Topic: You don't see one of these every day.

[bill440cars]

Yeah Bill, the fact that I didn't kill myself on that thing is pretty amazing, but joining the Army took me away from a lot of that life threatening machinery, and gave me the money to buy my first decent bike, a shiny new CB750, which tried it's best to kill me a couple of times, ha ha!

   LOL, yeah, but you are too ornery, Terry. After all, where would we be, if you weren't here?    Wouldn't be the same, without the likes of you here, don't ya know? 
I can surely understand your buying that shiny new CB750. I was stationed in Northern Japan, when those first came out and you couldn't buy them in Japan, so one guy bought one, had it shipped to him and when he hit the streets of the small town of Misawa, Japan, the folks on Base and off, sure took notice, I guarantee you. 

[Terry in Australia]

Yeah mate, I lived in a small country town and I still remember when the first couple of CB750's arrived, everybody who was even remotely interested in motorcycles turned up at the local Honda dealer just wanting to take a look, same for the Suzuki GT750 2 stroke water cooled triples, and of course the mighty Kawasaki Z1's. I don't think any other motorcycles since have caused such a stir! Cheers, Terry.

[bill440cars]

Yeah mate, I lived in a small country town and I still remember when the first couple of CB750's arrived, everybody who was even remotely interested in motorcycles turned up at the local Honda dealer just wanting to take a look, same for the Suzuki GT750 2 stroke water cooled triples, and of course the mighty Kawasaki Z1's. I don't think any other motorcycles since have caused such a stir! Cheers, Terry.

           I can well imagine. When that guy, in Japan, where I was, got his 750 and road it downtown, the locals were just in awe, at the size and all. As were most of us, on the base. I remember also that when the Kawasaki 500 Triple was introduced. I read a magazine article that said a new one was taken straight to Lion's Drag Strip in California, still in the crate. Got it out, assembled, serviced, made some runs, put it up against a HD Sportster and blew the wheels off of the Sportster. They went on to say that, on the 1/4 Mile, The Kawasaki would win, against the Honda CB750, but of course, when those 2 were out on the highway, the 750 came into it's own and passed the Kaw. easily.