Re: Need Basic Info on 1981 CB750 Custom
Posted by LukeM on Apr 09, 2012; 9:46am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Need-Basic-Info-on-1981-CB750-Custom-tp3895506p3896371.html
This is a good point. Modern technology has made bikes more reliable, less finicky, and upped the performance numbers. Fuel injection, progressive rate shocks/springs, steering dampers, tire compounds, catalytic converters, etc.
And yet, people harken back to carburetors (4 of them), loud exhaust, exposed engines, something they can modify and tinker with. Maybe it's the cost of old bikes vs. new. What sort of new bike could you get for 2 grand? Maybe a 250cc bike, with half the performance? If memory serves, the CB750 new was about $1500, which in modern money is about 5X that.
I guess if you needed a reliable daily driver, you could buy a commuter bike, then get a relic bike for the weekends and meets and stuff. Me, I just have the one 1984 Shadow. I travel a lot, so the Avenger usually stays at home in the garage, begging me to take it out on the weekends. So, I do.
Sorry for the rambling.
Luke M
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Need-Basic-Info-on-1981-CB750-Custom-tp3895506p3896371.html
This is a good point. Modern technology has made bikes more reliable, less finicky, and upped the performance numbers. Fuel injection, progressive rate shocks/springs, steering dampers, tire compounds, catalytic converters, etc.
And yet, people harken back to carburetors (4 of them), loud exhaust, exposed engines, something they can modify and tinker with. Maybe it's the cost of old bikes vs. new. What sort of new bike could you get for 2 grand? Maybe a 250cc bike, with half the performance? If memory serves, the CB750 new was about $1500, which in modern money is about 5X that.
I guess if you needed a reliable daily driver, you could buy a commuter bike, then get a relic bike for the weekends and meets and stuff. Me, I just have the one 1984 Shadow. I travel a lot, so the Avenger usually stays at home in the garage, begging me to take it out on the weekends. So, I do.
Sorry for the rambling.
Luke M
Used to have a 1979 CB750L, sold it as a parts bike, now riding a slightly modified 1984 VT700C. Network/Field Engineer. Central OH, USA, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe.
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