Author Topic: Please post photos of various colors and years of stock cb750s (Read 2831 times)

RAFster122s · « **on:** December 26, 2018, 09:55:19 PM »

I am on a quest for photos of stock cb750 bikes and the colors of each of the years from '69 to '78

It is part of a plan to make a Tshirt featuring all 10 years of the production run of the CB750 with the '69 K0 sandcast being featured in the middle. And plan is to have the current production Honda on the back.

Birth of the Super Bike
1969 Honda CB750K

will likely be on the front and current offering on the back is part of a marketing pitch I am going to be pitching Honda America to allow the Honda logo to be used and the Honda emblems to be shown on the bike shirts being sold.
They are very protective, and have to be to keep the trademarks, of the Honda logo and the Honda Wing emblem.
SO, if they are a marketing tool that can be used to feature the cb750 and this year's models maybe they would be willing to allow us to use it on the shirts that don't have the current production featured. Part of my pitch is multi-faceted and I hope they will go for it.

So, post up some good pics and I will be taking recommendations on colors to represent each of the years.

The Candy Red is likely the color for the '69.

Oh, the photos will be photoshopped to make them less of a photo and more suitable for Tshirt usage, but not so far off...a filter to make the lines a little more prominent...cross of a sketch with a real photo.

The F bikes will be featured in the first year for the F, so the F(own)-ers out there won't be left out in the cold...

Thank you!

David

ekpent · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2018, 05:38:06 AM »

Call me picky but I would use the blue/aqua color for the 69/70 since it was not used much and very well liked and the red was also used in 1971. Good luck on your project and good timing for the 750's 50th anniversary.

emlupi · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2018, 09:56:09 AM »

Here’s a K2 in Candy Gold

MauiK3 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 27, 2018, 10:21:40 AM »

K3 in candy blue green, they never came with this color but it was the color of my K0 back in the day.
+1 on candy blue green for 69, after K0 they did not use it again until the 75 Gold Wing, for one year. It's a relatively rare color.
http://honda750expert.com/

This link takes you to a break down of the years/colors, as well as a wealth of other things.

Johnie · « **Reply #4 on:** December 27, 2018, 10:42:33 AM »

Here's my 69 blue, 70 red, 71gold, 73 green, & 74 orange. Good luck with your project.

ekpent · « **Reply #5 on:** December 27, 2018, 03:19:17 PM »

Very nice Johnie !

Johnie · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2018, 04:01:07 PM »

Thanks Eric. That K3 & K4 are original paint too.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #7 on:** December 27, 2018, 04:35:41 PM »

Quote from: Johnie on December 27, 2018, 10:42:33 AM

Here's my 69 blue, 70 red, 71gold, 73 green, & 74 orange. Good luck with your project.

Johnie, got any good photos of the 69 not in shadows like that photo...

Eric, is Johnie's blue the blue green you refer to?
Sounds like the 71 or 70 in candy red would make more sense...
The 750 have any unique colors that should be featured for a certain year?
I want to create a colorful eye catching design. So, having no repeating colors would be nice.
They may not have sold a certain color very well, but that doesn't mean we won't use it.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #8 on:** December 27, 2018, 04:37:58 PM »

Is Motorera's info on the cb750 colors accurate?

MauiK3 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 27, 2018, 08:03:14 PM »

K0 candy blue green was a one year color.
Does not photograph well, the green component does not come through well.

my name is nobody · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2018, 08:05:53 PM »

Planet metallic blue..OEM 1975 K5

AwesomeCB · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2018, 04:02:41 AM »

My 76 in Antares Red

lash · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2018, 09:57:09 AM »

1971 .. no idea why it’s upside down..

lash · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2018, 10:01:29 AM »

1969 red, 1969 blue, 1971 green, 1972 orange..

RAFster122s · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2018, 12:20:01 PM »

Those are some nice bikes everyone has posted.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2018, 12:27:12 PM »

Lash, the pics I need are of individual bikes, not group shots as the 69 is going to be in the center with the other years surrounding the shot of the 69 smaller than the central pic.

There were 11 colors that were one year only...including the 79-80 cb750 that were dohc. I am not including those colors.

No F bikes posted yet...the Sulfur Yellow F has to be in the mix somewhere...

David

Johnie · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2018, 12:50:38 PM »

Raf...yes I do have some of the 69 candy blue/green in the sun. Let me look for them...

Erny · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2018, 04:22:37 PM »

My K7
If you need higher resolution, let me know

Brambly · « **Reply #18 on:** December 29, 2018, 08:21:37 AM »

My 75 Flake Apricot 750

MauiK3 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 29, 2018, 08:25:47 AM »

Brambly
What tires are you running?
Do you like them?

Brambly · « **Reply #20 on:** December 29, 2018, 08:49:46 AM »

Avon Roadriders, i have fitted them to all my classics. They seem to be the most popular in the Uk.

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