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Honda CB 750F1Supersport 1976 Found in Honda |
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Make: Honda Model: CB 750F1Supersport Year: 1976 Engine: Air cooled, transverse four cylinder, four stroke, SOHC, 2 valves per cylinder. Capacity: 736 Bore: 61 ? 63 mm Compression: 9.2:1 Induction: 4x 28mm keihin carbs. Starter: Battery induction coil Power: 69 hp @ 8000 rpm Torque: 6.1 m-kg @ 7500 rpm Transmission: 5 Speed Front suspension: Telehydraulic forks Rear suspension: Swingarm with dual shocks. Front brake: Single 296mm disc Rear brake: 180mm Drum Front tyre: 3.25-19 Rear tyre: 4.00-18 Dry weight: 218 kg Fuel capacity: 12.2 Litres |
| The CB750 transformed the face of motorcycling in three ways. First it set down the design template for the modern superbike with its inline four, high-tech, specification. Second, it cemented the burgeoning Japenese manufacturers as the new force in motorcycling, and, third, its combination of quality, value and performance effectively sounded the final death knell for the ailing British motorcycle industry. It was the engine that created the most impact: an inline four using lessons learnt from Honda's multi-cylinder racers of the 1960s (but with a single camshaft and two valve heads rather than the racers' dohc and four valves). Along with enviable smoothness and reliability, the claimed output of 67bhp was mighty impressive for the time - a good 15% more than BSA's then-new 750cc Rocket 3 and, at just under 500lbs, weighted about the same. It's not hard to guess which one won over the buyers. But it wasn't just Honda's engine that caused a stir. It was also the fact that it was | |
