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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2014 11:58:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2014 21:01:49 GMT
If I was in the States now I'd snap that right up. Curious that this bike has been standing for 5 years and the US are well known to have high ethanol content in the fuel..... But watch how the bike revs crisply and cleanly through the range. Does not seem to have done the bike any harm?. That said, maybe the fuel was drained off before storage or an additive was used. Who knows?
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Post by marktrower on Nov 12, 2014 0:48:45 GMT
Due yon think that bike after 5 years stud putting a new battery on and fresh petrol would run as sweet as that he is very lucky or the last two days he as had a course on how two remove strip clean and refitted and set up a bank of honda great cv carbs well thats how long it took me then went out on a road test and rit it off at least next year when I rebuild it I will be a bit quicker mark
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Post by scania on Nov 12, 2014 3:19:42 GMT
Nice machine alright but bad camera work, I wish he had pointed the camera on the bike more and at himself less! I have never actually saw the CB900F in real life, have they the same size chassis and wheels as the SD400n but just have an inline 4 cylinder engine, or are they a bigger bike?
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Post by Loz on Nov 12, 2014 8:46:52 GMT
Nice machine alright but bad camera work, I wish he had pointed the camera on the bike more and at himself less! I have never actually saw the CB900F in real life, have they the same size chassis and wheels as the SD400n but just have an inline 4 cylinder engine, or are they a bigger bike? the 750 and 900f are bigger than the 400n,you must put it on your bucket list to ride one,they are fantastic
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2014 10:53:59 GMT
Quite a bit heavier- but the same era and shared a few bits. Less so for the US models as in the video- they never got the 900 for the first couple of years and when they did it was quite different to ours. Of course they had to have big cowhorn handlebars so never got the gorgeous clip-on style bars- that's the first sign a bike is a US import.....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 22:03:12 GMT
I do dislike the cowhorn handlebars and the cumbersome (CB750F) style clock set on the American CB900F....
That said.....I really LOVE this colour scheme......the silver with blue thick decals really does it for me.
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Post by scania on Nov 14, 2014 0:55:35 GMT
I do dislike the cowhorn handlebars and the cumbersome (CB750F) style clock set on the American CB900F.... That said.....I really LOVE this colour scheme......the silver with blue thick decals really does it for me. Do you have a photo handy of the American CB750F, I'm just curious about how it looked, I done a google search but heaps of different bikes showed up so I am no further on. Also two of the guys above answered my other question by and explained that the CB750F and the CB900F have a bigger chassis than the Cb400n, can anyone further tell me if the CB750F and the CB900F then share the same big chassis as each other. Or are there three different chassis altogether. Finally, Does anyone here have a CB750F and how is it to ride and how is the quality and reliability when compared with the 400n?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 11:15:41 GMT
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Post by marktrower on Nov 14, 2014 11:54:38 GMT
the 750 and 900 are just about the same bike 90% share the same parts all the parts i got to sort mine out came of a 900 the 900 was the more popular bike in the 80s in fact i was buying one from carnells doncaster in 1979 but came away with a suzuki gs1000s more to the point the bikes are brill bad points brakes not that better than the superdream a bit high in the saddle as for build quality its a honda the guy i got mine off he has fitted front fork brace progressive springs rear koni shocks and a set of modern rubber the ride and performance is as good as todays bikes bar brakes that in prest with mine got it back of the insurance to good to scrap great bikes starting to come up on ebay now the prices are going up time to invest you carn t take your bank ballance out for a ride on a nice summers day mark
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 15:54:41 GMT
The frames were the same- apart from colours the easiest way to tell the bikes apart is that the 750 never got the oil cooler. The first year of the CB900 here in the UK was 1979 and correct model identifier CB900FZ. Very few classic bike mags get this right and assume it all started with the CB900FA. Forget the Bol D'or crap- that was what the Europeans called it. There were very few FZ's- each Honda Dealer being limited to 2 bikes at the launch. Once the British public got their hands on them and realised how good they were, sales went ballistic. The 1980 CB900FA is a very common bike. By the time the CB900FB came out the goalposts had moved again in the Supersport category, and for the next 2-3 years Honda re-positioned the 900 more into a "Sports Tourer". Very similar to the CBX. As Mark says above- the brakes were marginal for such a heavy bike- Honda shoulda put some of the back brake on the front as the rear was fearsome and would lock up very easily. Honda upgraded the front calipers to twin pot on the CB900FB or FC and it's a good retrofit for an earlier bike. I have some waiting to go on. The best CB900's are still the FZ and FA in my opinion- before Honda took the raw edge off with air forks, rubber mounted engine, anti-dive TRAC- all that complicated instrumentation....
The 900 development so ran in parallel with the Superdream it's uncanny. For instance- the '79 FZ had the original Comstars, then the '80 FA went to reverse Comstars. The CB900's got black painted engines when the SD's got the same. The duck's arse tailpiece on the NB SD's came straight off the CB750/900's. Even the orange Phantom Fighter like orange clocks on the later SD's came straight off the CB900. Later CB900's got a balance pipe between the silencers- not quite a rusty balance box but still the way Honda went in exhaust design. Like the SD's, so many 750/900's you will see now will have Motad or similar 4-1 exhaust systems on, but like the SD's they really do look better and balanced with a silencer either side as intended.
They are an awesome bike and an excellent example of how Honda came steamrollering back into the bike world after sitting on the design of the 750/550/400/350SOHC for so many years. In the space of a year or so they bring out these bikes as well as icons like the CBX1000 and CX500, etc.
I love mine and it is probably- just probably- my most favourite bike!
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Post by Loz on Nov 14, 2014 16:04:34 GMT
that's great paul,we can all learn from your knowledge of these bikes,thanks mate
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 16:28:10 GMT
The CB900F I viewed up in Filey back in November 2007 was the same as the one in your picture, Paul......a CB900FA. Black wheels and raised 900F in gold on the side panels.
I still kick myself for not buying that bike for the £850 I was offered it for.
RNW 994W was the reg. Virtually one owner and 18k.........
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 18:24:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 18:42:00 GMT
It was a smashing example....
I am sure it appeared six months before that as well. After 30 mins searching the web, I found both genuine NOS silencers and an identical NOS tank for it.
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