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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 18:43:05 GMT
I was the underbidder....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 18:49:08 GMT
Do you think it will come up again?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 18:54:44 GMT
I think whoever was prepared to pay over 5 grand wanted it for keepsies....
There was another similar one- silver FZ a few months earlier- the photos showed it with a load of shields and rosettes on the seat. I think it was a classified with the usual warnings about for sale elsewhere. Then it disappeared.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 19:00:53 GMT
It may have been the same one.
DKX was the reg on this possibly DKX 920 or 720T.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2014 19:03:03 GMT
Bugger me, no - just looked at the tax disc for this one and it looks to be ADN 888T.....
So there are two.......
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Post by scania on Nov 14, 2014 22:19:26 GMT
Some great posts there by you guys, all my questions answered and very well too.
I can see myself getting a cb750/cb900 sometime, even if only as an ornament to polish and shine.
The 400n is just perfect in terms of being the right balance of everything, size, weight, simplicity, looks etc, there is no better balance out there for me to ride than the 400n and I have looked at hundreds of bikes, but it would be nice to have a bigger brother in the shed just to look at!
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Post by scania on Nov 14, 2014 22:28:41 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! Some Great information there |
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