Topic: New Forum Member - Looking at a CB750 - need guidance

[kyle750]

Many thanks for the input and replies.  Very much appreciated and very helpful. Thank You Gentlemen! The mirrors should be arriving soon.  Seeing how the new chrome looks should give me a good idea of the direction I will be taking with the bike.  I also ordered NOS front fork boot covers from Japan so they might take a little longer to get here.  I think I'm off to a good start but with a  . . . .  very long way to go!

No Hurry as I want to enjoy the Journey with the Bike.  The final destination is unimportant!

[kyle750]

I just saw photos of a new concept car that IMO is a high tech monstrosity. No rear window only a video screen for a driver to watch.   Here is a quote from the article

"Car manufacturers have spent the last 20 years inserting electronics between the driver and functional analogue features. Giant touch screens have replaced tactical and easy-to-use buttons."

Did I mention how much I love the simple analog gauges and simple mirrors of the Honda CB 

[jlh3rd]

my '08 silverado has manual door locks, windows, knobs, buttons, analog gauges, mechanical mirrors, no key fob, no screen, no carpet, mechanical seat adjust, .

[kyle750]

^ ^ ^ Yes Sir! ^ ^ ^

[MauiK3]

I recently drove a newer Escalade by Cadillac. The rear view mirror was a screen. Very disorienting when first used. I really don't see why we would want to make that a screen, it seems to be tech for tech's sake.

[M 750K6]

Useful if you have a tall passenger in the middle rear seat, or a full load in the rear. Not useful at any time if you need reading glasses, as I do!

[bryanj]

Here in UK all the HGV are going to camera type mirrors, problem is that if one gets damaged the truck has to be recovered as you are not allowed to drive with no mirrors, cracked is ok,
When we had a demo Daf(Paccar) the mirror was written off by a another truck parking, it cost £500 and the truck was off the road for 3 weeks after recovery before a new one was fitted and working

[Kelly E]

I'm still driving my 93' F250 4x4 diesel with the last year of mechanical injection. It will probably outlive me.

[jlh3rd]

super nice......
I still wrench on my stuff, and family's. I have a good bi-directional scanner. But I/we are going by the wayside. I've had two good independents close in the last 3 years. (mandatory inspections here).
What happens when one of the 27+ modules in my truck become unavailable....plus, well, not 25 anymore.

[bryanj]

The next generation of "back street mechanics" will be ones that can take a "brain" from one make/model of car and make it work on another