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Golden Triangle Rider,, Extreme detailed 750 history.
« on: December 08, 2009, 12:09:58 AM »
I just stumbled on this tonite, have to go back and read more!

 Started to read the CB 750 section (thread), it was a bit overwhelming, plan to go back soon.
 I did not provide a link, but figure I would spread the word here. maybe it old news to some, but I was pretty surprised by the content.
 Several quite interesting pre production pics and info....
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Re: Golden Triangle Rider,, Extreme detailed 750 history.
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2009, 04:54:26 AM »
Here is the link...

http://www.gt-rider.com/thailand-motorcycle-forum/honda-cb750-sohc-t5397.html

Very interesting - thanks Frank ;)

Especially this....Andy (736cc) was correct...

"The American introduction happened in Las Vegas at the 10th American Honda dealer convention January 1969 American Honda had some sales problem in USA and they needed the Honda CB750 desperately to change the negative sales trend. Mr Harada and Soichiro Honda himself flew in for the convention and Honda had a few prototypes there for testing and some bikes were driven up from California to Nevada. After the convention a few bikes toured the dealers on the west coast. The models were partly the prototype with drum brakes from the CB450. Probably all the bikes were prototypes with different specifications. It also seems that the rumors that Honda did a special pre-production assembly line in order to deliver samples to American dealers and people with special connections to Honda, is correct. The amount of bikes later found, that are not from the first K0 production lot and not real prototypes is quite enormous. "


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Re: Golden Triangle Rider,, Extreme detailed 750 history.
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2009, 07:43:29 AM »
Another interesting tidbit:
At the Expo, Kawasaki was also there with their [then] 750cc DOHC four. They had it as a prototype, considering production in about a year, and wanted to test the potential market reception. Honda had obtained the premier site on the floor and the techs started setting up their display in the late evening, under wraps. Around midnight, one of the Kawasaki people came down from the room where they were staying with their show bike, to start their setup. He peeked under Honda's curtain: what he saw shook him up and he went back upstairs to report to the others that the CB750 was already a reality, no longer a prototype.

Kawasaki's folks immediately contacted Japan, and it was decided that they would not go head-to-head with the mighty Honda company, especially since they were a long way from production. They did not want to look like a "me, too" project, especially with just a prototype. So, they withdrew from the show altogether and returned to Japan.

The code name for the Kawi was "The New York Steak". It became the ill-fated, rushed-to-production Z1 900, just two years later. It missed being the world's first "introduced" 4 cylinder bike by 2 hours, to the Honda Four.

But then, there's a lot of things the Honda Four does better than the Kawi, even if the "Z" does have another 150cc...  :)
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Re: Golden Triangle Rider,, Extreme detailed 750 history.
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2009, 07:58:44 AM »
 After posting I thoight tha maybe a lot of this is in some of the books (that I have not read).

  It may be, but I doubt some of them stories, such as first 750 owner in Finland or Norway, with dates and descriptions of the reception it got, make for great reading..

 Irs probably hard for todays generation to imagine a bike world without 4 cyl  bikes on the road and then suddenly one appears!

 Old Scrambler has some wonderful stories about working in California at a Honda dealership, when the first came out.
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Re: Golden Triangle Rider,, Extreme detailed 750 history.
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2009, 08:06:07 AM »
I enjoyed hearing about the Finnish guy riding around the world on his CB750 - since this is my next goal it is very inspirational!

Here is a photo from the link - taken in the 70s before RTW became common...amazing stuff...







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2. CB750/810cc K2  - road racer with JMR worked head 71 hp
3. Yamaha Tenere T700 2022

Where did you go on your bike today? - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=45183.2350