Back in November a gentleman gave me a call regarding a resto project around a '76 CB750K he was interested in buying. After a couple short phone conversations, He and his newly purchased bike wind up on the shops door. The CB was a good runner. Obviously used regularly by the PO and had some basic mods and a home done metal flake green spray bomb job over all the tins. After giving it the once over it was established the bike over all was a solid foundation. Just needed some basic maintenance and some TLC to make into a nice bike again. The original idea was to try and bring the bike back to original factory condition. A second parts bike was sourced a few days later for a bargain price and dropped off the following day. Unfortunately, the original intention of the parts bike was to scavenge what was supposed to be "perfect" Chrome. Once face to face with our donor we were more then disheartened. But regardless, the price was right and there was still quite a bit of usable parts available. So forward we went. Little by little the 2 bikes were disassembled picking and choosing the best parts of the bunch to create one good bike again.
The Runner.
The Parts Bike.
With much of the desired replacement parts in bad shape, and the cost of chrome out of the customers budget. We decided to lean the project more in a resto mod direction. Then the real work began. The entire bike was stripped down to the frame. The original paint removed, surface rust sanded out, primed and repainted Gloss Black.
Pretty much everything was repainted Gloss Black, minus the engine, which was treated to a coat of Semi Gloss. The Chrome engine covers where retained and the valve cover, stator cover badge and fins given a brushed finish.
Instead of the original chrome 4 piece exhaust, we stuck with the MAC 4-1 system. The badly pitted chrome fenders were resurfaced and panted Gloss Black. The aftermarket superbike bars were retained, as well as the HD black and chrome shocks. A vintage Travlecade seat replaces the factory unit. The Comstar wheels, Dual disk front breaks and air forks that the PO installed have been retained for the time being. The entire project was completed in 4 days. From tear down, refinishing, repairing small issues such as clutch rebuild, brake rebuilds all around, rewiring the entire bike, And completing a full top to bottom service, and reassembly.
