CB750

This is the making of a Recycled Cycle.

CB750 Bobber

Extended hardtail - Stock Frontend

I've have had several CB750's. Choppers, Bobbers, & what I called River bikes. I was raised in the Ozarks. Ozark county, & Howell county in south central MO to be exact. We had several rivers & streams close by in this hilly, curvy part of the country. What I called a River bike was a short, low bike that was part Street Racer, part Hotrod, & part Dirt bike. There were ,and still are, a lot of gravel roads around the Ozarks to have a blast.

On this project I intend on recycling as much of the cast off pieces to make & fab everything I possibly can. I want to see just how much money I can save, & what extra does it cost me in time. I seem to not be able to find some of my photos (Computer Crash), such as how I used the stock tubes from the stock oil tank, to put in the oil tank I built. I wanted to keep the 1/2" oil lines. The CB750's are thirsty. They like a lot of oil circulating through their veins.

Hang On, Here We Go.


A Pix After I had already started to Tear Down! Trying to figure out the dimensions I want. Notice bike in back ground? Several parts are slated for this bike. Don't worry it will have a better life next time! I have bigger plans for it!!	I extended the swingarm 2 1/2" -(notice that I welded a temporary upright to the back bone). This was to keep things in alignment while I was making last minute decisions	Once I was sure of dimensions, I then welded leg tubes into place. When I was sure of all specs, I then cut out swingarm. It's time to Tear Down again.

I decided to use the stock rear uprights. I piecut the upper inner bend. I then bent it, welded it & then welded the upright to upper legs. It's better to do this with motor mount bolts installed. It helps to keep evrything in alignment.	OK, all measurements check out. I measured everything 3 times to be sure, then I cut out the temporary upright. Starting to look like a bike frame.	I measured how far the motor would stick out of the frame once mounted, & tried to take into account the exhaust. Just wasn't sure yet, which exhaust I would use. I then fabbed forward control bracket mounts.

Hey, Frame is almost finished, except for the three days I ended up spending on sanding, priming, sanding, priming,----------------	Can't seem to find the before pix of the rear fender. I scored it from my brother-n-law's trash pile, along with a few other choice pieces of trash. Remember, "Recycle"! Don't know how many bikes it had been on, but had chain cutouts on both sides. It also had exactly 20 holes drilled in it. I welded all of them up, & ground the fender smooth before I started drilling my own holes. New fender $39.00, Old fender with history, Priceless!	With two days of disassembly, scrubbing, cleaning, polishing, & painting pieces this is what the rear wheel assembly looks like.

The front tubes, I disassembled, buffed the factory coating off, & polished to a high gloss shine. I then put in new oil seals, & put them back togather. Now it's actually starting to look like a bike again. BTW, that rear fender strut is actually from the front fender brace. Did I say I anything about recycling?	I decided to put my new kickstand here. OK, OK, so everything is not recycled. I also installed a new chain tensioner. It will help prolong adjusting the chain. Hopefully it will help keep the chain from slapping the bottom of the oil tank. Who did these measurements anyway?	Hey, it's off the table! See that tail light? It was one of the afore mentioned "choice pieces of trash". One of the lens screw tower had broken, & someone had drilled it out & put a screw all the way through with a nut on the back. I made a new screw tower out of a chemical concoction from autozone, & got new stainless steal screws from Lowes. New cheap tail light, $19.95. Old 70's cheap tail light recycled, Priceless,

Stock headlight bucket, but now mounted with side arms. Forwards sort of mounted. The brake pedal is actually a gas pedal from an old chevy P/U.	One Of The Early Prototypes I Used For The Headlight. It Didn't Work Very Well, It Kept Displaying Two of Everything.	The heart of the beast! This is a stock 1977 CB750 motor with 16,000 actual miles. People think I'm insane for cutting up this clean, low mileage little bike, but anybody can have a clean, low mileage little bike. Not everyone can have this little "Low Rider"! This took me about a week to prep, paint, & polish. It took me almost an hour for each of the 8 valve covers!!
		I have pulled the carbs back off. I found a place in Canada that is making carb rebuild kits for several older bikes now, & ordered 4 kits. I also purchased new Round Chrome Cap Air Filters. I will need to find either jet kits, or find which jets will work best on this. I will post new Pix shortly.
Hurrah, Motor is in!!!	Like these exhaust? They are made from three different sets of head pipes. Two from, Yes, you quessed it, "choice pieces of trash". The mufflers are an after market item from the 70's. I gutted them, & yes, now they are loud. That's a good thang! The Tear Drop toolbox is there because I'm just toying with an idea of trying to use it for my electrics. Would make it easy to get to, just not sure yet of it being practical.	BTW: I have only a very small pile of metal, and pieces left over after this project. I have used just about every takeoff part to make brakets, braces, spacers, you name it! I have saved alot of money, but I have invested countless hours in doing so. I have enjoyed this project immensely, but I have found that it is not cost effective to try and make all your own parts, when you can purchase some of them so cheap. Would I do it over again? You bet I would!!! BUT, for the next project, I already have a looong list of parts to purchase. It will be more costly, but a lot less time!!!!!!!

I had a few more photos on my phone, but my phone crashed also. A couple of months ago, I was riding home from a trip, and I saw dark clouds in the direction I was going. I called my wife, and had her check on the computer to see what the weather was like between me and home. She said it was behind me, and if I hurried I could probably stay ahead of it. So, I didn't take time to put on my rain suit. I know, you've probably already quessed it. I hadn't gone two miles before it started pouring rain. I kept thinking I would run out of it shortly. By that time I was on two lane, and couldn't get off on the shoulder to put on my rain suit. Besides, my wife said it was behind me. I couldn't get off onto the shoulder (Drop Off). Oncoming 18 wheelers splashing me all the way up to my head. I knew I would run out of it soon, because my wife had said that it was behind me. It started hailing, but it was only stinging me really bad from one side. It started gettin colder, temperture must have dropped 20* when it started hailing. I wasn't to worried though, because my wife had said that it was behind me. Two hours it rained. It rained, it hailed, it turned cold, and I had forgotten to take my phone off my side. When I got home I checked out the weather forecast my wife was looking at for myself, and immediately saw that it was the days before weather forecast!!!! For some reason it had not updated. "I do love my wife dearly"!