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Lobo:
As I approach first start-up of my 750K2 since total rebuild, I’ve been wondering whether Honda started every ‘750 unit and ran it through the gears etc before shipping? If indeed each engine was started, to what extent was its shakedown? And if they were shipped ‘cold ‘, what % of units had issues - inc the whole bike, eg forks / front brake (leaking?), electrical issues etc? Intrigued.

Laverda Dave:
I remember seeing a film years ago of the Honda 750 production line and every bike was put onto a rolling road, run through the gears and all the electrical and brake systems were checked.

heli_madken:
I saw a crate being opened in a 70s dealership with a partly assembled 400/4 inside. I cant remember how much assembly was required but would this mean the bike would have to be fully assembled to test on a rolling road then disassembled?

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
At the Luton Vauxhall production line circa 1963 they started them up drove them off at the end over some sort of cattle grid and into a car park. None starters were pushed to one side where they were fixed by a remidial team.

Addendum - again back in the 1960/1970 period vehicle manufacturers worldwide  used to send CKD kits all over the world - at one time all Opels sold in Ireland were assebled as CKD (Complete Knock Down) kits - the main components such as Engines, Gearboxes etc were fitted in the country of build - this was either due to a lack of skills or to get around import rules.

Sesman:
Was it ‘every bike’ or was it batch testing.

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