Honda SOHC/4 owners.

[Bonez]

Show us your kit and share stories on your CB350/4 though to CB750/4 SOHC bikes. Also usefull links/resources for other owner to use.

I've had a few- 500, 550, 650 and 750. Still got a '76 550F in reasonably good nick, had it 23 years (it was 10 years old when I bought it) and parts to keep her going for a few more years yet. Comes out every now and again as Gerble has taken over the slot as daily ride. Did my first Napier/Taihape winter a run on a ratty, leaky old 500/4 with 550 tank and Saga 4 into one exhuast many moons ago.


http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...8&d=1097999896

[toycollector10]

On the Summit Road a couple of years ago. My son with his Mitsubishi Galant 16L from 1973. My bike, a '69 K0.

Here is the resource: www.sohc4.net

[Paulo]

Toycollector , were you the guy from christchurch who picked up the 2 cb750's for $750 about a week and a half ago on trade me. If so good on you You beat me to it by about ten minutes. Bugger.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Toycollector , were you the guy from christchurch who picked up the 2 cb750's for $750 about a week and a half ago on trade me. If so good on you You beat me to it by about ten minutes. Bugger.

No, that was me. The guy was a real gentleman to deal with, too. The parts have arrived in Christchurch, I just have to pick them up.

i have had a bunch of them over the years mainly 750's but 400's as well.

My plans for the current ones (once I see what I have bought... I really have no idea) is a cafe racer style 750: Like jonbuoys one, or one of Carpy's ones... or any manner of others. I am fizzing at the bung about it to be honest:

Clipons, long tank, bum stop seat, rearsets. either a flyscreen or bikini fairing.

Oh, and I have the colour scheme sorted too. White with the rising sun flag.

anyone got either a 75-78 GL1000 front end lying around? (with triple clamps, wheel and guard) or a set of Ohlins RWU forks (with maybe some 18 inch Dymags.... and AP racing brakes)... oooh errrr.

[Tone165]

In case anyone is interested or planning a Oz holiday soon......

http://www.hondafourrally.com/

[Paulo]

No, that was me. The guy was a real gentleman to deal with, too. The parts have arrived in Christchurch, I just have to pick them up.

i have had a bunch of them over the years mainly 750's but 400's as well.

My plans for the current ones (once I see what I have bought... I really have no idea) is a cafe racer style 750: Like jonbuoys one, or one of Carpy's ones... or any manner of others. I am fizzing at the bung about it to be honest:

Clipons, long tank, bum stop seat, rearsets. either a flyscreen or bikini fairing.

Oh, and I have the colour scheme sorted too. White with the rising sun flag.

anyone got either a 75-78 GL1000 front end lying around? (with triple clamps, wheel and guard)

Lucky bugger!, well glad they went to someone who appreciates it, I've been doing my own Cafe project with my cb750 F1 I sent out a pic before but I'll bung it in this thread. cheers

[HenryDorsetCase]

Lucky bugger!, well glad they went to someone who appreciates it, I've been doing my own Cafe project with my cb750 F1 I sent out a pic before but I'll bung it in this thread. cheers

The F1's are the underappreciated and undervalued SOHC Hondas IMO: slightly more HP, factory 4 into 1 etc

Yours is coming along, looking cool. I will dig out some photos of mine if I can find any.

[R6_kid:Me]

I have an 85 CB650 Luxury Custom with a Sage 4-1. The more i work on it the more I realise how it's been mistreated. Starting to seem like customising it will be MUCH more easier than trying to put it back to standard.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I have an 85 CB650 Luxury Custom with a Sage 4-1. The more i work on it the more I realise how it's been mistreated. Starting to seem like customising it will be MUCH more easier than trying to put it back to standard.

23 years of muppet wrenching can be hard to rectify!

[Bonez]

Good stuff guys. Keep it coming. A bit about my old girl.

Bought it in 1986 as a project bike. I'd just bought my CB750FC2 Integra so needed something to play with. I'm the third owner IRC and it had 72,000kms on the clock when I bought it. The guy I bought it off was a follow serviceman, wanted to get rid of it so I handed the princely sum of $1500 over for it. It had one of those large crash bars and was the original orange at the time. The seat pan is a heavy metal afair obviously the original had rusted as they did. The crash bars were the first things to go.

Rode it for a few years before deciding to pull it down and fit new rings, chains and bearings. Probably could have done a few more years riding but at the time I had a ton of disposable income and had finished the R65 I was tidying up, which I consequently sold. I then had one of the aircraft painters paint it black and added gold pin striping. Bought a spankers OE exhaust for it as well. Did another 70,000kms and then cut down the riding on it quite a bit for various reasons.

Riding was mostly long runs. Around the north island one christmas break. Rallies down south. One memorable run was catching the Wellington ferry after work, riding down the east to Queenstown. Attend the rally then ride, up the west cost then catch the early morning truck ferry back across the ditch. At work on the Monday. Buggered if I could do it now.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Here is a pic of the 400/4 I sold last year. (for some reason....)

[xwhatsit]

Here is a pic of the 400/4 I sold last year. (for some reason....)

You're mad

I could look at that bike all day.

[Paulo]

Here is a pic of the 400/4 I sold last year. (for some reason....)

Ha Think I thought long and hard about buying that bike but reality kicked in with the bills. (it was on trade me if it's the same one) Lovely.

Nice writing Bonez always enjoy your newsy posts and updates on your bikes.

[HenryDorsetCase]

You're mad

I could look at that bike all day.

I remember at the time I had a good reason, but I look at the photos and think "What the hell?"

I think my others all predate our digi-cam so not sure I will have any photos. My 750F1 was in the yellow colour scheme and we did a lot of happy miles on it. It was affectionately known as "the custard tart" My better half still says it had the best pillion seat she had ever used, and everything else sucked. (Including, apparently, the Scrambler)

[xwhatsit]

The CB750F1s look very attractive (especially in yellow, you have wonderful taste), but I think the weight and size would get to me, being such a weed.

I'm a Honda SOHC/1 owner, am I one-fourth as cool as you guys?