Honda CB750 Four parts on Facebook

[hondacb750fourk6]

I wonder what dope these two sellers are smoking  asking £400.00 and £300.00 for used clocks and £400.00 for exhaust pipe and asking £2,000 for set of hm300 exhaust which are not genuine are reproduction as if they were genuine would have HMCB750 HM300 stamped on them and the other seller asking £1,500.00 for a set of hm300 exhausts which are damaged and are not genuine exhausts are reproductions

[honda-san]

Whether or not asking prices are reasonable or otherwise is always subjective. Very often the asking price is set as a starting point for negotiations between seller and buyer.

However, as to the un-informed  comment that HM300 stamped exhausts are not genuine and must be reproduction because genuine would be stamped HMCB750 HM300, REALLY!!- You would do well to do some research and get your facts straight (or try a different brand of dope!).......

The very first exhausts fitted to CB750 Hondas back in 1969 did not carry ANY stampings whatsoever.
Then factory fitted exhausts as fitted to UK and US market bikes built in 1970 and up to the end of K1 production were  stamped simply with HM300. These will have a baffle fitted with a vertical bar in the outlet.
I believe that exhausts stamped HMCB750 HM300 were fitted to some European markets during 1970 – 1971, and did NOT have the vertical bar at the outlet. These European exhausts are possible the least common type encountered on bikes these days.

Hopefully others will offer further comment.

[DomP]

Can't comment on specific part numbers etc but the sellers idea of pristine is somewhat different to mine, speedometer looks like it was cleaned with a brillo pad😆

[hondacb750fourk6]

Whether or not asking prices are reasonable or otherwise is always subjective. Very often the asking price is set as a starting point for negotiations between seller and buyer.

However, as to the un-informed  comment that HM300 stamped exhausts are not genuine and must be reproduction because genuine would be stamped HMCB750 HM300, REALLY!!- You would do well to do some research and get your facts straight (or try a different brand of dope!).......

The very first exhausts fitted to CB750 Hondas back in 1969 did not carry ANY stampings whatsoever.
Then factory fitted exhausts as fitted to UK and US market bikes built in 1970 and up to the end of K1 production were  stamped simply with HM300. These will have a baffle fitted with a vertical bar in the outlet.
I believe that exhausts stamped HMCB750 HM300 were fitted to some European markets during 1970 – 1971, and did NOT have the vertical bar at the outlet. These European exhausts are possible the least common type encountered on bikes these days.

Hopefully others will offer further comment.

Well I did some research by asking David Silver the woman who I spoke to told me if they are not stamped HMCB750 HM300 and stamped HM300 they are not genuine reproduction also I was told this by two people I see at a bike show and bike jumble who sells lots of Hondas and Nos a lot about them perhaps it’s you who is on the dope like him not me as I don’t touch that shit as drugs are for losers

[hondacb750fourk6]

Can't comment on specific part numbers etc but the sellers idea of pristine is somewhat different to mine, speedometer looks like it was cleaned with a brillo pad😆
[/quote They are in a mess as you can buy the new clock faces off a power seller on eBay and the bike show and bike jumble I go to there is a seller there who sells reproduction clocks for £69.00 and new front brake master cylinder for £49.00 he’s always there selling his parts and a lot of people buy from him I,ve known him a long time from 2006

[Nurse Julie]

I concur with everything Chris AKA Honda San says about the stampings on the pipes.

[AshimotoK0]

I agree too with everything that Chris is saying.

I was going to comment myself that those parts seemed reasonably priced to me. OK the bike market is on it's ar$e BUT rare & decent parts are definitely, NOT as I am proving parting out a couple of my own projects.

If you are restoring something like the early CB750K0/Sandcast or rare bikes like the CB92 Benly, then I am afraid you still need deep pockets, particularly if you want to use genuine Honda NOS parts like the HM300 pipes, which were discontinued by Honda many years ago ... or just search around and find a bike  that has been restored and someone has ploughed lots of money into. The plastic CB750 instruments are rare but excellent repro covers and lenses, faces etc are available ... but there again you need a decent functioning mechanism to start with, which is going to cost you.

Early original CB750 exhausts never had stampings ...like many other Hondas of that period ... for example the CB250K0 exhausts were never stamped ... that's why Yamiya 750 repro pipes for the CB750K0 are described as 'No.No.' pipes . TBH anyone who has actually restored one of these bikes knows that fact.