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Old 01-03-19, 04:28 PM   #1
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I am old enough to remember the Honda CB750/4 being introduced!

Here is a tribute that bike:

https://www.rideapart.com/articles/3...b100r-tribute/

I have a few problems with it:

1) It's water cooled
2) It's not a 750cc
3) It looks nothing like a CB750
4) It doesn't have 4 exhausts

In fact, other than wire wheels and the Honda nameplate, I see no resemblance to a CB750 whatsoever.

Don't look too closely at the front wheel/brake caliper/disk it looks like an Escher drawing and makes your eyes go funny.
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Old 01-03-19, 04:44 PM   #2
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Looking at it, I'd say that the designer had been sniffing too many exhaust fumes, that's gross

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Old 01-03-19, 05:27 PM   #3
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Nope you're missing nowt.
When I look at it, it looks like all the other "transformer" type nakeds.
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Old 01-03-19, 08:52 PM   #4
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Agreed, looks nothing like an original CB750.
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Old 01-03-19, 09:11 PM   #5
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It's just a naked UJM. Bears no resemblance to the original CB750.

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Don't look too closely at the front wheel/brake caliper/disk it looks like an Escher drawing and makes your eyes go funny.
I see what you mean. How the hell is that supposed to work then?

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Old 01-03-19, 09:26 PM   #6
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Old 01-03-19, 09:42 PM   #7
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Truth is all these modern retro bikes are very different to the originals apart from a few stylistic nods. Probably just as well really. The original CB750 handled like a sponge and had crap brakes as did most bikes then.Engine was bang up to date though-----45 years ago!
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Truth is all these modern retro bikes are very different to the originals apart from a few stylistic nods. Probably just as well really. The original CB750 handled like a sponge and had crap brakes as did most bikes then.Engine was bang up to date though-----45 years ago!
Have to disagree. Kawasaki really know how to build a retro. This is a great looking bike & definitely harks back to the original, & it handles really well too according to the press

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Old 02-03-19, 08:18 AM   #9
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I think you are agreeing with me. That kwaker is a great bike but apart from the stylistic nods it has nothing in common with the 1970s z900. It has usd forks,monoshock rear,modern brakes,water cooling,modern 4-1 exhaust system and the frame is radically different. The 1970s z900 was a great engine surrounded by a dog of a bike in truth,hence the success of Rickman who built a stunning bike around that engine.
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I think that is the point. If it's a tribute bike it should have a passing resemblance to the original, the Z900RS does, the Honda does not.

What is strange is that Honda had a better bike to use as a basis for a tribute, one that was already well down the retro path; the CB1100EX. They, themselves, even call it a Modern Classic. I wonder if the bike's picture I posted was a bored intern's Photoshop doodle.
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