I have a Hondamatic 750 electric starter spins free out of bike but when I put the starter back on the motor it will not turn the motor over? I hot wire the...
its on the left side of the bike by the shifter,in front of the foot peg.. it is covered by a black rubber cap..BE SURE TO TIGHTEN THE KICK START LEVER OR IT...
Saw the other post . Can you rotate the engine? You may half to take a plug out to fell the compression . Is the battery up? If not,it will turn under a spin...
One other possibility ('cause this is exactly what happened to me on a Yamaha once) is you 1) have a leaking petcock, or 2) neglected to turn it off & have at...
Ok so I have a chance at getting this bike - and need to know if it would be a good deal or not at what needs to be done to it - the guy is selling due to...
The 750a is a good bike to learn on if you don't want to shift gears. Two things to consider,in my opinion. The seat height is pretty high and the bike is...
See if he will come down a little for the maintenance items. Don't know why you would change the chain with 26 k on the bike . You can lower the front with the...
Cool thanks !! I think I have made up my mind :) ... See if he will come down a little for the maintenance items. Don't know why you would change the chain...
Hi All, A while back I wrote looking for a mechanic in/around Pensacola. I wanted to let you know we found a great one in Milton Florida. His name is...
Ok so I found a differnt bike than the one on Ebay I had been looking at and its a 78 - 750 CC - Hondamatic - I havent seen it yet but the guy has it priced at...
I once bought a bike "that just needed the carbs cleaned and a battery. I have since dubbed it "The Money Pit". To do a proper job of cleaning the carbs,it...
I bought my 76 in similar shape. It had not ran in years. The owner had ridden it into the garage, shut it off and walked away. I had to do a...
As far as determining if the engine is stuck or not, I'd try using the kickstarter. Not that it's likely to run, but at least you'd know whether or not the...
Thanks all - I talked so some mechanics today and got vague ball park figures and I am gonna go over there tomorrow nite to take a look with one of them - if...
Yep, I'm in Phoenix and I saw a 1978 CB400A posted on Craiglist in Tucson. So I went down and got it. It has just under 8k original miles on it. He gave me...
I'm pretty sure they have one in the [files] section over on the Hondamatic_400 yahoo site. If you have the 400 (or 450cc) version, that's probably the best...
Finally got my bike - CM400A - 81 - 16,800 miles - 1200 bucks. Needs the seat recovered or a new one totally but I got it today and they brought it to me from...
Congratulations! The 400 is a good choice to start on. Seat is lower then other A models and the bike is considerbly lighter. Just remember "practice makes...
Sue, Congratulations. Good place to start - Now, about that seat - I got one that worked out perfectly for my '78 CB400A via JCWhitney. Can't remember how much...
Thanks also Paul and like I said in the first post this morning i was realy surprised that it was that easy to handle and I was making the turns just fine but...
Oh and thanks for the reminder on Whitney - I found a ton of guys out here to do reupholstery with custom colors, etc - the padding is all still ok - jsut the...
great ! Thanks - I am thinking I dont want to go leather again on the seat - lol - at 109 today already and climbing it was a wee bit warm I went for a little...
re. "I need to get some good night time glasses - " Yep. And hopefully you already have (and AlWaYs wear) a fairly new helmet, leather gloves, "serious"...
I am sorry i did not get around to sending out the most important message of the year in time... But please remember NEVER jump your bike from a car or truck....
ok in fixing the 81 CM400A up I need a new seat cover and I decided against the fiberglass bags, I have a set of leather hard sided bags that I am going to...
I have three bikes now and have some extra parts. Wheels, some plastics, lights, seats, speedo, and a bunch of little things. let me know what you need I may...
he still seems to have some issues with being able to start it and keep it started - dont quote understand it since it was starting and running fine before he...
Too bad about the bike. I thought it was running ok before and that you able to ride it. What happened? By the way- your pictures didn't work. ... keep it...
Oh I was able to ride it - but the seat was ripped, needed a paint job and general little things - he kept trying to say to not blame him if the bike wouldn't...
Hi. Found the group when I was recently given my uncle's 1977 Hondamatic CB750A. It only has 1150 original miles on it! He said he had the carbs done two years...
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