For today’s enthusiast, the term “Superbike” equals aircraft-quality technology combined with almost guilt-free user-friendliness. Thirty-eight years ago, as every major manufacturer fielded its own hairy-chested beast, Honda transformed the motorcycle world with its suave and sophisticated knockout punch: the CB750 K0. Boasting an overhead cam, four cylinders with matching megaphone pipes, and a front disc brake, the bike brashly leveraged the company’s GP-winning engineering. Smaller, low mass pistons that ran at high rpm earned it 67 hp, leaving Norton, Triumph, and BSA twins and triples for dead. Winning the Daytona 200 on its first attempt, the CB750 soon became, and remains, an object of desire for discerning speed demons.The Honda’s build quality and smoothness were simply unmatched.
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AMA Marketing VP Mark Mederski, an owner of a museum-quality CB750 K0 shares a
telling anecdote. “The dealer sales trick was to stand a nickel on its edge on
the engine cases with the thing running,” he remembers. “If the carbs were in
sync, even at idle, the nickel wouldn’t fall over.” The example shown here was
the winner of the Best Japanese Bike category at the RRMC Concours d’Elegance
and is owned by Kaming Ko, whose last name echoes the first CB750’s suffix. (Click image to enlarge)powersports.honda.com