The CB1100 Community Forum

(07-16-2019, 08:54 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-16-2019, 07:00 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(07-16-2019, 03:34 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: [ -> ]700 in the US for tariff reasons, I thought I had read.

Correct.

(07-16-2019, 03:17 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Wasn't that a 700 GO? I don't remember it coming in a 750

Canada received the 750 version.

Correct.

(07-16-2019, 03:17 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Wasn't that a 700 GO? I don't remember it coming in a 750

Canada received the 750 version.

Geez sometimes Canada is like Europe part duex. YOu guys get better stuff than we do.

lol - That is amusing to read. Up here, many of us think the exact same thing of our neighbours to the south. I suppose it is a matter of perception and limitations.

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If I am not mistaken, the U.S. received the 700 cc (696 cc) due to U.S. tariffs imposed in 1983. That may have been fallout from the government bailout of Harley Davidson. Europe and Canada received the 750 cc version.

Like many street Hondas of that era, the CB700/750SC was quite simply stuffed with technology and creature conveniences. The bike was incredibly ultra low maintenance.

Yea I should have remebered the tariff thing since I was selling Hondas at the time.... Duh!

I was indoctrinated by Hondas!

Honda 50 Mini Trail
Honda CL350
Honda CB350
Honda CB750 (1976)

I still own my 1976 CB750F, although it is in pieces, in my shed, experiencing a restoration; purchased it new. I owned a 1978 CB750 that I purchased from a friend, that I later resold to another friend after I restored it. I also own a 1974 CB750 complete engine, that was given to me when the original owner decided to junk his bike after 130,000 miles and 23 years (the engine was still running well). One of these days I am going to get it all cleaned and polished with Semi-Chrome polish, and just put it on display.

I had an 1983 CB900 Super Sport. Does that count? It was a fun bike (heavy but with good power).

I learned to ride on a Honda 350, then a 450 Scrambler, then a Kawi 750, and there were two Nighthawk 750's in there. I modded the mufflers, and they sounded sweet! Not obnoxiously loud, just a nice growl. Riding my CB1100 is like driving my Acura; smooth, sweet, with enough get-down-the-road to make it fun.

Yes. After returning from Vietnam in 1969 I felt that I needed to buy a bike that had plenty of power and was made by Honda. I bought a beautiful gold CB750. it was a great motorcycle. It was a 1971 gold CB750.

(07-20-2019, 03:44 PM)born2ride_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Yes. After returning from Vietnam in 1969 I felt that I needed to buy a bike that had plenty of power and was made by Honda. I bought a beautiful gold CB750. it was a great motorcycle. It was a 1971 gold CB750.

Ha! They seemed to be ALL gold here in the UK at that time, Born2ride!!
I wanted red but the options were gold, gold or, er, gold! All the others I saw were gold. My mate got a blue one in '73.

My dad bought a new 81 cb750 custom after he split a deer on his 74 750. I actually hated motorcycles growing up until I lived abroad at the age of 21 and grew to love Honda twins. When I came home I wiped the dust off old blue, rebuilt the carbs and staked my claim. She’s sitting idle waiting for another carb job and new battery, but it will never leave my ownership, neither will my CB11.

Picture of getting a ride as a 2 year old and how she sits right now.

https://imgur.com/gallery/eSJYUHy

Found a pic of me riding the kids on my 76 CB 750