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Help needed to identify my CB500-4
Oddjob:
I thought the 750 was a world wide launch in 69, are you saying the US got them in 68? Or that we didn’t get them till 70?
I’d see Hondas logic in selling a bike first in the US, toe in the water, so to speak, does it sell, yes, then sell it everywhere etc but Europe got the K0 in large numbers, as did lots of other markets, the UK must have been seen in comparison as a piddling little sales market compared to them, plus we had requirements the other markets didn’t like headlamps dipping to the other side etc.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 08, 2023, 04:19:50 AM ---I thought the 750 was a world wide launch in 69, are you saying the US got them in 68? Or that we didn’t get them till 70?
I’d see Hondas logic in selling a bike first in the US, toe in the water, so to speak, does it sell, yes, then sell it everywhere etc but Europe got the K0 in large numbers, as did lots of other markets, the UK must have been seen in comparison as a piddling little sales market compared to them, plus we had requirements the other markets didn’t like headlamps dipping to the other side etc.
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Sandcast 750 launched in spring 1969 in the USA etc ... 1st CB750's (diecasts) imported to UK in Jan 1970 but only a small batch of approx. 20 .. so by the time it was sold springtime, in any numbers, it was more or less a year from launch to significant UK sales.
K2-K6:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on February 08, 2023, 04:19:50 AM ---plus we had requirements the other markets didn’t like headlamps dipping to the other side etc.
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Japan, India, Australia, South Africa are all drive on left like us, the right side of the road ;D likely that wouldn't have been a show stopper as native home market bikes would be on that supply too.
Although by all accounts it was USA driven impetus to make a four cylinder anyway, so in all likelihood that was primary target.
Oddjob:
The other 3 I’d expect as they are British colonies but Japan? Never suspected they drove on the left as well, learn something new every day
Ash, sorry but that makes no sense. Now I don’t profess to know much about the 750, don’t like the bike and never will but I do read the posts on this site and the amount of yes it’s a genuine sand cast 750 I have heard said on here means that you’re statement must be wrong, if they didn’t appear till Jan 70 and were die cast where have all those sand cast 750s come from?
According to the web the 750 launched in Jan 69 in the US and April 69 in the UK Ash.
Trigger:
All retail sales of bike was 1st August ( British snob Reg ) but, a Honda dealer would of had the bikes in stock and one on display up to 4 months before the retail release date.
I had Fireblade's in stock in April 1992 and had two registered at that time. One i kept and the other was sold to my mate Clive Spencer. Sold that bike as the first registered UK Fireblade :o
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