First off,gotta say this is THE best site I have ever come across for our beloved Hondas.Now for my story.May of 1970,I buy a 70 candy red 750at Nelson Motorcycles in Toronto,my employer.Total cost,$1350.00.Assembled it myself.Yanked the baffles about the third day!Rode it otherwise stock for the first few years.Then the Hi-po bug bit me.First up,Yosh 812 with alum rods,CR spec crank,Daytona cam,and ELP Tarkus inspired paint scheme{what the hell was I thinking!]Any way,not fast enough.Next up,rip it apart,chrome the frame and swing arm,install RC 1000 Cobra kit with golden rods,webers,factory CR gearbox,and heli-coil every alum thread in the engine.To this I added factory CR forks and added air adjust.To finish the front I installed the RH CR caliper holder and thinned the twin discs as per CR specs.Top it off with a genuine Kawi H1R fender,and braided brake lines.A Lockhart cooler tapped into the scavenge line kept things from melting.In the rear,a Yam 650 front caliper and Honda disc with Marsocchi shocks.The bike was now real fast{by mid 70's standards]I enjoyed many miles of happy motoring,including a few entries at Mosport Park.I still own the bike,though parked for now awaiting a teardown for new main and rod bearings.I owned a '75 400F that I raced in production and endurance events in Canada and U.S.That was one fine machine Mr. Honda.For the present I ride an '83 1100F that is plenty quik stock so is only being subjected to minor refinements to more personalize it.Gotta love those gold wheels!So thats my story and I'm stickin toit.Glad to be aboard and hope to contribute.
