750 TO 1000cc (BIG BIKE mag.March 1976)

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                                           Piute Putt

                                Prices are subject to change,
        BUT ! you wont 100 H.P.+,Give you the idea Whatis reality.
        Some say $$$$ but have you priced a new bike in the style / reliability you wont
                                (had a 24,000$ bike stolen)

                               TWO GRAND WORTH OF INSTANT 11.0 QUARTER-MILES

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    The Honda 750 Four is unquestionably the most popular motorcycle in the world today.
It has set standards for reliability, safety, longevity and performance that have never been equaled.
                                    In one single area, it may not be the best.
But as a total package, the 750 does everything quite well - far better than most, and certainly acceptable to most riders.               However, even excellence can wear thin.
     Especially when everyone else seems to have that same excellence.  After a while, you start wanting something more.  Something more in the looks department, so you paint or chop the thing.  More in the cargo-carrying department, so you put on the dresser goodies.  More in the handling area, so you opt for the Rickman kit.
                                     Or more in the performance department.
     Probably this is the biggest area of
want.  Of course, it's ridiculous - in a world of too many cars, too many police officers and too low speed limits, who needs anything except a 350 twin? But then, who ever accused motorcyclists of ever being logical
                                     Performance is the new keyword, either on the street,
 for an occasional blast down the quarter, or for a committed race-only package.

            Cams - there must be a hundred different cam manufacturers.

            Pipes - there are a thousand of those.

            Bolt on this, cut out that, big-bore these.

                       Performance.                                                                    Hot-rod.

just as there are a thousand different parts, and therefore a million or more different combinations, there are also a horde of kits.  With catchword names the 800 Go Fast Ticketgetter. The 900 Killeronie Streeter. The 1400 (well, maybe not) Berserko Droolmachine.

          Most of them contain parts from onesingle manufacturer,
generally priced at a certain break as opposed to a part-by- listing.
         All of them, of course, alter the performance of the 750 Honda.
                       But of all these kits, there is one which is unquestionably at the top of the heap.
         That is, from R.C. Engineering, the 1000cc Cobra engine.
With a small, poised cobra, the plaque reads: 1000cc Cobra Engine. R. C. Engineering, Gardena, California.
First of all, the plaque is probably justified.
It is the only kit, from anyone, that is offered with a small brass plaque, meant to attach to either side of the valve cover.
The R.C. Cobra engine is absolutely the most expensive kit engine on the market.  Out the door, built by R.C., you'll end up paying $2000.  That cost doesn't include the complete 750 engine you provide as the core for the kit.  Plus the cost of replacing any worn-out stock Honda parts                                                                                  

                                           LOTS MO
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