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What a trip back in the past. Had a Windjammer fairing and all. It was pretty rough to be honest but still ran good up on cam but the carbs seemed to be stopped up a little. Needed a good tune up for sure but it was amazing and fun. THis bike probably has not had the oil changed in it since 78 let alone anything else.
My buddy bought it for motor only and will be transplanting it to a home made chopper. I think its a crime but its his money. It felt so much heavier than my 750 but its not on paper.
Just glad I got to ride it. My buddy rode mine and said bleep that thing is smooth. lol
I will try to post pics but I had to get new computer a week or so ago and forgot what to download to make that happen.
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Yea, we mostly remember things better than they actually were, but then again they were much better than the ones that preceded them.
Its like remembering how big the house was that you grew up in, then driving by and seeing it 40 years later, only it had shrunk by 50 % from what we remembered
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(08-27-2014, 01:18 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Yea, we mostly remember things better than they actually were, but then again they were much better than the ones that preceded them.
Its like remembering how big the house was that you grew up in, then driving by and seeing it 40 years later, only it had shrunk by 50 % from what we remembered
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You are right. Like you Ferrett, I am living in the stone age. My buddNy is 10x worse. THat old 750 Honda still ran pretty good. It just needs a tune up.
Never the less, it was great fun for me to ride it. So happy I got the chance. HOnda 750s have come a long ways. lol
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None of us is really stuck in the Stone Age. We remember the last as being better than it was and enjoy some of the improvements that we evolve with. Otherwise we'd all be riding 1970s motorcycles. Well I wouldn't because there's a whole set of modern things about the CB1100 that I really like—electronic ignition, fuel injection, better tyre technology, better lighting, better electrics, computer control of lots of elements.
OldF7Guy, weigh in [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3836]here. It's an interesting discussion. What would you have if you really had a choice: a 1970s CB750 or a 2014 CB1100?
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I longed for some nostalgia a few years ago. So I sold my Vstar 1300 and bought what I thought was a reasonably good 1977 K7 CB750. Basically the same bike as the K8 but with different decals. First impressions were like a blast from my youthful past. Plus it was a bit of retro cool when I parked it anywhere.
I soon discovered that the CBs of old were great when new (I had a couple in the day). 35 years later they somehow were no longer the benchmark. Handling was only average and brakes must have been an optional extra.
After burning another few grand on new paint, hard to find parts and hours of work, the nostalgia bug eventually wore off. Always another problem lurking in the ageing carbys or electrics, waiting for parts from overseas etc. Sometimes it was off the road when my mates were out there enjoying more sensible choices.
I stumbled on the new CB 1100 in a dealer and was impressed. After a few more months of searching online, reading this forum and still working on the blast from the past, I bit the bullet, sold the K7 and for the same $s had my shiny CB1100.
The first ride home from Canberra to my home in Sydney validated my decision. New technology leaves the old way behind.
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I was actually looking seriously for a CB750 Super Sport for a couple of years. I was kicking myself for quite a while for not moving quicker on an absolutely primo example only about 30 miles from me, that I lost out on. Then the CB11 came on the scene. The rest of course is history, but I'm pretty happy things worked out as they did, where I have a new, dependable, much-improved performance version to spend my time on.
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If only we grew better with age.....
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(08-29-2014, 05:39 AM)Rboe_imp Wrote: If only we grew better with age.....
That's what my wife says.
However selective hearing and a yen to stay in the days of a wilder youth trumps any sensible ideas about giving up riding and the numerous toys littering the garage.
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70s bikes with 70s suspension and 70s brakes were just fine,,,,back in the 70s. Today's rider would undoubtedly find them a bit underwhelming.
I got rid of my last 70s era bike in the 90s and haven't looked back. Having ridden continuously for 30 something years, I've experienced the improvements as they came along and wouldn't really want to go back.
Although those mid 70s K bikes are still as beautiful as they were back then, it would be a mistake to expect anything close to 21st century power, handling or braking. Bikes from that era are pretty crude when compared to anything sold in the last decade.
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Some of them hold their looks very well though. For so e of us, a good case could be made to ride a 70's bike, to slow us down as our bodies slow before our minds do.
