Re: 79 750K

Posted by sgtslag on Mar 18, 2012; 5:55pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/79-750K-tp3835555p3836961.html

We took our '79 on a 160-mile ride yesterday, two up.  The bike ran flawlessly, in spite of 40 MPH cross-winds.  At 33 years of age, time alone takes its toll on them.  The fact that they still run, and run perfectly (assuming good maintenance), is quite a testimony of the quality Honda built into these bikes.  If I had known that 1979 was the first year of the DOHC, I likely would have passed on my bike -- and that would have been a crying shame.  We rode our's around Lake Superior, in 2009, two up.  Those memories warm my cockles to this day, during our off seasons.  Enjoy your ride.  It is one of the very finest motorcycles ever made.  And it happens to be one of the nicest examples of the classic, tear-drop design, ever made.  The '79 is a 'classic' in so many ways...  Cheers!