Honda cb750K 1976 Gets a work over

Well, the weather is now Hot as the inside of Gandhi’s Boxers, but I have been doing some work on the K6 Honda, I started to clean a few bits up as she had sat for many years in a back yard.  So I thought I would clean her up more before selling this inline four machine.

The bike had low miles but obviously the condition had deteriorated due to being sat out in California weather for many many years, but the more I cleaned up, the more I put into this 500 pound of Japanese machinery.

I removed the rear wheel and swingarm as the swingarm was in need of having the paint stripped off of it and then have it powder coated, so I just got it back from the coating company I use and fitted it right away, I had to drum sand where the shock bushings go and fitted new Genuine Honda steel Bushings. You can see the rusty main stand in the picture, Once I have this back on the floor, I shall remove it and powder coat that Black too.

So much to do, the wheel is all rebuilt and I polished the hub and fitted new bearings etc, new spokes and new tire, I fitted the Cush drives this afternoon and its now ready for the brake hub to be fitted as it was in a sorry state too.

As you can see from the photo, she is all there but I stripped it and polished the outer carrier and fitted new shoes and actuator etc as I want this to look nice, not restored from frame up, as I don’t have time and space right now, but just a nice looking K6.

As you can see, this is now taking shape, I wanted a fresh clean look on the rear end and I believe I shall achieve that with a few more hours work on this classic inline four bike

The safety guard for the rear sprocket has seen better days and as you cannot find nice ones anymore, I had to get the hammer out and clean the dents up from where the chain has caught etc, these always get abused but wanted to make sure I got this as nice as I could and then send it off to the chrome shop.

A really nice job and am more than happy with the finish as this was pretty torn up when I removed it from the rear wheel, so not time to start bolting it all back together.

You can see I took my time and also used Genuine Honda parts where ever I could, the Bushings for the shocks are factory ones and I also used a New rear brake rod as the old one was really bent up and rusty to repair, I also purchased new chain adjusters to clean the rear end up and set the wheel off.

It is coming together and took my time as it was so hot today and of course I was on my own and do not want to scratch anything, but as you can see this bike is looking nice, and even though not a show winning restoration, it will be all there and I shall be fitting brand new 4 into 4 exhausts to give it the factory look it had when it left the factory all them years ago,.

I chromed the rear brake Stabilizer bar as that was rusty and new hardware through out, looking so much better than when I dragged it home, fitted New shocks and put the new chain on and set the tension right.

It is missing the chain guard and hope to purchase a New one soon to finish that area off right but I am sure I can get on with many more things before I need to attach that part.

I did buy a repro rear guard as mine had rust on it, but, it was so far out of wack I bit the bullet and paid a few hundred dollars to chrome the original rear fender and sent the copy one back in disgust. I prefer Original parts anyway and the list goes on of what I am refurbishing to get this bike right.

I fitted the original back into the frame and a new Old stock inner fender to clean the underside up. I have chromed the rear light assembly and that is going on right now.

To keep with the clean look I splashed out on a New seat for this K6 and glad I did to be honest as the original had seen better days, this really is a good seat and fits super well.

I put the light assembly together, using New light and chroming bracket, this is now all together and will wire tomorrow as its getting late but thought I would share with you today to show you how I am getting on.