo/Tach
• Speedo Cable