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Honda CB 750FZ 1979 Found in Honda |
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Make: Honda Model: CB 750FZ Year: 1979 Engine: Air cooled, four stroke, transverse four cylinder, DOHC, Capacity: 748 Bore: 62 x 62 mm Compression: 9.1:1 Induction: 4x 30mm keihin carbs. Starter: CDI Power: 72 hp @ 9000 rpm Torque: 67 Nm @ 7000 rpm Transmission: 5 Speed Front suspension: Adjustable telehydraulic fork. Rear suspension: Swinging arm fork with adjustable shocks absorbers. Front brake: 2x 276mm discs Rear brake: Single 297mm disc Front tyre: 3.50 H19 Rear tyre: 4.50 H17 Dry weight: 236 kg Fuel capacity: 20 Litres |
| Ever since the Japanese motorcycle firms rose from their 50 and 90cc machines to build genuine motorcycles, it has been axiomatic that Oriental street bikes, despite whatever other pinnacles they reached, always lagged behind the Europeans in that one virtue most important to purists: Handling. Their handling habits ranged from downright horrifying on a few models to the more common characteristic, a slight vagueness in steering accompanied by not enough ground clearance. "Too much power," proclaimed some observers. "Bamboo frames," said others. "Too many cylinders and too much weight," added other voices. "The basic problem," many agreed, "is that the Japanese company executives and engineers don't ride motorcycles. They have no passion for them so they don't understand how they're supposed to handle. And they don't care. They'll GS750, and especially their GS1000, destroyed the Japanese-bikes-don't-handle maxim forever and they did it with four cylinders, a truckload of power and a w | |
