31 March 2011

CB750F Super Sport

The following story comes from a friend....
Here are the pics.   Honda had two models the CB750K and the CB750F.  The differences were K - exhaust 2 into 1 each side, spoke wheels,silver engine and paint colors (orange, green and blue I think).  The F had 4 into 1 on right side, "mag" wheels, black engine and only two colors - burgundy and black neither of which was available in the K.  There may have been other mechanical differences that I am not aware of.  The F was referred to as the Super Sport.  I think I remember the bike was $1995 or $2195 and they through in a free leather jacket (which I also still have.)   I had another pic that partly shows the other side.  The metal object by the front wheel is a mast for a Hobie Cat 16.
 
To add to the story of how I came to have the 77.   It was mid 1975 or so and I had an old Mazda pickup with very bad rings and valve seals.  So bad that when I connected the PCV it would just about kill the engine.  I traded it to a guy for some money and a 1966 Suzuki 250 oil injected.  The bike had a bad kickstart and I ended having to get another engine and make one good out of two.  I had aways wanted an all black bike so I painted everything black.   At least I thought it looked cool.  When I had it all assembled my wife would ride the back but with her on ,  it would barely get out of its own way.  My wife, being the dear that she is, suggested we buy a new motorcycle.   Disagreeing with your wife can only cause problems, so reluctantly (not) I relented.  We went to the local Honda dealer in Greensburg, PA.  It was the introduction of the new  1977 models but they had a number of 76"s  they were trying to sell.  We had been steered by the saleman to the 1976 CB750K's of which they had a few.  While I was looking at the different colors available my wife wondered off and noticed the 1977 CB750F Super Sport that you see in the pics.  She came back and asked why we couldn't buy that one (the 1977) as she liked the color and style.  Neither I nor the salesman were going to diagree with her.  So that's how I (we) became the owners (and still are) of a 1977 Honda CB750F Super Sport, currently with a little over 10K miles.

Norm

29 March 2011

Crazy handlebars from Crazyoils....

Visita il mio amico Francesco for hand crafted parts for your bike.  The Crazyoils blog HERE.

28 March 2011

Sissy Bar...

Raw, 1/2" square stock, 30" H.  My simple idea, but it's a first and I'm pleased with the result.













This was done at my pal Hammer's place of business.  He delivered it tonight, and I owe him big.  This will be a nice touch to the 1200.












Next steps include inserting a bracket to attach the backrest pad and drilling holes to fit the rigid sideplates.  And lastly, off to paint.

Thanks again, H.

Bars...

Via GRINDER PREACHER















25 March 2011

Motörhead - Damage Case

Live at Brixton Academy, London, England, October 22, 2000

Motorhead - i ain't no nice guy (unplugged)



When I was young I was the nicest guy I knew
I thought I was the chosen one
But time went by and I found out a thing or two
My shine wore off as time wore on
I thought that I was living out the perfect life
But in the lonely hours when the truth begins to bite
I thought about the times when I turned my back & stalled

I ain't no nice guy after all

When I was young I was the only game in town
I thought I had it down for sure,
But time went by and I was lost in what I found
The reasons blurred, the way unsure
I thought that I was living life the only way
But as I saw that life was more than day to day
I turned around, I read the writing on the wall

I ain't no nice guy after all
I ain't no nice guy after all

In all the years you spend between your birth and death
You find there's lots of times you should have saved your breath
It comes as quite a shock when that trip leads to fall

19 March 2011

Working and taking a break

My friend finally found the motivation (and cash) to complete the upstairs room at his house.  We finished the framing.  Insulation and sheet rock to follow.....













11 March 2011

Speedometer side mount in place...

Removed the instruments from their stock bracket...













 And dropped the Speedometer into the side mount bracket (ditching the Tachometer)...













While pulling the wiring back, I realized the choke knob was in the way of the instrument panel being seated properly.  Removed the choke...to be relocated somewhere else.









Thanks, Francesco, for the beautiful piece!!

02 March 2011

Motorhead last night

Met up with my brother and uncle in Boston last night for the show.  Unbelievable!!  Lemmy sounded great and loud!














We wandered the place looking for better seats, and finally ended up in the balcony beside the stage.  Of course the only photo I had worth posting came off my camera phone.  Hoping to grab better ones from someone else's camera.