lucky find 71 CB750

[DGXSER]

To give you an idea of how hard the title process is, I just had to pass on a 78 CB750 complete unmolested bike, been sitting in a garage for ten years. Sale price was $200. There is a 71 some assembly required but all there for $400. And this is by business owners, who have a process to get the title here in Ohio.

[IanDMacDonald]

Hop on up to Michigan Don. Our title process is a little easier I believe.

[jetmechmarty]

It's easy to get what you call a 'title' here (now you would be very envious of that!)...

It depends entirely upon which one of our 50 governments you're dealing with.

[jetmechmarty]

To give you an idea of how hard the title process is, I just had to pass on a 78 CB750 complete unmolested bike, been sitting in a garage for ten years. Sale price was $200. There is a 71 some assembly required but all there for $400. And this is by business owners, who have a process to get the title here in Ohio.

So, maybe there's a good business opportunity in hauling no title bikes to Georgia, or some other state where they aren't required? One still needs to take care to ensure proper ownership. Mistakes could be expensive.

Stolen 1953 Triumph Tiger 100 Found 46 Years Later

[cpmaynard1980]

Well at first I thought that if I put the price i got it at, it may affect the sale price if it ever came to that day. I got sparkles, and the parts bike and the bins of parts for 500 bucks. Sparkles has a title. Im working on the title for the parts bike. Ill put pics of the other bike up here in a little bit. Thanks for all the feed back guys.

[cpmaynard1980]

well I pulled the bike out today and sent it off to johns to be worked on. Heres a pic of what it looks like.



This is the one im trying to get the title for. What a nice patina after sitting 30+ years.

[James England]

It's always sad to see bikes like that after years of abuse and neglect. Enough time, money and effort can resurrect them though.

I think usually one has to do it for the love of it and it's easy to have a total spend of more than the bike is worth in restored condition. From an accountancy point of view, restorations don't, I've found, add up but, hey, that's not what they are about for me.

[cpmaynard1980]

Yeah this one doesnt have much going for it besides running well and I do have some spares in the garage. I dont have the cash for a correct resto on it. Its at Nightingales house to be transformed into a stretched and raked hardtail 70's style chopper with a girder front end. The purist may say its the wrong thing to do but its better to be riding it then to send it to the scrap heap of let it rust to oblivion. Thanks for the comments.

I post this here cause there is better feedback then other forums.

[XrockerS]

Lucky find indeed! Sparkles is a beauty. that parts bike sure looks like it would make a great rat bike as well. what are you planning to do with the front end when you chop it out?

[cpmaynard1980]

Well I bought a girder front for it online. It looked good in pics and when a friend went to go pick it up and brought it back here, come to find out its bent twisted and made of really thin wall square tube, basically junk. Back to the drawing board.