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 Posted: 15:38 - 06 Jul 2013  Post subject: 1982 Honda VF750 - Sabre |
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Saw this on fleabay, and thought it looked interesting.
https://gallery.dogfriendlysuffolk.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_20130706_151334.jpg
As my Kawasaki GPX750 still hasn't been put back together, I popped a low bid on of £200. Bugger me, but I won. Just picked it up today, and it's a lot better than I first thought. Apparently, it was running before the guy parked it up, 17 years ago!!!. It's only had two owners, and done 24k.
A quick wash, and some de-greaser later:
https://gallery.dogfriendlysuffolk.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_20130706_154029.jpg
So, it needs:
a battery
exhausts - believe it or not, I saw one on eBay last night, and picked it up for £80, new
new tires
brakes cleaning etc.
oil & plug service
indicator bracket
new seat
and a bloody good clean/re-spray
Just stuck a battery on it, and most of the electrics seem to work 
This thing must have seemed like the starship enterprise when it came out, it's even fairly clever for these days.
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Yep, I've been doing some reading up on them. Hopefully you're right about the cams, suppose I'll find out soon enough.
I do like owning a bit of history though, they were the very first water cooled V4s, and the kit on them was absolutely top spec. There's a security lock that goes around the wheel and plugs into the bike which has a light fibre running through it, so if it's cut the alarm goes off.
Quite looking forward to getting it running, it was supposed to be able to give the litre bikes a run for their money.
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A factory custom with a far superior V4 engine to a V-twin. A sorted V4 Honda would make the custom experience much nicer in my opinion. Id Stant on it to get to a Kawasaki Eliminator though!  |
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| Posted: 16:14 - 09 Jul 2013 Post subject: |
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Pretty cool old bike  hope it runs!
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the last couple of days have been both eventful, and disappointing.
The parts fiche arrived today, so I can actually order parts without guessing whether they're the right ones or not.
Did an oil change, and filtered the old oil. Clean as a whistle, result. I was half expecting to find some metal in there.
Managed to finally track down the indicator problem, three of them have corroded bulb fittings so no power is getting to them  So I've ordered a set from fleabay.
Also looked at the main electrics, and it seems that one of the coils is fubar'd. Luckily, fleabay came to the rescue again and I managed to get a pair for £30.
I bled the clutch, and the brakes, so now the levers actually have some resistance, rather than just flapping around.
I also sealed the tank with Petseal, now have to leave it for a week before trying it out. That stuff is messy, managed to spill some on the tank, so that will now need to be re-sprayed, again.
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| Posted: 09:44 - 12 Jul 2013 Post subject: |
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I do hope this runs well and for a long time after you've spent all this money and time on it.
Theres a reason these seem to rarely sell on ebay, even clean ones....
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Well, finally got the exhausts on properly today, took me nearly 4 hours all in all. I really hope I don't have to take them off for any reason in the near future, a right bugger of a job.
Further good news is that after an over night soak in Plusgas, the front brakes seem to be doing their job, result!
So, electrics - Check (apart from the indicators)
Brakes - Check
Exhaust - Check
Oil change - Check
Fuel tank sealed - Check
So far so good 
Still to do/look at
fit new coils
replace HT leads - discontinued, so going to try and make my own
replace throttle cables
replace choke cable
check clutch
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All done & tested. Cams looked clean, and oil supply was good. Also tested the compression and looking good. The bad news is that when I put some fuel in the tank, it started leaking, bugger  Can't be arsed faffing around with more Petseal, so now off looking for a replacement. So close...
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Not bad going then, nice cheap bike and nearly running...
Good job
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Looking good so far
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Been doing a bit of digging over the last few days on the electrics. Despite having swapped the coils, one of them is still getting hot, and not delivering a spark to the plugs. After an enormous amount of help from the Workshop, I think it's either the spark unit or the ECU A quick search on Fleabay showed them both rare and bloody expensive So I got in touch with a breaker I've used before and got 2 ignitors (better safe than sorry) and an ECU for £75 including postage So now it's a wait until they arrive next week. Well at least all the wiring and connectors are now nice and clean.
It felt a bit like Christmas yesterday, lots of deliveries As well as some extra tools, and the carb balancing kit, temporary fuel tank the replacement tank and decals turned up, and the tank really is spanking, no rust at all inside or out:
https://gallery.dogfriendlysuffolk.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_2013-07-26_16_32_48.jpg
Just need to respray the tank black now. A couple of the decals are a bit faded, so I thought I might respray them gold, then hand paint the black back on. Anyone got any suggestions as to what type of paint for the black? The big Honda ones are metal, so I can use enamel paint on them, but I'm not sure what to use on the plastic ones.
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