Bassdude404
Grasshopper
Like the title states, new guy here, annnd old enough to remember when these were still being produced...Always liked the style, even when I was in my teens...Last fall I bought a '77 CB750K that had been repainted (poorly) and needed tires, chain,etc,etc...It ran good though and the price was right at $1900...Over the winter I bought the stuff it needed to get it roadworthy, and decided to repaint it and bought a Maier sport fairing for it...When I bought it, then paint was candy red over gold, and I have an old school gold sparkle helmet...So with that in mind, I decided to two tone the new paint job...Went with a gold base, then gold flake, then masked off the parts and shot candy apple red....Then while unmasking I had the realization and said outlook, "Awwwww man, I made an Iron Man bike!!!"...My grandson and wife immediately loved it, and I got plenty of other positive comments on it, so I left it...Put it in riding rotation and quickly realized that little fairing just isn't going to cut it....In my mind, sometimes it thinks I'm still in my 20's, but my body quickly tells me that I'm indeed 61...lol...
So that brings me to this past Saturday...The better looking half and I took a road trip 2-1/2 hrs north of us and brought home a pair of Vetter Windjammer fairings, for the price of gas and road snacks...They were extremely dirty, but they're both in good shape for their age...We got home and while giving the wife's Tacoma a hand wash in the driveway I did the same to the fairings...Some critters had been using them as their residence, so there was plenty of cleaning to do...Saturday I had decided to use the Windjammer IV on the 750 and the Windjammer V for parts, but now on Tuesday I'm not positive on that decision...Going to paint it to match the rest of the bike, but haven't decided as of yet exactly how, and today while in the semi I think the MK V might be better to work with the gold and red two tone...Still thinking on that....
I found the correct mounting bracket on ebay, it's on the way here, and also found the wiring pigtail on ebay along with the left and right covers and internal wiring harness...That harness might be needed depending on how much the wildlife decided to chew on wiring...A couple things I never have really cared for on thrse is the windshield height, and the soft left compartment cover...Saturday evening while searching online I found this place, and a place that makes new windshields for these in different heights and several tint colors...So Sunday morning I grabbed the tape measure, roll of blue tape, Sharpie, and the Dremel and chopped one of the windshields down to the shortest height that company makes, and I think that'll be perfect....When the bracket gets here I'll do a mockup and sit on the bike and see what I think...Annnd I'll be making a new left cover put of fiberglass to replace the soft one, and might actually.make a new right side one as well while I'm at it....
And with that all being said, I have a few questions...
1- Will the chrome headlight ring from the MK IV fit the MK V??...I haven't tried taking them apart, but a buddy with an '82 Wing with a Windjammer V said he can't figure out how to get the headlight apart despite reading the directions multiple times..Said he gave up so he wouldn't break it...
2- The edge trim on both of them is pretty rough, and the links to restoration parts on the Vetter site just takes you back to the home page...So what are you guys using to replace that??..
3- Windshield foam...What are you guys using for that??....
Going to try and post pics, we'll see how that goes...
So that brings me to this past Saturday...The better looking half and I took a road trip 2-1/2 hrs north of us and brought home a pair of Vetter Windjammer fairings, for the price of gas and road snacks...They were extremely dirty, but they're both in good shape for their age...We got home and while giving the wife's Tacoma a hand wash in the driveway I did the same to the fairings...Some critters had been using them as their residence, so there was plenty of cleaning to do...Saturday I had decided to use the Windjammer IV on the 750 and the Windjammer V for parts, but now on Tuesday I'm not positive on that decision...Going to paint it to match the rest of the bike, but haven't decided as of yet exactly how, and today while in the semi I think the MK V might be better to work with the gold and red two tone...Still thinking on that....
I found the correct mounting bracket on ebay, it's on the way here, and also found the wiring pigtail on ebay along with the left and right covers and internal wiring harness...That harness might be needed depending on how much the wildlife decided to chew on wiring...A couple things I never have really cared for on thrse is the windshield height, and the soft left compartment cover...Saturday evening while searching online I found this place, and a place that makes new windshields for these in different heights and several tint colors...So Sunday morning I grabbed the tape measure, roll of blue tape, Sharpie, and the Dremel and chopped one of the windshields down to the shortest height that company makes, and I think that'll be perfect....When the bracket gets here I'll do a mockup and sit on the bike and see what I think...Annnd I'll be making a new left cover put of fiberglass to replace the soft one, and might actually.make a new right side one as well while I'm at it....
And with that all being said, I have a few questions...
1- Will the chrome headlight ring from the MK IV fit the MK V??...I haven't tried taking them apart, but a buddy with an '82 Wing with a Windjammer V said he can't figure out how to get the headlight apart despite reading the directions multiple times..Said he gave up so he wouldn't break it...
2- The edge trim on both of them is pretty rough, and the links to restoration parts on the Vetter site just takes you back to the home page...So what are you guys using to replace that??..
3- Windshield foam...What are you guys using for that??....
Going to try and post pics, we'll see how that goes...
