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Offline spiritof67

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International Four Owners Association
« on: January 25, 2015, 02:42:17 PM »
Most people posting here haven't been in the CB750 world long enough or deep enough to remember the signature organization that in its own way led to SOHC4, i.e. the IFOA. It was begun when the first CB750s hit the streets, well before there was a real dealer understanding of the care and feeding - or idiosyncracies - of the machines. We actually had to rely on each other. So an organization emerged to help you do just that. Members got a monthly publication, discounts and/or early access to new pieces ((Bowman oil pans, spin-on oil filter adapters, on-bike carburetor synchronizers (!), etc. In a previous post I had promised to put up some of the issues of the monthly publication. Here they are.

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Re: International Four Owners Association
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2015, 04:01:56 PM »
Many thanks for your efforts!
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2015, 04:13:18 PM »
Awesome..  ;)
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2015, 05:27:07 PM »
appreciate it, thank you....Larry

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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2015, 02:30:07 AM »
thank's from spain

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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2015, 02:39:50 AM »
yep, we had a Honda Four Owners Club here in NZed. got some tools, some great and not so great ideas and rode the snot out of them. good times.
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Re: International Four Owners Association
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2015, 11:53:23 AM »
Glad to see that people are interested in Jurassic era CB750 lore....a motorcycle that Honda used to set new attitudes, for good and bad. Good, in that they put the first successful modern OHC 4 engine motorcycle into the mix, and at an affordable price. Good, in that they spawned a whole industry that catered to the touring, racing, custom genres that still exist today, as do many of the original manufacturers.

Bad in that Honda allowed seemingly easy to wrangle faults to continue through multiple years of motorcycles, like early CB's being notorious for having dead batteries due to the charging system being set as if we were always on an Interstate, or not doing the now-familiar cooperation with a tire manufacturer to provide a decent performance tire as OEM....and selling a motorcycle with a seriously lacking chain for years while trying to lube it with engine oil......

But I still have a lot of the early days accessories for the CB and I intend to rebuild my pre-K1 with all of them on board....Bowman oil pan, Vetter Phantom fairing, Karl Heinrich 6.5 gallon tank (yes, really..one of two imported to the US), Teflon plastic rear sprocket, Craven panniers and rear rack, Kimtab wheels, Marzocchi 38mm forks with twin discs and Checkered Flag Customs magnesium mount, oil pressure gauge, on-board carburetor balancing and a bunch more stuff along with (hopefully) a Mark McGrew 836cc touring torque motor.

Like they used to say, watch this space, and enjoy the IFOA stuff. If I get a a chance I'll scan my back patch size IFOA patch..

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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2015, 12:31:52 PM »
Cheers mate.
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Re: International Four Owners Association
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2015, 01:34:18 PM »
Subscribed! And thanks from South Africa!
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Re: International Four Owners Association
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2015, 10:32:51 AM »
very cool... thanks for sharing!

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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2015, 02:58:53 PM »
Always like reading old articles from back in the day and also checking out the adds.  Nice job !

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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2015, 10:58:53 AM »


Subscribed!

Always like reading old articles from back in the day and also checking out the adds.  Nice job !

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