Nice "NEW" 1979 Honda CB 750 on E Bay

[3fan4life]

Stumbled across this while looking at some old bikes on E Bay.

The guy is apparently reaching for the moon on the price........ but it is pretty.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-1979-HONDA-CB750-10th-ANIVERSARY-LIMITED-EDITION-/200617152880?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item2eb5b6d170

[DarkMeister]

Beauty. Sure brings back memories...

[Big IV]

I like the earlier rounder tanks better. My first bike was a 1974 CB750. Orange with the black stripe. Oh yeah. That was a cool bike.

I read some time ago that an outfit in California was building brand new 1969 CB750s. They bought all of the parts from Honda and were assembling them brand new. That was not cheap, but it would create a pretty bike too. So, apparently brand new CBs do exist.

[DarkMeister]

The one that popped my cherry; my first bike, and off the showroom floor, no less...1979 (or 78? Damn!) CB750K. Wire wheels, four exhaust pipes. Learned about the 'reserve' thingy from a gas station attendant, after running out of fuel halfway home from the dealer's and walking the bike 20 blocks.
Ah yes...those were the days.
Also the bike that brought me back to riding after many years. Every time we'd go to Red Lobster, there was "my" bike, in a parking lot next door. Kept eying it, remembering...finally put my foot down firmly and begged the wife to let me get another bike.

[old2soon]

Brand new off the showroom floor i bought a 1973 cb-500. Baby crap brown and black. My best friend had a 71 or 72 cb-750 that metal flake lemon yellow. That picture is bringing back some fond memories of the riding ray and did together. Lots of miles side by side. ( Yeah i know-we were a LOT younger than ) Took care of the crappy color the first winter. Tried like crazy but could not keep the 4 into 4 stock exhaust system from rotting out. Bought some after market 4 into 1 and oh my gosh the sounds that thing created. Just a lot of good riding(keepin in mind lots younger). Well lets put it this way-Goodyear was still making m/c tires. RIDE SAFE.

[Jim_Orr]

  I found this 1978 750 last year.  This bike had been sitting for 5 years and needless to say I had to rebuild the carbs several times before I got them right.  I also added new sparklugs, wires, points and condensors.  The forks were leaking so I rebuit them and went ahead and replaced the triple fork bearings with tapered rollers.  The front tire was weather checked so I replaced it and went ahead and changed the wheel bearings since I already had the wheel off.  Last but not least I rebuilt the front brake master cylinder and caliper. 
  I now use this as a mid-size bike for a quick run to town (4 miles) and I even have ridden it on some 100 mile round trips.  What makes this bike special to me is I had a bike exactly like this way back in the day, same year, same color everything.  Maybe I'm getting old and soft but it's not as smooth running or as good riding as I remember, but it is still fun!

[Hoser]

Where you at man?  I sold one exactly like that when I bought my Valk.  I mean same seats, luggage rack and backrest. Does the bavrest slide forward for use by the driver if ridinf solo.  I sold it in 2003 to an older guy bout my age here in Kansas. Are the handlebars a bit higher than stock?  Wonder if it's the same one.  Hoser  

[Bob E.]

  I found this 1978 750 last year.  This bike had been sitting for 5 years and needless to say I had to rebuild the carbs several times before I got them right.  I also added new sparklugs, wires, points and condensors.  The forks were leaking so I rebuit them and went ahead and replaced the triple fork bearings with tapered rollers.  The front tire was weather checked so I replaced it and went ahead and changed the wheel bearings since I already had the wheel off.  Last but not least I rebuilt the front brake master cylinder and caliper. 
  I now use this as a mid-size bike for a quick run to town (4 miles) and I even have ridden it on some 100 mile round trips.  What makes this bike special to me is I had a bike exactly like this way back in the day, same year, same color everything.  Maybe I'm getting old and soft but it's not as smooth running or as good riding as I remember, but it is still fun!

My dad has that exact same bike rusting away in the back of his shed.  The original color is the same as that one, but he painted it blue many years ago.  It even has that same aftermarket seat...ugly as sin, but plenty comfortable for him and my mom to ride all over half of the country. It must have over 100,000 miles on it, but the odometer was broke for so long that it only reads about half that. He had bought it brand new and rode it for many years until he wrecked it.  He was passing a car on a 2-lane road.  It was in a passing zone, but the car turned left into a driveway (no turn signal) right in front of him and he t-boned it in the left rear quarter panel.  Luckily, he walked away with just a broken wrist and some minor road rash...along with a bent motorcycle.  He put it all back together but chased electrical gremlins ever since, so he never rode it much after that.  He eventually parked it when he bought a new 1995 Goldwing and never messed with it again.  I've thought about restoring it just for something to tinker with...I'm sure he'd give it to me.  But it is in such bad shape...every piece of chrome is just about gone and all of the aluminum is pitted real bad.  I just don't know if its worth it.

[czuch]

750 stories. Havent we just about all had one?
Mine was a 71 with 4' over fork tubes, harley wheel laced to the hub and an 850 kit with a "F" grind cam. Throw Hooker Headers spaghetti 4 into 1 minus the baffle and it sounded like a F-1.
That was a 1/4 mile monster. How am I still alive? dunno. I was younger and really, really fast.
Barn storm to 110 and that was it. I had all of New Mexico as my playground. Good times.

[Jim_Orr]

Where you at man?  I sold one exactly like that when I bought my Valk.  I mean same seats, luggage rack and backrest. Does the bavrest slide forward for use by the driver if ridinf solo.  I sold it in 2003 to an older guy bout my age here in Kansas. Are the handlebars a bit higher than stock?  Wonder if it's the same one.  Hoser  

I bought this bike from a guy in Sand Springs, OK.  They also gave me a Wixom front fairing and side bags, and a 70's Honda rear box/trunk.  The speedometer said 10366 miles and by the way things were worn I have every reason to believe it was right.

