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Hi all,
Last week I brought home my recently acquired '75 GL1000. It is a cosmeticly clean, complete and original example, and I consider myself honored to have a bike like this to bring back to road worthiness. I've restored other bikes in the past, most recently a 1978 CB750F SuperSport. I know I've got the usual "old bike" stuff to do on it before I even try starting it. It has sat (indoors)since 1993 and shows 40K miles on the clock.
Today a buddy of mine came over to look at it, and before you could say WindJammer III the toolbox was out. We removed the plugs, shot some Marvel Mystery Oil down the cylinders, installed a battery, and cranked briefly. While removing the boots from the plugs, two of the four cables came out of their respective boots. When we pushed them back together and stuck the plugs back in, there was good spark on all four cylinders. Good news indeed.
Since I haven't come across this issue before on the CB750F, I'm wondering what to do here. Should I replace the entire spark plug cable assembly, or simply clip a couple mm off the ends of the cables, and reinsert?
Thanks for your input, and a fantastic forum.
Paul Cook
Haslett, MI
Hi all,
Last week I brought home my recently acquired '75 GL1000. It is a cosmeticly clean, complete and original example, and I consider myself honored to have a bike like this to bring back to road worthiness. I've restored other bikes in the past, most recently a 1978 CB750F SuperSport. I know I've got the usual "old bike" stuff to do on it before I even try starting it. It has sat (indoors)since 1993 and shows 40K miles on the clock.
Today a buddy of mine came over to look at it, and before you could say WindJammer III the toolbox was out. We removed the plugs, shot some Marvel Mystery Oil down the cylinders, installed a battery, and cranked briefly. While removing the boots from the plugs, two of the four cables came out of their respective boots. When we pushed them back together and stuck the plugs back in, there was good spark on all four cylinders. Good news indeed.
Since I haven't come across this issue before on the CB750F, I'm wondering what to do here. Should I replace the entire spark plug cable assembly, or simply clip a couple mm off the ends of the cables, and reinsert?
Thanks for your input, and a fantastic forum.
Paul Cook
Haslett, MI