1974 Honda CB750 Four K4
Mechanical Service with some Cosmetics
Owner & Writer: Randy Creel, Jr., Owner & Restorer of Randy's Cycle Service & Restoration
The bike in its BEFORE state.
These were taken in 1998 - 1999 when I first obtained the bike for about $200.
Blog Entry 1: Posted April 20, 2010
When talking in bike circles with fellow enthusiasts, I I get asked with some frequency, “So, what do you ride?” Quite frankly in the last 10 years I haven't been able to come up with a suitable answer. Not that I haven't owned a number of bikes in that time period, but most have been show pieces, small CC singles and two-strokes relegated to short hop riding around the local back roads, and getting the necessary mechanical attention before, during and after the ride. My last large motorcycle of significant displacement was my original ’75 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing, which had sat for precisely 4 years in my showroom going nowhere, as home, business, and other projects took precedence. I realized that it was best to pass it on to a good, loving owner who would enjoy it as much as I had in the 45,000 miles I put on it, variously touring across the continent once and up and down the East coast numerous times. Since selling that GL a couple years ago and riding only the smaller bikes very occasionally, I've now decided to hop back into riding again and hopefully turn my love for riding vintage bikes back into a regular part of my leisure time. Plus, you haven’t lived until you’ve tried to ride a mid-60's Benelli 125cc two-stroke on a busy 55 MPH two-lane highway with a large 18-wheeler close behind & in a hurry. A couple weeks ago when just before turning in and perusing one of the
many motorcycle magazines I subscribe to, I ran across a story about an early
Honda CB750. Having owned a ’73 CB750 K and put nearly 70,000 on it some
years back, I decided it was time to resurrect another one and head for the
road again. Why such a soft spot for the 750? It was my first “real” street bike
as a new driver/rider (one that was large enough to ride the Interstates with)
and it was also one with which I became so very well acquainted over the
course of 31 days back in 1992 traveling roughly 7,500 miles around the country. So, with pad and pen in hand I began making a list of what I’d need to assemble the loose collection of parts I’ve accumulated over the past several years with just such a project in mind.
The bike is a 1974 Honda CB750K4 that I've had in storage now in pieces for over 10 years along with a number of spares, new parts, and piles of ideas floating around in my head. This could get interesting ...Stay tuned for updates as this project rolls along. The plan is to take this Honda, do what is necessary to get it roadworthy, make it mechanically and cosmetically sound, but not go to full restoration level, do a few sensible modern upgrades, and report on some real-world experience with a now 36 year old machine both in the shop and on the road. I hope you'll follow along! Next update: Compiling the necessary parts and assessing the job to get this Honda back in one piece.
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