Topic: Why the Honda CB750

[Magpie]

I've already posted but I may be able to add to it. Before getting my 750 I had the other near "best" bike - a 1968 Triumph Bonneville. It was a great bike however to start it, first pull in the clutch lever and give the kick starter a kick to break the clutch loose, then hold the ticklers down on the carbs until a bit of gas ran out, and got on your hands or soaked into your gloves, turn the key on, turn the choke on and then give the kick starter a good kick. If you were lucky and kept it in good tune, it would start on the first kick. If not well...........  Then the 750, turn gas on, turn choke on, hit the starter button, let idle till warm - GO! There were some issues with the real early ones because of 140 main jets, they fouled plugs like crazy but who cared?
Now, having #$%*ed about the Triumph, I would still like to see this in my driveway.....................

[Magpie]

"Back in the day"

[Tews19]

"Back in the day"

Man if anyone knows how to save this pic to be able to make a poster please let me know! I honk it would be cool to make a wall of Sohc members  vintage pics

[HondaMan]

"Back in the day"

Hey, one of those might have been me!

[shinyribs]

My Dad owned 4 of them off the show room floor. I heard so much about his bikes that I wanted one before I ever got the chance to see on in person. The first one I ever saw is now mine I'll never give it up. I rode a buddies 2006 zx6 recently. The power of his bike is phenomenal compared to my '76F....but it has no "soul".

[mrbreeze]

The ?.........Why the Honda CB750??...........The answer (true John Belushi style).......Why not??

[mrbreeze]

I just started riding last year - getting a motorbike was something I wanted to do but never did.  Then after I met my lady, who has a 1976 CB750F, I knew I had to get one and start riding.  Bought my cousin's Buell Blast to learn on (and to have my first newbie crash on), while wanting something like a Ducati Monster to ride every day.  Anyway, one day after putting her bike back in the garage I was sitting on it, looked down at the engine poking out and started falling in love. A couple weeks later rode the bike for the first time and fell in love - had to get one for myself so we can both ride one together...

yep!!!!!!

[mrbreeze]

Not only did the CB750 change Honda, it radically changed all Motorcycle companies.  How they made, and what they made. It forced the Europeans out of the motorcycle market because they refused to change, and forced the other Japanese manufacturers to make better and more affordable motorbikes for the world. A change that has never stopped evolving solely because of ONE motorcycle, the 1969 CB750. Plus it is a bike that lives up to it's mystique and reputation in every way even to today. Practical, easy to maintain and repair, fairly cheap, and fun to ride.

And yep!!!!

[mrbreeze]

I rode my sandcast CB750 from Wisconsin to LA in the fall of 1969....mostly on Route 66. Not only did people stop me or drive at my side while on the road, the bike always drew a crowd when I stopped.  About 6 weeks after I arrived in LA I was on the bike and at a stop sign in a residential area. A biker on the opposite side of the intersection stopped as we approached each other and wanted to look at MY bike.  It was STEVE McQUEEN .  Is there another reason to have a CB750?  I will never forget his grin after we exchaned bikes and took a ride up the Pacific Coast Highway. When I ride my stock K3 (owned since new) people still look because a bike that shows the motor and has stock pipes is sooooooo coooooool.

......I've seen his XR750 Harley at Corbins in Hollister..........The man was fer sure a biker with good taste.............

[mrbreeze]

I just knew that growing up in the 70's I would own a CB750. I mean everyone that I ever saw riding one would rev the hell out of it and the sound in the upper RPM range would just make my neck hair stand on end! It just was so cool 

gotta give that a yep also!!!!

[PeWe]

I got the infection, brain disorder january 1979. The first 5 years I used it a lot during summer, drove a lot with other friends because it was so fun.
The 4 following years mostly from point A to B and touring 5000-6000km in Europe during 3 weeks each year. 1989-1990 not many miles at all and into hibernation in a barn september 1990.
Took it back to my garage 3 years ago, opened the engine 2010 to inspect the head, pistons. Opened complete this year and have now purched a lot of parts from CycleX, VintageCB750,CMSNL,Wemoto and various eBay sellers. Have purchased part for over $3000US, only tires and repaint the frame left. Then put it together.

Instead of latest restore I could have bought a much newer bike, Kawasaki 1200 -2000 over 200hp (192 original) with only 8000km for $9.500 US. From a friend that can have a bike for years and it look better than new.

But I do not want another bike than mine, CB750 with its wonderful sound and all my memories I have since I was 18,5 years old.

[Stev-o]

Why? Because they are so cool!

Your Dad thinks you got a bad deal? Have you shown them how much they are selling for on eBay? (I haven't seen your new one, BTW).

OK, when is the intervention, need to book my flight to WI. Better yet, I will ride my 750!

[Tews19]

Why? Because they are so cool!

Your Dad thinks you got a bad deal? Have you shown them how much they are selling for on eBay? (I haven't seen your new one, BTW).

OK, when is the intervention, need to book my flight to WI. Better yet, I will ride my 750!

I have shown him ebay prices. But he is an stubborn old man at times. I made a build thread. Already started with the cleaning process. I tried to remove the oil tank but thats a PITA.

[Teatimetim]

My Story goes a lil something like this.    I was about 10, a guy pulled in the driveway and I noticed a motorcycle in the back of his truck.    He and my dad rolled it out of the back of his truck and parked it in front of the Garage.  No it wasn't a 750, it was a cb450 twin, matalic green.  My dad said he was going to get back to motorcycling to work.

At some point my dad attempted his license and failed.  After that he parked it in the garaged.  Every year he would license it, and every year he would take the license and every year he would fail..  He never rode or practice, don't ask me why..  He had had a knuckle head back in the day so Motorcycles were not new to him.  But it was a bonus for me.  From the age of 10 I was allowed to ride it around the yard, I rode it all day.. If I ran it out of gas I siphoned some out of his nova.  By the time I was 12 I could handle the thing like a pro, and at night I would intentionally leave the Garage door open.  We live in the country so this was not much of an issues, we didn't even take the keys out of the car.  our driveway was downhill, and once you got on the road, downhill another quartermile, so I would get it rolling, roll down the driveway, down the road, and at the end pop the clutch in 4th and take it out for several hours.  I did this all summer

By the time I was 16 I could ride well, and I took my motorcycle test on it.  passed the same day dad failed again.  After that the bike really became mine.  I road with a friend who had a CB350f, and we ride hard scraping the pegs ect.. and we would look at all the magazines, and dream of the day we could own a 750, or some other supper bike.

Thats why the 750, it is the dream of it, its ride ability, its ability to be a sport bike one minute and a Touring bike the next, and its requirement that you do maintenance on it, and become one with it.

I still have the Green Honda cb450 twin, and it will soon be restored too.  Just some things that make you feel one with the world.