1978 HONDA CB750 SUPERSPORT PROJECT UPDATE 3/29
On Saturday, March 29th I went to work on a good friends new bike he purchased earlier this month. It is a 78' Honda CB750 Super Sport in really great condition and he just wants to get it up and running because it's been sitting unused for the past 30 years. It is going to need all of the basic stuff, like oil change, new spark plugs, new drive chain, new tires, carb clean and rebuild, flushed brake lines, new battery, etc. This probably won't be a long project because there isn't anything to difficult that needs done (from what I can see). For the most part we will just be installing the parts we ordered as they come in. It's just as exciting working on someone else's bike as it is one of my own.
I got quite a bit done on it for one day. I drained the oil completely and also removed the front oil filter so that can be replaced as well. We drained all the old gasoline out of the gas tank. I removed the old push/pull throttle cables along with the throttle tube because they were completely seized. I removed the master cylinder to clean out all the debris that had built up in there and checked the brake lines to see if they were getting brake fluid down to the calipers, and they were. The calipers are going to have to be removed and cleaned though because it looked like they were stiff.
Next week, I will most likely begin with pulling off the carbs and helping my friend order any other parts we are going to be in need of. The throttle connection to the carbs is seized as well, but I'm hoping that is something that can be fixed rather than having to buy new parts for. Otherwise we're off to a great start! Can't wait to hear this engine fired up for the first time.
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