My Ride

[Oldhondaguy]

This is my 1978 750F SS. In storage many years in California. I'm the second owner. 9,000+ miles. This bike is close to 100% OEM. Even stock jets. Fairing is a Emgo Viper painted in Excel Black and striped.

 

[gotorx7]

Looks very schmick!!

 

[hinksy]

Very nice original bike and with such low miles . I thought the F2 I got with 27 000 was low , but it was nothing like that . It amazes me how you guys in the states dont ride them much . I regularly did anywhere from 10 - 20 000 miles a year on my bikes . Australia is a big place and if you travel around it , the miles add up , quick .

 

[AutoMac]

Hi that’s a very nice ride.
Most old Hondas here in the UK got used and abused and through the winter months covered in salt off the roads so a lot of them died by the mid 90’s, or the original exhausts rotted out along with anything with chrome on it .

A lot of bikes of that era had by the 90’s become Matt Black rat bikes and the film Mad Max 1 had quite an influence on the fashionable set here, just as “Cafe Race or Brat Style has now .
I now look back and wince at the thought of my cut down Matt Black monstrosities and of the butchery my mates and I did to them.
So here in the UK a standard UJM in good condition are really highly prized as they are so thin on the ground.

We have a few dealers importing the air and air - oil cooled machines from warmer climates and some really nice old bikes are being sold. Some need work , some don’t, but all are getting top dollar ( or pounds ) because they appeal to blokes my age and compared to modern kit they are more simple to work on.

Conversely a dealer told me old Brit bikes over here are now getting harder to sell as the demographic for the British machines is thinning out. Personally both British and Japanese bikes appeal to me, although dare I say it a Harley Davidson is not an itch I have ever wanted to scratch.

Over here a Honda CB 750 with such low miles and in the condition yours is in would be very highly prized . Enjoy the ride with the sunshine on your back that’s a great looking machine you have .

 

[Oldhondaguy]

Thank you. Have put in 8 years on it, trying to retain originality.

 

[hinksy]

Hi that’s a very nice ride.
Most old Hondas here in the UK got used and abused and through the winter months covered in salt off the roads so a lot of them died by the mid 90’s, or the original exhausts rotted out along with anything with chrome on it .

A lot of bikes of that era had by the 90’s become Matt Black rat bikes and the film Mad Max 1 had quite an influence on the fashionable set here, just as “Cafe Race or Brat Style has now .
I now look back and wince at the thought of my cut down Matt Black monstrosities and of the butchery my mates and I did to them.
So here in the UK a standard UJM in good condition are really highly prized as they are so thin on the ground.

We have a few dealers importing the air and air - oil cooled machines from warmer climates and some really nice old bikes are being sold. Some need work , some don’t, but all are getting top dollar ( or pounds ) because they appeal to blokes my age and compared to modern kit they are more simple to work on.

Conversely a dealer told me old Brit bikes over here are now getting harder to sell as the demographic for the British machines is thinning out. Personally both British and Japanese bikes appeal to me, although dare I say it a Harley Davidson is not an itch I have ever wanted to scratch.

Over here a Honda CB 750 with such low miles and in the condition yours is in would be very highly prized . Enjoy the ride with the sunshine on your back that’s a great looking machine you have .

I resemble those remarks ! It makes me wince when I look at my original F2 from the 70`s . Such a pity that the bike shop wrecked the motor on me , which made me quick fix it and sell it . I used to think that it looked cool