Hi all. I am new to the forums and am serving crow today.
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I own a '77 CB750A Hondamatic with 15K and it does does NOT have a hand operated clutch, of course.
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When I read this thread last week I was chuckling with everyone else who thought that the guy asking about it was nuts or had a modified bike. While looking through the Hondamatic Shop manual this weekend for other info guess what I spotted??? That's right!!!
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A Clutch Switch!!! LOL!!!
Here's the deal. For the 1976 model the manual has a picture of a clutch lever on the left hand handle bar just like a manual tranny bike but it does not show a clutch cable, even though there is a spot for it. Instead it shows another connection, closer to the handlebar, that looks like a wire attached and it is refered to as a Clutch Switch! LMAO!!! There is no text anywhere else in the manual about it. Just in the diagram for year 1976. The 1977 and 78 models did not show the clutch lever. And only one small diagram showed the clutch for the 1976. Other diagrams and photos do not show a clutch lever.
I re-read the origonal posts and he says that the clutch had to be pulled in to start the bike or first shift it into nuetral before you can crank it. I believe it. It's just another way to disconnect the torque convertor from the rear wheel. My guess is that it controls a soleniod valve that can block fluid pressure to the 2 clutches in the autotranny. (It has 2 sets of clutch plates, one set for each "gear" selection).
Mystery solved??? My "factory" Honda Manual includes all three years. Maybe the 1976 version has more details on the Clutch Switch. Anyway, his bike may be very rare and worth a lot of collectors dough...
Mmmm!!! This is goooood crow!
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