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[vanzuuk1]

750 four cylinder, "the bike that started it all".

[WS6]

yeah the 750s were the frist. the first naked bikes in the modern sense were started by honda. in 87 or 88 they made the Hawk GT and in 89-90 they had the CB-1. cool bikes that dont look as old as they are.

[ProTeal55]

The CB750 is a blast to ride , and parts are still being manf. from Honda. Springtime plans call for a 4'' Extended swingarm , and a new "cafe" style seat.

I had a 2003 BigDog Pitbull rigid bike before , and I have had more fun wrenching on the Honda , than I did riding my $30,000 custom bike.

[elcamino80]

saw the bike thread & had to post ours...

Is that you in the second pic?

Pic of my 1972 Honda CB750 K2

I think your bike is my bikes grandfather

[ProTeal55]

The old CB bikes kinda started the whole sportbike thing , atleast that is what I have always been told..

[AAW]

[QUOTE=elcamino80] Is that you in the second pic?

Hi.
No that's not me. My hubby peeled her off some pole for the photo shoot.

[WS6]

yes the CB line of bikes from Honda were the first sport bikes. thats why you have the CB600f aka the 599 Hornet. CB900f aka the 919 hornet. then of course there is the CBR

[vanzuuk1]

Pro teal, why the swingarm? You may hate the way the bike handles with the long swingarm. It goes against the cafe racer theme if thats what your after.

[Munch69ProTour]

My understanding of the first modern Japanese sport bike was the 1984 Kawasaki zx900ai (had one, great bike) First liquid cooled inline four UJM. The Kawi 3 cylinder 2 strokes from the 70's were wicked fast but handled very poorly.

First 4 cylinder UJM was the Honda 400/4 from the early 70's with 500/4 and 750/4 being outgrowths of that template.

Of course I could be just a little popped right now and be wrong lol

[WS6]

i think in the modern sense with all the fairing and plastic is actually the honda interceptor hurricane in 1986. that later became the CBR and they dropped hurricane. i could be wrong too as i really only know hondas.

[vanzuuk1]

The intercepter came before the hurricane by a few years. The first cb1100f's had a small fairing that evolved to the frame mounted style.

This could go on and on but the cb750 led to the kz900, to the gpz900(NINJA), to the first gsxr1100, to the r1, to the gsxr1000.

I have owned a few rd400's , a few gpz1100's, and my gsxr which is now the katana motored streetfighter in the photo.

[ProTeal55]

vanzuuk1--> I am not 100% sure I am actually gonna do the extended swingarm yet , it is still "in the works" so to speak. The CB is going more after the "Bobber" look , than a cafe , so I am not trying to stay within a certain mold. I like the fact that a longer arm will make the bike look bigger than it actually is...

I had a Dinosaur GSXR 1000 for a brief time , which had a 10'' over swingarm on it , So I fully know what to expect if I do extend the arm on the CB.

We shall see....