1975 CB750K5 - Restoration

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1975 CB750K5 - Restoration

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Got this CB750 from a friend years ago and it stood in the corner of the barn until I finally decided to bring it back to her original glory.

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1975 CB750K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=40426
1971 CB175K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 95&start=0
1972 CB350 - resto-mod cafe project http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=47429


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Re: 1975 CB750K5 - Restoration

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Wow, that's a beaut!!
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WOW What a transformation, a pile of parts to that lolol lolol action1 action1 action1 action1 action1

Fantastic work
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Love CB750. It would be great to build one.
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Thanks, had a great time doing the work and sourcing the parts.

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1977 GL1000 - http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=40398
1975 CB750K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=40426
1971 CB175K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 95&start=0
1972 CB350 - resto-mod cafe project http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=47429


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Very very nice. action1
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Wow,You did such a fantastic job on your restoration.My first new bike looked like that one.I miss it.
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Thanks. It was painted the original color (Flake Apricot Red).
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1977 GL1000 - http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=40398
1975 CB750K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=40426
1971 CB175K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 95&start=0
1972 CB350 - resto-mod cafe project http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=47429


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Great job! Love the 750's fun & comfortable bike. Great for city riding. Miss mine.
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Beautiful! I wanted one of those so bad in 1975!
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who did your paint
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Thanks for the compliments
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Paint was done by Craig at Precision Motorcycle Painting. Great eye for detail and super customer service. You can contact him at http://www.precisionmotorcyclepainting.com/
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1977 GL1000 - http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=40398
1975 CB750K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=40426
1971 CB175K5 - stock restoration http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 95&start=0
1972 CB350 - resto-mod cafe project http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=47429


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