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RE: Would you go back to an old 750? - Wisedrum - 08-06-2022
(08-05-2022, 11:18 PM)m in sc_imp Wrote: truth is.. most people today don't know how to properly maintain a vintage bike. They buy a 'restored' one .. that usually (more often than not) isn't really right but is 'pretty'. then complain about how unreliable it is. I see this ALL THE TIME and I can not even count how many 'professionally restored bikes' i've had to go behind and fix for other people after the fact. that is a huge part of it as well. The past is looked at through with rose colored glasses a lot of the time.
that CB should have hit reserve 30-40 miles before it even thought of running out of fuel. I used to get 45-50 mpg on long rides on my old 750's when set up correctly. that's user error right there. ^ .
Some might be thinking im contradicting myself. Im not, i never said the CB750 was a bad bike, just not my preference for vintage bikes these days.
look up 'Allen Wood' and 'iron butt rider' . does them all the time on GT500s, GT750's. and RD350 LCs. I know Allen personally. He has been doing this for the past 20+ years ive known him. .02
The owner of this blue CB750 owns it for a very long time. He himself took part in the 1. May cruising around trip on his old Harley Electra Glide and gave some information to the CB when we talked.
He bought it as a slighty used one decades ago and rode it very often in former times. He then and there did customizing and maintaince and knows a lot about how to keep the CB alive over all the years. Now he prefers riding his Harley and not often can be seen on his Honda anymore, but still keeps it, because it is somehow a large part of his (motorbike) life and plays a special role in it.
One may asume that the CB is not well maintained and has a smaller front sprocket, which can cause its high fuel consumption, but I don't think so. It just the way this Honda runs and not my case. Would not ride a motorbike or car with such a high fuel consumption. Vintage nice and pretty and this or that way.
My vehicles have a real average fuel consumption between min 3,5l (Prius and Bullet) up to max.4,6l (CB1100)/100km the way I ride and drive. That's enough and still affordable for me, though gasoline prices will rise and rise without going back to much more userfriendly prices.
Fuel consumption in the first place together with relieabilty and maintaince costs directly followed by the fact, do I like the outlooks of a bike or car and the way it runs and can be ridden are the main factors for my decision to buy it or not.
The CB 750 only wins the outlook point, though don't know how feels to ride one and so on. It is not a motorbike for me.
RE: Would you go back to an old 750? - GoldOxide_imp - 08-06-2022
(08-06-2022, 07:46 PM)Wisedrum_imp Wrote:(08-05-2022, 11:18 PM)m in sc_imp Wrote: truth is.. most people today don't know how to properly maintain a vintage bike. They buy a 'restored' one .. that usually (more often than not) isn't really right but is 'pretty'. then complain about how unreliable it is. I see this ALL THE TIME and I can not even count how many 'professionally restored bikes' i've had to go behind and fix for other people after the fact. that is a huge part of it as well. The past is looked at through with rose colored glasses a lot of the time.
that CB should have hit reserve 30-40 miles before it even thought of running out of fuel. I used to get 45-50 mpg on long rides on my old 750's when set up correctly. that's user error right there. ^ .
Some might be thinking im contradicting myself. Im not, i never said the CB750 was a bad bike, just not my preference for vintage bikes these days.
look up 'Allen Wood' and 'iron butt rider' . does them all the time on GT500s, GT750's. and RD350 LCs. I know Allen personally. He has been doing this for the past 20+ years ive known him. .02
The owner of this blue CB750 owns it for a very long time. He himself took part in the 1. May cruising around trip on his old Harley Electra Glide and gave some information to the CB when we talked.
He bought it as a slighty used one decades ago and rode it very often in former times. He then and there did customizing and maintaince and knows a lot about how to keep the CB alive over all the years. Now he prefers riding his Harley and not often can be seen on his Honda anymore, but still keeps it, because it is somehow a large part of his (motorbike) life and plays a special role in it.
One may asume that the CB is not well maintained and has a smaller front sprocket, which can cause its high fuel consumption, but I don't think so. It just the way this Honda runs and not my case. Would not ride a motorbike or car with such a high fuel consumption. Vintage nice and pretty and this or that way.
My vehicles have a real average fuel consumption between min 3,5l (Prius and Bullet) up to max.4,6l (CB1100)/100km the way I ride and drive. That's enough and still affordable for me, though gasoline prices will rise and rise without going back to much more userfriendly prices.
Fuel consumption in the first place together with relieabilty and maintaince costs directly followed by the fact, do I like the outlooks of a bike or car and the way it runs and can be ridden are the main factors for my decision to buy it or not.
The CB 750 only wins the outlook point, though don't know how feels to ride one and so on. It is not a motorbike for me.
I reckon the Bullet must be an emotional joy to jump on every time. I suspect even to look at is very satisfying.
RE: Would you go back to an old 750? - Wisedrum - 08-06-2022
GoldOxide, indeed, both is true.
But so are the W800 and the CB1100. Differentl but not less satisfying. Maybe the Bullet is motorbike riding to its full reduction to one cylinder, small power and a very tame chassis in combination with the oldest looks. If you can be caught by all these ingredients it is very charming and give you the most.
I choosed the Bullet for the group trip, because one of the other riders took his SR500 out on that trip. I didn't regret it. It was a joy ride. And the Indian machine consumed less than half of the fuel the CB750 took for it. Strange!