Topic: 69 cb750 $18k and climbing!

[bender01]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-Honda-CB750_W0QQitemZ330401508875QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item4ced76ee0b
  Is this a sandcast? It doesnt say.I dont know the ser#s off my head.

[Hasenkopf]

saw it....my respose was, ....(yawn).....

[Hasenkopf]

i mean, it's a nice bike,   but the whole  "sandcast' thing.....you know.

[themotoworks]

yeah, that's called shill bidding... bet the reserve is $18,001... bet his wife bid the 18k

[Noel]

First year, 113 miles, stored inside... The seller says it's a museum piece and I'm inclined to agree. The price doesn't surprise me.

I think I'll try for it. I'd like to cafe it, do the tank with Krylon, post a pic here, and see what TwoTired says. 

[754]

It looks pretty good for an unrestored bike.

 serial number is 43XX

 I doubt it will stay under 20K

[Simpson]

sorry, this appears to be a restored bike to me.
Tires, seat, key, oil filter, shock boots, clamps etc...

[Swoop]

Yup ...restored....with several incorrect parts, I believe.

[MasterChief750]

i am by no means an expert but i dont think those are the original gauges either. seems to be a resoration, are the headlight ears painted on an original sandcast?

[Swoop]

And according to this ... http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=65118.0

He is looking for 22,000

[69modelj]

Anyone know when the oil filter housing changed from "smooth" to the "finned" style?

[chrislib]

meh

[cb650]

First year, 113 miles, stored inside... The seller says it's a museum piece and I'm inclined to agree. The price doesn't surprise me.

I think I'll try for it. I'd like to cafe it, do the tank with Krylon, post a pic here, and see what TwoTired says. 

 

[stickman]

113 miles???  He has worst luck than me breaking off a cylinder head fin in 113 miles.........got to be a resto

[Simpson]

For 22k, it should be parts correct. No broken fins..   

[KB02]

I think I'll try for it. I'd like to cafe it, do the tank with Krylon, post a pic here, and see what TwoTired says. 

 

[kos]

Yes, I put on the Sandcast Only seminars at the 2009 AMA Vintage Days with my guest speakers, Bob Hansen, father of the Honda SOHC and Bob Jameson, Dick Mann's tuner Daytona 200 and one of two Americans to be present when this bike was first rolled off production line. And everyone of the SOOC members were very nice and easy to work with, but NONE road any of the bikes to this event, nor do I think they EVER ride them when back at their respect home bases. It's all about "what is your serial number?"

I have never figured out the attraction of a bike that they made over 7400 of being a collectors piece. 5 Corvette Grand Sports or 7 Cobra Daytona coupes...now that's rare and collectible!

The infactuation with the CB750K0.... that had the most problems and was the most troublesome to keep tuned and running correctly... is something I have never understood. I was a mechanic when these came out and all I did was try to stop oil leaks coming from chain oil-er, resetting carb balance settings, replacing rear tires every 2000-2500 miles, and exchanging the crankcases as the chains were breaking on a regular basis.


Again, I like all the people involved with this group and will do whatever I can to support them, but I do have a problem with any group or individual that does not use their motorbike for what is was designed for....riding!


KOS

[Laminar]

yeah, that's called shill bidding... bet the reserve is $18,001... bet his wife bid the 18k

$18,000 was the minimum starting bid.

But looking at the one bidder's history is interesting - almost every single one of his bids in the past 30 days was made within a few hours of an auction's opening.

[Swoop]

but NONE road any of the bikes to this event, nor do I think they EVER ride them when back at their respect home bases. It's all about "what is your serial number?"




KOSagain

Not entirely true....while I trailered my bike from Canada....I rode it back to the hotel and back ....and it is ridden weekly back home. Perhaps many fit your stereo type.....but not all. Bikes were made to ride. IMHO

[754]

I think a lot of classic bike (and cars) are classics because of the CHANGES the ushered in or new performance level or new designs.. NOT because they were fine uber-reliable machines.

 36 EL
 
 AJS Porcupine

 Honda 250 six

 Kawasaki 500 triple

 the list goes on and on.

Now 7400 is/was a lot of bikes, but few bikes in history, got modded into as many forms as the CB 750, there was a lot of attrition..which means there are a lot of incompletes..

 Now if you saved your pennies and saved your dimes, and you finally got that 409, some feel/know that they cant go through all that again if something were to happen to it.

 That is why I sold  # 572... .. if I rode it, I would forever be that "A"hole on the 69...

[Ricky_Racer]

Good Sandcast restorers would make great accountants. And isn't that exciting?    RR

[Swoop]

 That is why I sold  # 572... .. if I rode it, I would forever be that "A"hole on the 69...

Ouch 

[markb]

Anyone know when the oil filter housing changed from "smooth" to the "finned" style?

According to the SOOC forum the first finned oil filter was 4149 so the finned one should be correct on this bike.

I don't care what anyone says, I like my sandcast.

[kos]

but NONE road any of the bikes to this event, nor do I think they EVER ride them when back at their respect home bases. It's all about "what is your serial number?"




KOSagain

Not entirely true....while I trailered my bike from Canada....I rode it back to the hotel and back ....and it is ridden weekly back home. Perhaps many fit your stereo type.....but not all. Bikes were made to ride. IMHO

I stand corrected and how could I forget Big Bob of Chicago area rode his bike around the grounds for three days at AMA Vintage Days event...yep and it was a sandcast and very rough, but no less.... a sandcast.

KOS

[traveler]

A bike is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

~Joe