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Original CB750 Manual, 1970

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MrDavo:
I just checked the pictures I downloaded of Vic World's blue prototype when it was eBay, that has weird numbers, CB750-2113 on frame and engine, so the bike in the manual must have been one of the first production bikes rather than one of the prototype show bikes.

Please send me a link to the parts book, Ash, I can never have too much info, My parts book covers K0 - K2. I promise not to release it into the wild.

Woodside:
Would a prototype bike have a correct vin number..for model
Surely only production bikes would run with vin numbers as they would start with 00001 when put into production
Does that make any sense

AshimotoK0:
From Vic World who sold that pre-prod bike and is the sandcast master Guru  :)

"Hi, Thanks. This Frame is CB750-2113, with engine CB750E-2113 It was common for Honda GP race bikes and prototypes of the 1960s to have the same numbers. The very first prototype CB750 (a few months earlier than my bike) which was shown at the 1968 Tokyo Motor Show had Frame/Engine numbers CB750-1101. The first "1" means "first series" produced of the proto, the next numbers (10) means nothing, and the last number (1) means first bike made of that first series. That bike never left Japan, and nobody has seen it since. The second series (the 4 bikes that came over together for the Las Vegas Show) were numbered........ 2110 (Gold Bike)....... 2111 -?color (Red or Dk. Green)........ 2112 -? color (Dk. Green or Red)..... 2113 (my Blue/Green Bike).......... The first number (2) means "second series" of protos, the next 2 numbers means nothing, and the last number (0,1,2,or 3) is the sequential number assigned to that color bike. (Actually, the 3rd number in each of the 2 series is a check number, but you get what I mean). Thanks again, Vic"

Wonder how he knows some of the numbers "means nothing?"

philward:
I bought a hard back ex library book version of this manual of ebay in perfect condition a few years ago - I use latex gloves when I use it to keep it in good nick!

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: MrDavo on June 02, 2017, 06:46:52 PM ---
Please send me a link to the parts book, Ash, I can never have too much info, My parts book covers K0 - K2. I promise not to release it into the wild.

--- End quote ---

Done   ;)

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