07-15-2019, 11:36 PM
After my Yamaha YDS3, bought new in '65, I bought my CB750 K2 new in '72. I had it four years and then bought a Suzuki 750 water-cooled "Kettle" in '76.
My only other four-stroke experience before the CB750, was riding my friend's Velocette 500 Clubman single cylinder - I couldn't start it, my friend had to!! After my screaming, revvy Yamaha, the Velocette was a revelation in low-down, grunty power - one stroke every lamppost or so it seemed!! So the CB750 was a half-way point between the two two-strokes. Revvy but grunty too. I loved it. I've loved the look of it from the moment I first saw the press releases in 1969, and is the reason I now have the CB1100, to turn it into a lookalike by Whitehouse.
In those days, here in the UK, the majority were gold coloured. My friend bought one the following year and his was a subtle blue. I also saw a few red ones but they were few and far between, but was really the colour I wanted! Which is why my lookalike 1100 will be red!
My only other four-stroke experience before the CB750, was riding my friend's Velocette 500 Clubman single cylinder - I couldn't start it, my friend had to!! After my screaming, revvy Yamaha, the Velocette was a revelation in low-down, grunty power - one stroke every lamppost or so it seemed!! So the CB750 was a half-way point between the two two-strokes. Revvy but grunty too. I loved it. I've loved the look of it from the moment I first saw the press releases in 1969, and is the reason I now have the CB1100, to turn it into a lookalike by Whitehouse.
In those days, here in the UK, the majority were gold coloured. My friend bought one the following year and his was a subtle blue. I also saw a few red ones but they were few and far between, but was really the colour I wanted! Which is why my lookalike 1100 will be red!