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Re: Air Box Mod Per HondaMan - But for an "F" CB750
« Reply #50 on: October 13, 2013, 01:14:45 PM »
As an aside I test rode a lot of 750's in the day working in a Honda shop. The fastest one belonged to a friend of mine, a K6. It was way faster than my K3 & another buddies K0. I know it was stock because I rebuilt it at some point and I could see no reason why it was so good. Maybe it was a freak, I'm sure not saying K6's were the fastest, only saying most often it's the guy twisting the throttle.

Yep, there were definitely "Freaks" out there Brent, I bought a pair of rough old K2's from a guy back in the late 1990's and one of them was an absolute joy to ride. The clutch and gearbox was the best I'd used, the engine was smooth and powerful, but when I stripped it down (to replace the head and cylinder block that had some fins knocked off, it was all stock standard, and I don't think it'd ever been touched.

I restored it and sold it to an English "Back Packer" who was going to ride it around Oz. He got as far as Sydney and had it serviced, and it started to blow smoke, so he contacted me to ask if I could get him new pistons and rings, but I suggested that he dump the crappy thin Pennzoil out and put some Penrite HPR30 back in, and magically, it stopped smoking, and I never heard from him again. Cheers, Terry. ;D

He died after his engine blew and he lost control over a cliff into the pacific. Good going Terry

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Re: Air Box Mod Per HondaMan - But for an "F" CB750
« Reply #51 on: October 13, 2013, 01:29:09 PM »
As an aside I test rode a lot of 750's in the day working in a Honda shop. The fastest one belonged to a friend of mine, a K6. It was way faster than my K3 & another buddies K0. I know it was stock because I rebuilt it at some point and I could see no reason why it was so good. Maybe it was a freak, I'm sure not saying K6's were the fastest, only saying most often it's the guy twisting the throttle.

Yep, there were definitely "Freaks" out there Brent, I bought a pair of rough old K2's from a guy back in the late 1990's and one of them was an absolute joy to ride. The clutch and gearbox was the best I'd used, the engine was smooth and powerful, but when I stripped it down (to replace the head and cylinder block that had some fins knocked off, it was all stock standard, and I don't think it'd ever been touched.

I restored it and sold it to an English "Back Packer" who was going to ride it around Oz. He got as far as Sydney and had it serviced, and it started to blow smoke, so he contacted me to ask if I could get him new pistons and rings, but I suggested that he dump the crappy thin Pennzoil out and put some Penrite HPR30 back in, and magically, it stopped smoking, and I never heard from him again. Cheers, Terry. ;D

He died after his engine blew and he lost control over a cliff into the pacific. Good going Terry

Damn, I didn't think anyone else knew. OK, send me your Paypal details and I'll send you some "hush money"............. ;D
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Re: Air Box Mod Per HondaMan - But for an "F" CB750
« Reply #52 on: October 13, 2013, 02:00:40 PM »
As an aside I test rode a lot of 750's in the day working in a Honda shop. The fastest one belonged to a friend of mine, a K6. It was way faster than my K3 & another buddies K0. I know it was stock because I rebuilt it at some point and I could see no reason why it was so good. Maybe it was a freak, I'm sure not saying K6's were the fastest, only saying most often it's the guy twisting the throttle.

Yep, there were definitely "Freaks" out there Brent, I bought a pair of rough old K2's from a guy back in the late 1990's and one of them was an absolute joy to ride. The clutch and gearbox was the best I'd used, the engine was smooth and powerful, but when I stripped it down (to replace the head and cylinder block that had some fins knocked off, it was all stock standard, and I don't think it'd ever been touched.

I restored it and sold it to an English "Back Packer" who was going to ride it around Oz. He got as far as Sydney and had it serviced, and it started to blow smoke, so he contacted me to ask if I could get him new pistons and rings, but I suggested that he dump the crappy thin Pennzoil out and put some Penrite HPR30 back in, and magically, it stopped smoking, and I never heard from him again. Cheers, Terry. ;D

He died after his engine blew and he lost control over a cliff into the pacific. Good going Terry

Damn, I didn't think anyone else knew. OK, send me your Paypal details and I'll send you some "hush money"............. ;D
At an early age I was taught to keep my mouth shut. Your secret is safe with me. ;D

That's great Bobby, thanks. I'm watching a programme about some of your relatives in New York from "back in the day" and how Rudy Giuliani credits himself with shutting down some of their business, and I just think, "What an Arsehole", Am I right? Anyway, when I come over to pay you a visit visit I'll repay you with good whisky. ;D
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But we were boys, and boys will be boys, and so they will. To us, everything was dangerous, but what of that? Had we not been made to live forever?