It's a disease, but i did steal it

cruising through CL while at school, I found this:

It's a 76 cb750, totally old school, guy wanted a harley, titled and i heard it run for a half a second, for 500 smacks! This is so old school, made by a company, obnoxious king queen seat sissy bar, guy started sanding it, hope i can save the paint... he may have taken the clear coat off.

It has:

Girder front end
Drag pipes
oil gauge
mini drum front wheel
horse shoe oil tank
valve cover was chromed, starting to bubble and peel







it has handle bars but they weigh 20 lbs and are hideous..

im so excited... especially since they still managed to keep the title..

though im a little bummed its a soft tail, though im pretty sure the swingarm is extended and chromed

 

You got to buy it and hardtail it and lose that seat. Love everything about old school choppers but those seats. Good luck sneaking that buy the parents.

 

I dont want to get rid of it, nor change it, except the paint job if its too far gone but i will still try to do something 70's.

as far as the parents... i may have to rent a mini storage unit for 5 years... seriously

 

That thing looks long. Should be fun good luck.

 

I want to see it! Does anyone what config setting I have wrong? When pics are embedded directly into the text I can't see them. Photos that are part of a link to a photo hosting service like photobucket, no problem.

Loren

 

that rear suspension looks skeptical. I'd sell it and make a bundle...that thing is gonna be a handful to ride.

 

if I wanted to sell it and make good money it'd have to be repainted...

wa ill show you some pictures

 

with the raked out front i think the rear will only add to the fun lol

 

it's my own money... and i have a 4 hour break between classes

 

Schooter - how could you sell the GT then buy this?

Remember to tell your parents you are Trading bikes to help pay for your education - you have no intention of riding them!!!

 

i dunno markie, the gt just wasnt my thing... i was always worried when riding it because it was a 2 stroke.. you cant hold the gas at one place.. gotta keep it in the powerband.

and i also kinda thought it was a dog, i read al lthese post about how it could burn rubber and scare you... but it seems as tame as a 400 twin...


and i love these old chops and sohc's....

 

John Deere Green, yellow seat, jockey shift, dirt bike tires . . .

Oh, you already thought of that.

 

From that first picture there looks like there is enough meat to hide a Mono shock for an imitation hard tail, maybe have to beef up the pivot point where the swingarm bolts to the frame though, but not a lot of junk in the way if you had to.

 

Schooter; are you planning to actually try to RIDE that thing, on a paved public road???

 

It's true, there is one born every minute

 

right after i check the front and rear brakes for delamination

 

I hope you're talking about the seller, the front end is worth what i paid for it, and as far as riding it, i'm skeptical about the mini drum front brake, and the rear end suspension, i think i may swap it to another frame... dunno yet, gotta get it home and running first

 

LOL @ this

 

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

http://www.hondachopper.net/Gallery/bas ... _thumb.jpg
http://www.hondachopper.net/Gallery/base/ftr1_thumb.jpg

Something like these.

 

bobberaha, the bike actually reminds me alot of chopperscrocket's blue bike... I think i'll paint it a metallic blue if i keep it

 

Let me know if you need a buyer for this... I know a guy in Nigeria.

 

You are aiming high if you want it to look like chopperscrocket's chopper that would be sweet. Don't sell it you will kick yourself I would love to do a cb old school build. Life is all about building them that's the best part then you see something different you sell your last build to pay for your next build its the circle of life.

 

Silly me. And here I thought the best part about motorcyles was RIDING them, after they're built.

Maybe not so much...

 

And that's why people modify them for hobbies as well, and collect them

 

Ride them in the summer sell it in the fall build a new one in the winter and repeat. There is no way I could ride the same bike for 30 years to many options to explore out there. Remember life is about trying new things it keeps you out of ruts.

 

I have a collection, too... but I RIDE mine once they're done.

 

BTW it's choppersprocket, not scrocket

 

You know I went over to TCU to look at his chopper and I came back here and I still spelled it like Schooter. Schooter post it on TCU they will love it and easier to talk about it over there.

 

I did and within like an hour after i bout it i joined honda chopper and sohc.net... honda chopper has so much info on these bikes on file its crazy! the whole bike every modle is on fiche, they have every old magizine for chopper stuff, old mag atricles, bike recalls, engine updates and changes, Tutorials for EVERYTHING.. really a wealth of knoweledge even a purist can enjoy

 

Hmmm, the old money vs sense, equation, I think this heavily loaded on the money end.

 

Kinda sounds like the "XJ Bikes for Choppers" version of this forum.

 

did you start growing your hair long yet so you can look like easy rider. Heck change your name to dennis hopper lol. All these Motorcycles you have are older then you are. Come to think about all xjs in the usa are
As long as your happy does not matter what anyone thinks.

 

There is definitely some coolness in there somewhere... fix it up + have fun

 

Do it!

 

runs good, man is this thing easy to work on! adjusting the valves on this takes 5 minutes, points are easy, cam chain is easy, carbs are super simple, i can see why people love this bike, and it has a sound to it that is very different than the xj... sounds meaner, though it may have a cam. I'm out of the parents house for the summer and it just so happens our neighbor went to my high school 2 years ahead of me, he's a body and paint guy, and i've been helping him with his cb550 build, and he said he'd paint my bike for cost of paint.. cool beans.

also, i've come to find out everything that's been painted silver on this bike is chrome, and good too, so i've got alot of stripping to do.. any opinions on color? I'm thinking a blue kind of like on the newish chevy trucks.

As far as remark about money vs sense, I dont understand, I paid 500 for it, the girder front end is worth that, not including the somewhat rare mini drum front wheel. it's obvious this is a clumsy bike, i wont be taking any sweepers at a high speed... but i guess it all comes down to personal taste... and no, I dont have so much money I dont know what to do with it...