07-23-2018, 06:50 AM
Yep, I can't say I agree with Cookie's assessment of early CB750's (and I owned two of them), especially considering everything else on the market at the time. The '73 Z1 and '75 GL1000 raised the bar even further. But yes, bikes of the 60's and '70's were crude and unrefined compared to what we ride today, no different than automobiles from those decades.
The final iteration of the SOHC CB750 was the '78 CB750F2, one of the fastest '750's on the market then, all 67 hp of it. But that bike is now 40 years old. Looking back in 1978, a 40 year old car then was a 1938 Ford coupe. Tough to compare that old Ford with a '78 Mustang.
The final iteration of the SOHC CB750 was the '78 CB750F2, one of the fastest '750's on the market then, all 67 hp of it. But that bike is now 40 years old. Looking back in 1978, a 40 year old car then was a 1938 Ford coupe. Tough to compare that old Ford with a '78 Mustang.