New and Old Japanese Four's

[Nortoon_imp]

Max according to inflation calculator a CB750 which cost $1499 in 1969 would cost $ 9998 in 2017. Now that was a sohc 750cc. Compare it to a 1983 dohc 1100cc CB1100 and we are looking at $ 3698 and $9088.00 so we are paying a little bit more now retail to retail, but hardly anyone is paying retail. Comparatively the 14 left overs at $7000 seem like a super bargain. $7000 in 2017 is like paying $2848 in 1983 and $ 1049.00 in 1969. What a bargain.

In 2013 when I decided to return to motorcycling I looked at the Triumph Bonneville. The MSRP price was $13,000 which does not include freight, dealer prep, and sales taxes. In the mid-sixties Bonnevilles were $1300 out the door.

That sticker price and the complaints about poor brakes, suspension and fuel injection on the Triumph Forum made me look around. I bought my 2013 Honda CB500XA for $6800 out the door.

Three years later I received $3730 back when I traded it in. That's works out to about 10 cents a kilometer for three summers of enjoyment.

[Bheezy27403_imp]

That's seems very reasonable!

[zbillster_imp]

Stock exhaust of the CB550K was a 4 in 4:

Wanna have a laugh?
Same bike and fella 40 years apart, still fit the ago leather jacket as well he he.



So yes, i also had those 4 pipes, unfortunately they only lasted 3 years before rotting holes in them, bought the bike in Amsterdam, built a crate for it and imported it to New Zealand, apparently there is one more in nz but this model was not imported here.
And like the cb1100 people come over and have a nice talk about their past bikes.

Auf wiedersehen max

I'll have to get my camera and tripod out to do a current selfie with my CB1100 ... here's me on my brother's CB550 in 1978, which was brought up in the photo contest thread ... I'll work on the "after" photo.

[Cormanus]

Stock exhaust of the CB550K was a 4 in 4:

Wanna have a laugh?
Same bike and fella 40 years apart, still fit the ago leather jacket as well he he.



So yes, i also had those 4 pipes, unfortunately they only lasted 3 years before rotting holes in them, bought the bike in Amsterdam, built a crate for it and imported it to New Zealand, apparently there is one more in nz but this model was not imported here.
And like the cb1100 people come over and have a nice talk about their past bikes.

Auf wiedersehen max

I missed this. Must have been away or something.

Great photos max. The bike doesn’t look a day older.

[tuareg_imp]

Although white police bikes seem to be a hot topic in another thread, this 750 seems to be more fitting here:


No it isn't mine, but I seriously wish it were...

[zbillster_imp]

I just watched a video on the CB750 police bike recently.

https://youtu.be/-86Ph6Xg3CU

[alprider]

max

congrat you have retained your shape

[max]

Yeah thanks alprider, it did fit and actually quite a tight fitting jacket too, always has been but actually warmer than i expected maybe the fact that it has no ventilation/perforation helps, in any case we both survived the years in reasonable shape except for the hairy stuff on top ( got the hint Cormanus ).

So that camera of yours makes some very nice looking pictures, if that is the one in your avatar which i looked up?
some models in the right hands can do an impressive job.
A while ago i got a canon g7xmk2 and that has the same star pattern like the one reflecting on the shot with the helmet visor, for me it's a handful but i am slowly getting better with it, just makes me appreciate some of the better photo's out there, there are some skilled folk around.
Best wishes and good riding in your summer; max

[peterbaron]

Although white police bikes seem to be a hot topic in another thread, this 750 seems to be more fitting here:


No it isn't mine, but I seriously wish it were...

WOW, white again, like mine....maybe should consider repaiting fenders white????
Tuareg, nice pic, thanks for sharing

[Cormanus]

While I have the same problem with the hairy stuff, max, I may not get into any jacket I owned that long ago.