[Hoser]

I sold mine with a windjammer fairing and an aftermarket trunk, but it had more miles.  It was a very good bike, the second cb750 I have owned, the first was a 1970 with extended forks and custom tank and no front brake.    Hoser

[bigfish_Oh]

spring of 79, me and friends bought many different Honda's. I got my 750F, a good friend got that LTD in the picture, another a 750 K. I'll take a guess at the others-
3-CBX's
CX 500 ?
650
GL1000
CM 400
6 odessey's
3 ATC 90's
1978 750(new)
another 750F
I thought their was 27 total

[BonS]

Apparently $7700 wasn't enough to own it.

[big d]

my first bike was a used 79 cb 650 that had the same paint and options as that 750. bought it for one thousand bucks and sold it two years later for the same amount. it had 1900 miles on her. was a great first bike that ran everytime i started it. now i am sorry i let it go.

[Jess Tolbirt]

bunch of wennies,, yall  are,,,should have had a real bike like mine,,a KZ750 twin,,,now you are talking power!!!!! LOL yea right,,,but i did enjoy it,, that was about 82 or so....

[solo1]

I've had one 750 (Nighthawk) and two 900Fs.  All three of them were great.

I had a Honda 350 twin when I got back into riding in '72 but my first bike was a 1935 HD flathead in 1947.
Wouldn't ever want that one back.

[R J]

Kawi 750 Triple 2 stroke.      Ya wanted it pointed in the direction you chose to go, otherwise, ur butt was on the ground.



Rode it with a couple of my buddies 1 summer to Canada and hit all the Providences except the 2 on the far East.    Had to ferry over to them and we were out of time, so we headed South.     We spent toooooo much time at the Calgary Stampede.    Now that is something to make into a vacation.   It is a fun fun fun thing.

[Hoser]

That's the only bike that ever beat my 75 Z-1B back in the day.  It was close, though.     Hoser

[Mr Whiskey]

Hear'n the word "had" in this post a lot.
Never been able to give the 750's up.
First one, 76k with 11k miles for $850 outta the chicken coop. Still runs with 108k miles, on the factory sprockets! Kicked the cold natured beast some many times over the years that the shaft for the kick starter snapped clean. Gonna have to split the cases.
Second one, 77k with 28k miles. This is still my daily driver to & from work, (to save miles on the 2KI/S).
Has 160 jets, electronic ign, 16" Harley drop center rear rim, Pirelli Sport Demon tires, Kerker header & runs auto plugs with Jeep wires on hotter 79k coils. Still more fun on the Dragon than anything I've ever owned!
Third one, 75k motor (with 836 kit), 73 frame, (soon to be hard tail'd) and gonna run the comstars, brakes, & front end from the 79k LE that is complete but a doner since I caint get a title for it and the motor's got 2 plugs mash'd flat. (Looks just like the one in the pic, just not nearly that nice.)
Still a card carrying Honda Choppa Head to this day Brothers. CB 750 four was, & is, "bullet proof"!
Only thing they ever built better IMHO is the Valk. Shame they quit on both of them.
Peace, Whiskey.

[3fan4life]

It would seem that Honda 750's are also quite popular among Valk enthusiast.

My first street bike was a 1982 CB750F, I bought it still in the crate in July 1985.



I Still have it but, it would be a "project" bike for sure.


The bike that I really wanted when I purchased the 750F was a Nighthawk.

But the dealer that had the Nighthawk wouldn't deal.

Several years ago I got the opportunity to purchase a 1983 Nighthawk 750 in very good condition at a great price.



It doesn't get ridden a lot but it is great fun to ride.

[old2soon]

r j-on the 750 kawi 2 stroke. Friend of mine had one. He made a serious mistook when he let me try it out. Grabbed a handful in 3d gear about 35 m p h and just like that-the dadgum handle bars was in my chest. I was straight up 90 degrees and hangin on. That machine in it's day was serious fast. Thanks fer the memory bump. RIDE SAFE.

[BonS]

My memory of the Kaw 500 triple was that it would pull your arms out of their sockets in its power band but couldn't buck a headwind on the highway without dropping it a gear - but fun!

[Walküre]

750 stories. Havent we just about all had one?

Or, a half-dozen???? I've only had 4 or 5, between 750-fours, 750F's, and a 750K. Had a 750F, with a punched out 900...man, THAT would skit and git!!

The only thing I've had more of, are Goldwings - 1000's, 1100's, and a 1200. Eight altogether...

R

[DIGGER]

My memory of the Kaw 500 triple was that it would pull your arms out of their sockets in its power band but couldn't buck a headwind on the highway without dropping it a gear - but fun!

I bought a brand new 500 triple H1 two stroke in 1971 and rode it on my first motorcycle trip from Houston to the Grand Canyon.   Quite a feat in it's day.  I was inspired by "THEN CAME BRONSON" tv show.    You are right....in it's power band it was a mean machine in it's day.    And you are right.....that sucker would wheelie on ya sometimes even when you weren't expecting it.   Several times in slow heavy traffic I would goose it to change lanes and the darned thing would stand straight up on me.......scary sometimes....sure was fun picking on the Triumphs and BSA's though....ha

[henry 008]

i still have my '79 cx 500.  i think it needs a stator. i'd let her go cheap! send me a pm

[czuch]

750 Kawi. I was riding from Abbuquerque to Anahiem . There was a big blue swirl ahead of me and I blasted the Honda 750 to show the 2-stroke poser "Who was the King". Well' I blew by him all right and then he really blew by me. When I caught up with him he was 1/2 way through a smoke and that was my first experience with a 750 Kawasaki triple.  Wanted one ever since.