Original CB750F sales brochure 4 sale

[shafty]

Quite rare I would think...


http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Parts-accessories/Manuals-magazines/auction-117830206.htm

[HenryDorsetCase]

bling for the heads up. I had one of those, same colour even. I'd like another one too... they are undervalued compared to the other SOHC 4's IMO: better bikes too....

[xwhatsit]

That is an incredibly handsome bike, I must say. Almost on a par with a 750 K0.

Decent bikes to own? How much?

[shafty]

Yes they were - nothing like todays performance or braking, but quite capable. I had a mint yellow one with new original exhaust up until about 5 years ago, should have kept it, - same old story, you'd think we'd learn! Traded it on a mint FJ1200, traded that on a demo R1150R, started feeling the cold on winter rides, hence the ST. They were quite a statement in their day, being the first (?) rear disc brake on a production model, plus factory 4:1.

[jonbuoy]

Cool. I don't know why the F's are considered the black sheep of the SOHC's OK I can understand the F2 with its dodgy motor but not the F1's.

[xwhatsit]

Yes they were - nothing like todays performance or braking, but quite capable. I had a mint yellow one with new original exhaust up until about 5 years ago, should have kept it, - same old story, you'd think we'd learn! Traded it on a mint FJ1200, traded that on a demo R1150R, started feeling the cold on winter rides, hence the ST. They were quite a statement in their day, being the first (?) rear disc brake on a production model, plus factory 4:1.


Hahaha yeah, `should have kept it', that's right up there with `didn't see you mate'.

Today, would they be a ludicrously expensive proposition -- not only to buy, but to run? I see they're going for $US2500-4000 or so. As somebody who has little interest in `today's performance and braking', I can completely see myself on one of these.

Falling in love again ;) Something about those headers, although CB400/4 has to be the ultimate visual impact.

[Indiana_Jones]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=37781&highlight=tamiya&page=3


<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56259&d=1173939644">

<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56260&d=1173939644">

Model of a CB750F I made a while ago :)

-Indy

[xwhatsit]

Hey, nice model. That's a CB750F2, of uncertain mechanical aptitude (according to jonbuoy) though, isn't it?

The 80s really weren't very kind, aesthetically, to motorcycles. The CB750F1 looks so much more graceful.

[shafty]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=37781&highlight=tamiya&page=3


<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56259&d=1173939644">

<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56260&d=1173939644">

Model of a CB750F I made a while ago :)

-Indy

WOW THATS REALISTIC!!

[shafty]

Brochure sold for $32.00 - cheers for interest shown, - at that price I'm confident it's going to a good home

[jonbuoy]

Hey, nice model. That's a CB750F2, of uncertain mechanical aptitude (according to jonbuoy) though, isn't it?

The 80s really weren't very kind, aesthetically, to motorcycles. The CB750F1 looks so much more graceful.

Thats a DOHC F, the SOHC F2 four had the dodgy cylinder head easily identifiable as they were painted black.

[xwhatsit]

Honda -- dodgy cylinder heads -- a lifetime legacy :lol:

Vintage literature seems to sell quite well. I was going to buy an RS brochure, the one with Takazumi Katayama zooming around a track in racing leathers on it. I was hoping to nab it for a couple of dollars, but it quickly went past $25 to my disappointment.

<img src="http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=47927&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1165634959"> (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=47927&d=1165634959)

[fergie]

ya made me all nervous now re the statements about dodgy f2's. what was the problem?

[xwhatsit]

ya made me all nervous now re the statements about dodgy f2's. what was the problem?

Yours is the DOHC, though, innit? No worries :cool:

I need a CB400 Four and an early SOHC CB750 in my gargre. Then I can die happy.