New member from South Coast NSW Australia

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Hi everyone,
I just purchased this CBX750F 1984 model frame number and compliance plate match (RC17-2005966) and the compliance plate also has the month and year 3/1984.
I have a few questions for those experienced CBX750 owners. The guy I bought this bike from said it was running 10 years ago had a recent top end rebuild then but had some electrical problems hence he stopped riding it. It also had a small gasket leak and the engine had a rattling noise when not under load that went away under acceleration. I assume the rattle is either a cam chain tensioner issue or the cam chain has stretched and needs replacing. So I have ordered a new one and full gasket kit but I want to sort the electrical issue out before I tear the engine down (this will be my first road bike tear down) I have experience with dirt bike engine rebuilds.
Electrical Issues
I intend to drain the tank and refurbish the caby's. Buy a new lithium battery spark plugs and begin tracking down the electrical issues.
Any common failure points to look out for?
Exhaust System
I also noticed most images and videos of this model have a 4 into 2 exhaust system. This bike has a 4 into 1 ( is that an after market system and muffler) or was there a choice when purchasing for or were there variations in different country's build years etc??

Any help in getting me started in the right direction would be very helpful. I am keen to get cracking on this build.

Cheers,

J

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Ohh and I realise this site is mostly dedicated to the CBX1000 however the TeamRC17 website is not operational at the moment and there doesn't seem to have been any posts in the google group so here I am hoping the big brother has the same issues and is inherently similar despite the obvious engine and exhaust systems.

[steve murdoch icoa #5322]

Welcome to the site, J.
Don't have a lot of knowledge of your bike but have a look at a North American Nighthawk site. There are some similarities.
http://www.cb750.com/forums/22-The-DOHC-Garage-(1984-)

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Thanks Steve,

I will check it out.