First Post

I am deeply in love with a 1979 Honda CB750K.


i have had this bike since last summer when i found it on ebay. It was languishing in a garage in Wisconsin begging to be ridden. I went to Wisconsin and rode the bike back to NYC, leaking forks, blown shocks and all. Since then i have doubled what i paid for the bike in parts and labor and junk.

i was never able to find a good site for info on working on the CB so i made a bunch of mistakes.

I love this bike with my whole heart but it is a little old and a lot heavy and it's getting up in miles. I need (want) something better suited for city riding and have been reading all over to find the correct bike. The streets here are terrible so it needs to be a dirt bike but has to be fully street legal since i plan to ride it into work very often. i am a big guy (200+ lbs) and ride with my girl often so i need something with some real power. everything points to either the honda XR650L or the suzuki DR650SE.
i am a Honda fan but for some reason i have become fascinated with the DR and that is what i got.

i just picked up this bike for $3000.



i think i got a little ripped but not very much, and overall it was a fair deal. it has low miles (5400) and is in pretty good shape. i am planning on turning this into the ultimate urban assault vehicle. so i guess first off is to do a list, an already done list and then plan the attack.


DONE:
Acerbis Bark Busters
Supertrapp exhaust
skid plate
Suzuki Gel seat


TO DO:
Tune up
oil change
valve adjust
chain
sprockets (dont kow if i will change from the stock ones...)
Replace tires (need to do more research on rubber)
swap front wheel for a 19 incher (i am starting to believe this is a better move than the full on Motard thing)
swap the springs, front and rear, for ones suited to my size/ weight
do the DR350 tail light conversion
tail rack
side racks
cut off or replace the front fender
paint the bike with bed liner spray paint
stainless brake lines


MAYBE LIST:
Corbin seat
airbox mod
header weld mod
more to come.....


Next the plan.