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Anyone see this F2 on eBay ?

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K2-K6:
Three friends had them from new,  all had to have guides replaced.  One still has his original,  think the guides were smoking at roughly 19,000 miles, and head rebuilt by Honda dealer.

You can see and smell the engine oil when following them as they start to wear.

As you say Bryan,  seems to be known about by Honda even before they went out to dealers.  Possibly why they have less oil drain returns from head in the first place.

Suppose they had to send it as last iteration and stop gap as they knew the twin cam was advanced toward production then to replace it.

royhall:
The replacement genuine guides for the F2 are much harder than the originals but the same part number, they are referred to as Delta parts. Bloody dishonest if you ask me, just so Honda don't have to admit a mistake. The real problem is they cocked up the geometry to fit larger valves and the rockers push the valves sideways causing wear.

K2-K6:
I've always thought they are a good looking bike though, especially in blue.

Not that we "raced" on the road officer, ahem, but they are pretty quick from standing start.  My friends one would beat most things then for approximately 1/4 mile, he weighed only 60 kgs and could just launch it faster than most. It'd take a Z1 to beat it over that distance.

Think Honda where caught short with no other bike to develop mid 70s as they'd pushed r&d into goldwing etc. Then saw Suzuki GS coming and panicked a bit.

sprinta:
I had one in the early 80's.

Looking at the Tax disc it was in 81 when friend and me, on his CB 550, toured in Germany.

philward:
Its back on
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Classic-Honda-SOHC-CB750-F2-Barn-Find-Project-V-Early-Frame-No-55/392969387252?hash=item5b7eccfcf4:g:D-EAAOSwVClfbOUo

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