CB750 Background info

Here is some general background info on the legendary CB750.

The machine that put Honda onto the big bike producers map, and spelt the end for British manufacturers, who had been telling themselves for years, that the Japanese could build decent lightweight machines, but they were not any good at real motorcycles, how wrong were they! The motorcycling public could hardly believe their eyes when in 1969 Honda launched the CB750 Four. For the first time in mainstream affordable motorcycles, we had an overhead camshaft four cylinder engine. If that were not enough, we also had a five speed box, most were four at that time, an electric starter, and to cap it all for the first time on any production motorcycle we had hydraulic disc brakes! All motorcycles made up to that point by other manufacturers became obsolete overnight.