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Offline Laverda Dave

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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #30 on: May 10, 2018, 05:59:44 PM »
Ray gun silencers on the Kawasaki, I wonder which bike those were first used on as a styling exercise.....
1976 Honda 400/4
1977 Rickman Honda CR750
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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #31 on: May 10, 2018, 07:41:36 PM »
Did someone mention xs650 Yam?

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« Reply #32 on: May 10, 2018, 07:45:59 PM »
It was an era of fabulously exhaust pipes though. Honda did the right thing by going four separate route, I think it made that 750 really special and defined the whole period.

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Says it all really.


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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #33 on: May 10, 2018, 07:52:27 PM »
Raygun silencers, not my idea of style but someones no doubt.



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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #34 on: May 10, 2018, 08:05:00 PM »
The Laverda looks like they've just scaled up with one of those parallelogram drawing frames :)

Just realised that Honda 750 picture earlier also appears in this magazine below

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Same side panels,  carbs and also has a steering damper plus that straight orientation of the front brake master cylinder.  Dated January 1969 it must of been photographed sometime around end of November 1968. Perhaps an early example to show and clinic to trade prior to production timeline, earlier than Brighton type example?


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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #35 on: May 10, 2018, 09:25:54 PM »
Just looked it up and the bike in pic 1 is the prototype
Pic 2 is preproduction model
I borrowed the pics from sandcast forum

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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #36 on: May 10, 2018, 09:26:50 PM »
Notice the drum front on prototype

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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #37 on: May 10, 2018, 09:59:47 PM »
You can see the link from that black and white photo Pete to the colour pictures regarding the different shape alternator casting around the back edge,  stater motor drive area.


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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #38 on: May 11, 2018, 10:12:43 AM »
Honda 750 Four Special Speedway Edition? That's got to be a bit scary.

Very interesting prototype picture not seen that before. Ugly cam cover and seamless silencers?
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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #39 on: May 11, 2018, 03:03:22 PM »
I think many cb 450 parts were used on prototype ..i may be totally wrong

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Re: Anyone seen this before?
« Reply #40 on: May 11, 2018, 09:20:31 PM »
That early one appears in this site which gives it a background other than studio shot.

http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1969cb750four/page03.html

Other interesting bits of information on other pages too.


 

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