Honda CBX750F - looking for parts

Hi
I'm new - be gentle... ?

Anyways, got me a Honda CBX750F (Bol D'or)

Its pretty old (25 years!!) so parts are a pig. One thing I could really use
is a rear rack/carrier.
Been trawling ebay and the web but nowt apart from a couple of hideously
expensive examples!

Just wondering if a) any one happen to have one tucked away they no longer
require and would exchange for beer tokens or b) recommend
breakers/companies etc

The last option is to fabricate one from scratch, which I will do if I have
to.........

Anyways, thats all really

Cheers

Peter

 

Go **** yourself!

 

Have you tried ebay.com, sometimes stuff can be cheaper there if you can
get someone to bring it back for you.

Nope and nope.

Watch out for the grammar/style pedants.

To you too.

 

Depends on your definition of hideously expensive:
http://www.motorbikesandparts.co.uk/hepcobecker-black-top-box-rack-honda-cbx-750-f-p-9530.html

 

twice what he was paid to take the bike away

 

Oh, ye of little mechanical knowledge.
The CBX750 lump was a joy - hydraulic valvegear, no maintenance needed.
The cycle parts weren't much different from anything else around at the
time, admittedly, but the engine was a jewel, good for round-the-clock
action.

 

Apart from the alternator chain, which usually starts to slap around
from 40k miles onwards - effectively writing off the bike unless you're
confident to strip and rebuild the lump at home.

 

Hi Pete

small world. there's not a hope of them being gentle as you will have
seen by now.

tisnt bad looking either. the bike that is.

you never know round here. have x-posted to the classic group.
--
Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply)
YZF-R1 : FZ1N : RD350LC
(anyone would think I was partial to Yamahas)
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BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

Shame about the chains inside the engine that drive the valve gear or
alternator.

http://www.carolenash.com/insidebikes/bike-reviews/honda/cbx750/

"ALMOST A TDM850"

I take it all back ... with such a ringing endorsement it must be a
cracking bike.

 

It's got low maintenance technical details! What's not to like?

 

Nice looking bike but hold on, didn't it have the traditional Honda engine
woes?

 

Camchain woes, I'm almost sure. Or the tensioner. Though IIRC if it was
changed as a service item, like airhead valves.....

 

Definitely alternator chain. I had one - ended up Nigeing it out for
half what I paid for it, as I'd been quoted £600+ to fix it.

 

Nah, alternator chain, like he says. lasts for 40-50k then rattles like
a b'stard and requires a total engine strip to replace.

 

OK so camchain/tensioner AND alternator chain ;o)

 

Not if the oil was changed religiously at every 2~3K it didn't, as I
know from (in)direct experience of a mate's, which had done 160K by the
time he flogged it, with no rattles.
Unfortunately, many bikes of that era were owned and/or ridden by utter
mechanical fuckwits who wouldn't know how to undo a sump plug and oil
filter if their lives depended on it. In that respect, not much has
changed.

 

Hi all

Cheers for the warm welcomes and Hi Aidie ;-)

Been kicking around usenet for over 15 years [using different name] so
pretty used to some of the "characters" you find in NNTP land LOL
Spelling and grammer???? naw......

Anyways, not everyones a fan of the CBX I guess but hey ho. Basically it was
cheap enough that I could afford to get back on a bike after all these
years. Gotta say, it feels damn good!! Yeah, I know, its no R1 superbike
.........

Heres a pic, you know you wanna se it....
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/861/dscn1748.jpg/


On to bussiness.......
Hadnt thought of using the .com for ebay <doh> will keep an eye on there
too. Even with the extra postage, it may well be a viable option and I have
gone that route in the past.
The Hepco & Becker rack is exactly what I'm looking for - only not as
expensive! That ones about 3 x what I was hoping to pay, though if push
comes to shove and if my crap sells well on ebay then it maybe an option. I
do have the option of a bespoke one but again thats gonna cost a fortune!!

Ah, I'll get there

Cheers for the advice etc. Much appreciated.

Peter

 

You American or what? How many ways would you like?

You should borrow one of Fraser's extra apostrophes from up there^^^.

Whoops, there goes another.

You're doing it on porpoise, aintcha?

You _are_ doing it on purpose.

I hope.

 

"Ace" wrote in message

Sorry, a few of those where on purpose some some where simple typos.

Do people really get so hung up about grammer on usenet still??

Peter

 

Yes, & you only have to look at all the text speak on Facebook & web
forums to see why. Although the apostrophe thing's more of a meme than
a hang-up.